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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teejay" data-source="post: 424482" data-attributes="member: 51">most high end cushion shops have nappa leather as they order it from their supplier, but be prepared to pay another 30%-40% more of the total package price compared to fitting normal leather, this is due to the fact that nappa leather comes from a certain area of the cowhide, thus its limited availability of color and sizes-just like beef meat which has limited amount of tenderloin compared to the whole cow, i.e. 2kg of tenderloin compared to 80kg of beef in a cow i have nappa leather in my classic citroen cx, i had to wait 2 months for that certain shade of leather that i wanted as nappa leather has limited colours readily available, plus it cools down faster than the normal leather ( my experience in the citroen compared to the volvo) <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/ojtee/citroen%20cx%20parts/DSCN1354.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  it is much smoother , less wrinkles and urat compared to my OEM volvo's leather, basically feels like sitting on fabric compared to the cheaper leather which is harder</blockquote>