Seat cover

What is available for a really high quality seat cover? Its for my FJ Cruiser, so something durable, easy to clean, stays in place. My only experience comes from the 80s and sheepskin, and the saddle blanket style for trucks that actually worked very well.

Wet Okole. 

I had wet okoles in my TJ Wrangler because they were waterproof and I was usually topless. Wouldn't be my first choice for inside seating. Too neopreney. 

I've been looking for a good combination of fit, durability, and decent price for my ZJ. So far I haven't found it. I hope someone can offer you a good lead on some.

Okoles are nice but at well over $300 for a front pair its not happening.

Right now I'm still using the cheapest, worst fitting seatcovers I've ever seen courtesy of the PO. But they cover the tears in the seats.

Why not just fix the seats?  Lseat.com has the actual seat cover in leather for three bills.  I put them on the ZAV.

I like the robust material on my Duluth trading seat covers, but the fit is more work truck than enthusiast. 

I have Wet Okoles on my truck and my wife's FJ Cruiser. I love them. They are a bit thick especially in the butt area and will move you up close to an inch. The ones in my truck have been in for 200k miles and have come off to have kid puke washed out of them at least a half dozen times. Yes, all of them. They puke everywhere. The drivers side is finally starting to wear through the outer nylon in the high wear areas. The truck has the very very very light grey seating from the factory and the seats underneath still look like brand new. Good stuff. 

In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :

Zero relevance to the topic at hand, but as a child I once puked in the back seat of my dad's old Volvo 740. With that Volvo velour upholstery. On the way home from Thanksgiving dinner. It was every bit as bad as it sounds. 

After some googling there are some very nice seat covers available in most any material imaginable, but of course they aren't cheap. I am not super crazy about neoprene, that's for water sports activities. My holdup is I don't want to end up with something that looks like a crappy cover, especially if I'm dropping more than 300 which looks to be the point of entry. Maybe its time I go talk to an upholstery guy to see how much to fix the seat.

In reply to Dr. Hess :

None for a 97 grand Cherokee. Wish there were.

Covercraft has a full line of high-quality seat covers.    They are also big supporters of GRM and CMS.   Actually they help us bring you the GRM Experience at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, and the Classic Motorsports Mitty---- so yeah, they support our scene in a big way.  

If you value this board, and GRM / CMS, please take a look and give them a shot.   I don't have any personal experience with their seat covers, but their car covers are top-notch.  I'd expect the same out of the rest of their products. 

Covercraft Seat Covers

Do these trip your trigger at all? Same price range but a unique seat cover and I've seen and felt many when rock crawling in my Bronco and everyone says they're great

ultraclyde said:

In reply to Dr. Hess :

None for a 97 grand Cherokee. Wish there were.

You might contact them directly.  They have been known to start making a set from your pattern.  That is, they don't have that model.  You mail them your seat covers, they make new and sell it to you for three bills.  Now they can sell them to everyone else with that model.  Profit.

In reply to Joe Gearin :

I have been happy with the Covercraft covers on the Boxster S. They fit well and are cool and comfortable.  They keep the dirt, sweat and sunscreen off the leather when we go autocrossing. Maybe once or twice a year I will take them off and apply leather conditioner to the seats, which still look good after 16 years in Florida. 

That said, I also picked up some cheap seat covers on sale at Costco for twenty bucks, which are perfect for a late model Grand Caravan with the separate headrests, but won't work on a high back seat, and apparently only come in black.

Danny Shields said:

In reply to Joe Gearin :

I have been happy with the Covercraft covers on the Boxster S. They fit well and are cool and comfortable.  They keep the dirt, sweat and sunscreen off the leather when we go autocrossing. Maybe once or twice a year I will take them off and apply leather conditioner to the seats, which still look good after 16 years in Florida. 

That said, I also picked up some cheap seat covers on sale at Costco for twenty bucks, which are perfect for a late model Grand Caravan with the separate headrests, but won't work on a high back seat, and apparently only come in black.

Thanks for the input Danny! 

I have a cheaper competitor to Wet Okole in my TJ, maybe Quadratec?  I think they came from Quadratec, not sure of the brand.

The neoprene is great for its waterproofness, but it's terrible for its back sweatiness and swamp assiness. 

Mine are black with a large light gray stripe down the middle.  I have a permanent water ring on the driver's seat from sitting cold beverages between my legs. <Insert that's what she said, joke here> I bought the special wet suit shampoo and followed the directions for machine washing the covers/wet suits, but it had little to no effect on the ring.

So if you get a light color, and want to hold a cool beverage between your legs, use a coaster.

Woody said:

Wet Okole. 

+1, and then some. Had them in my Fit. Loved them.

ultraclyde said:

In reply to Dr. Hess :

None for a 97 grand Cherokee. Wish there were.

If you send them a pattern they’ll sell you a set back at 1/2 off. I did that with my rover. I used the passenger seat. Took 3 weeks as I recall. 

Katzkin?