TL interior question
02-23-2007, 02:02 PM
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TL interior question
As you all know im comparing the tl and altimas....but I have a question...Yall keep saying the tl interior is nicer and soo on but....when i read in here all i hear about is how crappy the tl leather is...how it cracks and look shitty anfter a short period of time.. and how the car has constant rattles....Ive looked up nissan and have found nothing but good things about the leather and how the car holds up rattle wise..let me know
02-23-2007, 02:13 PM
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2004 TL w/ 30K miles:
No rattles
No foreign sounds
No noise complaints
Relative to the leather, every car I've ever owned (Saab, Acura, Mitsi, Audi, Porsche) will have the leather "wrinkle" but not "crack". My TL driver's seat has "wrinkles" where the leather is showing use but it's not a defect in the seat. Look at a baseball glove or a leather belt for comparative purposes. When you first buy either, the leather is smooth with no wrinkles. After several uses, the leather begins to "wrinkle" which some people might interpret as "cracking".
No rattles
No foreign sounds
No noise complaints
Relative to the leather, every car I've ever owned (Saab, Acura, Mitsi, Audi, Porsche) will have the leather "wrinkle" but not "crack". My TL driver's seat has "wrinkles" where the leather is showing use but it's not a defect in the seat. Look at a baseball glove or a leather belt for comparative purposes. When you first buy either, the leather is smooth with no wrinkles. After several uses, the leather begins to "wrinkle" which some people might interpret as "cracking".
02-23-2007, 04:19 PM
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04TL...
no leather cracking (still smells like new), no odd sounds, minimal rattling...depends on the bumps i go over...
were you on a bimmer forum when you read there was cracking in the TL leather...??
no leather cracking (still smells like new), no odd sounds, minimal rattling...depends on the bumps i go over...
were you on a bimmer forum when you read there was cracking in the TL leather...??
02-23-2007, 05:10 PM
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They improved the leather for the '07 model, which is the one I have. As for rattles, only one so far (steering column), but I didn't hear it when I drove a couple of days ago.
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02-23-2007, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by deejayceas
05 TL here,
No rattles, no cracking. The leather even still smells new.
No rattles, no cracking. The leather even still smells new.
02-23-2007, 09:56 PM
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I detail cars and 3 of my regular customers have 05/06 Altimas and when you start looking at them close the quality is way off in most the interior areas.
02-23-2007, 10:03 PM
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dude... if you treat ur leather properly... it will last u a life time.... go get those conditioners for leather and use them maybe once or twice a year =)..
quality wise... itz not even close... TL all the way man!
just knock on the panels.. and you will see what i mean =)
quality wise... itz not even close... TL all the way man!
just knock on the panels.. and you will see what i mean =)
02-24-2007, 06:33 PM
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07 TL, 11,000 miles, 2 months old, nothing wrong (knock on wood), alotta of Rattles!!! when the 4400 watts of bass is pumpin 
..haha but none when its quiet. I love this car.
..haha but none when its quiet. I love this car.
02-24-2007, 07:54 PM
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bmehling as I told you in the PM, there are thousands of threads on everything you could ever want.
Goto problems and fixes and do a search on rattles, Ill bet there are plenty...
Im not going to allow another rattle thread here on the main page.
Goto problems and fixes and do a search on rattles, Ill bet there are plenty...
Im not going to allow another rattle thread here on the main page.
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