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Leather or cloth seats?

jwtiger69

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I am looking at getting my first Ram in the next month or so. One truck I am looking at is a big horn in the midnight edition and it has everything I need or want. Plus I absolutely love the look but is is cloth. I have two kids and do a lot of fishing. So I would be tracking dirt and kids crap all over the place of it. Comparable models up are easily 5k more with leather. Long term I am stuck on if I would regret not getting leather or sticking with cloth to get everything I want.


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Get what you want and you can get a katzkin leather kit on eBay for approximately $600. Not that hard to do your self if your preety handy. Hog rings and hog ring pliers will run you about $20. Most will not argue you katzkin leather is supior than oem. If you need it installed it would probably run you about $500 if I had to guess. Either way you het whay you want at a fraction of the cost.

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I am looking at getting my first Ram in the next month or so. One truck I am looking at is a big horn in the midnight edition and it has everything I need or want. Plus I absolutely love the look but is is cloth. I have two kids and do a lot of fishing. So I would be tracking dirt and kids crap all over the place of it. Comparable models up are easily 5k more with leather. Long term I am stuck on if I would regret not getting leather or sticking with cloth to get everything I want.


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I decided on leather. I have a baby and had to. Easier to brush off and clean.


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I got the Bighorn and installed leather, love it
 

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My Big Horn had everything I wanted except leather. Had the Katzkin installed by local installer and love it. My opinion is it looks and feels better than OEM. Always get compliments on the seats.
 

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Thanks for the replies. I would have never thought about that option.


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I paid around 3500 more for a Laramie sport then a comparable bighorn. I got leather, sport hood, proximity, cooled seats , auto brights, auto wipers, reclining rear seats, nicer interior, memory seat and mirrors. I had a 16 Laramie and a 14 bighorn. Could not go back to the bighorn and not have the proximity entry, cooled seats,, and memory seats.
 

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I am looking at getting my first Ram in the next month or so. One truck I am looking at is a big horn in the midnight edition and it has everything I need or want. Plus I absolutely love the look but is is cloth. I have two kids and do a lot of fishing. So I would be tracking dirt and kids crap all over the place of it. Comparable models up are easily 5k more with leather. Long term I am stuck on if I would regret not getting leather or sticking with cloth to get everything I want.


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Personally i wouldn't get leather just because its easier to keep clean.
Leather seats now-a-days are all perforated anyways so liquid/dirt can still seep down into the cushion.

If going up to a Laramie is out of budget I wouldn't sweat over it, this is my 1st truck with leather and i work in concrete breaking and its not that much easier to keep clean.
 

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Again thanks for all the replies. It is really a toss up right now. It will come down to what is a better deal. Just started sending some emails between the two dealerships. We will what happens....


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I wanted cloth - that's why I went with the Big Horn. I only wish it had proximity. Some day the smart guys on the forum will hack it though.
 

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