I live a mile from the sun just outside of Vegas. I thought about heat soaked leather, then vinyl then reading about how the velour just doesn't trap the heat and cold like those two just made sense. Never thought I would opt for velour but the guy I spoke to at Russell said it wears excellent, and with the graphite color against the black vinyl sides I'm guessing it should look pretty cool. Can't wat to check it out. I will post a photo shoot when it's installed.