Mohair or Vinyl : can you tell?

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Mohair or Vinyl : can you tell?

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Hi. I currently have my MK3 Red edition for sale on this site, and a few other sites. One potential purchaser has contacted me to say that my ad is incorrect in that it says the hood is mohair when he is convinced that the standard roof was vinyl and that mine looks like vinyl to him. I bought the car, in May, and the seller advertised it as mohair, which I didn't question because (a) I thought all post-facelift Red editions had mohair roofs and (b) I expected vinyl would look harder and shinier.
Could those of you in the know please look at my ad and let me know whether I have misrepresented the roof? If so, I'll obviously modify accordingly. Note that many of the photos were taken in the rain, so that might mislead. Thanks, Pat


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Re: Mohair or Vinyl : can you tell?

Post by CunningLinguist »

I've has several responses on the MR2ROC forum and it looks like the standard Toyota ones were only ever vinyl, but that mine is a later replacement that would be more safely described as fabric than Mohair, as the latter are a rarer and more expensive option. It feels like a heavy tent canvas to me, and isn't at all slippery or plasticky.

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