Started installing Clazzios

They are black. From my understanding the dark gray isn't really that dark at all. It's their closest match to the gray in our trucks.

 

That's strange. I figured if anything the outer bolster wound get wrinkled from sliding in and out of the seat.

 

Be glad you did it when it was 95 outside. I did mine when it was considerably cooler and it sucked. The heat really helps stretch them and makes it tons easier. I gave up on the front passenger for about two weeks. Once it warmed back up everything slid right into place. Mine will be a year old in late November and they still look perfect and thats being driven everyday and a 6 year old in the back seat. Boogers wipe right off when the little shit decides to not use the towel i have provided for him.

 

Good to hear that they hold up well. That seems to be the consensus which is partly what convinced me to spend the money on them. And yeah I figured the hotter it is when installing the easier it would be.

 

I'll get you guys some more install tips.. you're making it too hard!!



DRIVER SIDE/PASSENGER SIDE SEATBACK INSTRUCTIONS


Step 1 in the instructions explains this. But here is a more detailed break down.


1. Un hook the FACTORY flap, on the original seat that goes from the seat back, under the back bottom of the seat, and under the seat bottom. Most vehicles, there is a simple plastic snap. You just push it off the metal wire and the straps will be free and clear.





2. Fold the factory flap back, up towards the seat back.





3. Hold the flap in place against the seat back/pocket as you pull the NEW clazzio cover down over the top of the seat, and over the flap you're holding in place. Once the cover goes over, it will keep it there, on the seat back. (Seat covers are designed to keep your original factory material intact. You could cut off the bottom of the flap, and not have it behind the cover, but that is your choice. Keeping the flap, behind the cover keeps your original seats in tact, and this is how we install.)




4. Push the BOTTOM front edge of the seat cover from the FRONT side of the seat, through the bottom crack. Sit in the back of your vehicle, and pull that flap through towards yourself. Then you can pull it UP and connect it to the velcro that is located INSIDE the seat cover, at the TOP of where the new FLAP is sewn on. (It REALLY helps to have someone lean over the seat back, and push DOWN on the cover, while someone pulls UP on the flap, making that connection SUPER tight. The PVC has really good stretch when you have 2 people on it, and you’ll be amazed at how tight you can get it!


At this point, DO NOT install the NEW FLAP on the seat back. We like to install the SEAT BOTTOM NEXT because you need that part DONE before you finish installing the seat back flap.




5. Install the seat bottom. If you have a STRING, the INSIDE part by the console the string will just go down by the seat belt connector and to the back. The DRIVER SIDE, you’ll push the string BETWEEN the seat cushion, and the plastic on the edge of your seat bottom. (SOMETIMES, depending on how tight it is, you can TAPE the end of your shoe string to the tip of a screwdriver and poke it down the hole, then you can grab it easier on the back side to tie it off. Go to the back of the seat to tie off the string. ON ONE side, make a simple loop in the string. The other side of the sting, pull through the loop, and PULL to make the cover as tight as possible. Then TIE off the string. Tuck any excess string up under the seat bottom in the wire frame. YOU DON’T want to cut it off, so in the future you can always go back and retighten the covers. You’ll also install the straps from FRONT TO BACK if your cover has them.


(A TIP HERE!!! Make SURE the strings don’t come around right in the SLIDE TRACK for the seat. The metal is sharp and you can cut the string by pulling right across the track. We like to make sure the strings go ABOVE the track, ON the TOP of the seat slide, so as the seat moves front and back, the strings are tied to that part.)






6. Now that the BOTTOM is done, then hook the NEW clazzio flap on the seat back to the underframe, the same way the original flap was, using the S HOOKS, to hook to the new bungees. Do NOT do them tight.. they are designed to be loose.. so that when your seat folds front and back, the flap can move.

 

I finished the back today and updated the OP with photos. I didn't end up removing the seat backs and I found it to be much easier than the front. I did have my girlfriend to help though so that might be why. Overall the install isn't bad at all.

 

My 13 SPORT with my Clazzios. Black routers and dark grey centers. The grey is perfect in the truck.