Seat covers

@CountofQ
Got the pics of areas of interest. Remove the child seat anchor cover and slip The top corners behind the back wall panel. Just use something to pry the panel back enough to slip the ends behind it.

The bottom hooks go in the areas pictures. I improvised on the inner side hooks and drilled holes in the seat hinge cover and inserted the hooks into the holes to have a tighter fit. This area can be a little tricky. It helps to unbolt the seat when doing this.

 

So,... the covers don't tuck in behind the trim on the sides, leaving the factory look?

I was unaware I would have to drill the plastic for a hook attachment. There has to be another way, or mine will be getting returned for a full refund.

 

Wet Okole are the only covers available for The Access Cab in the color that I wanted. No other brand exists that make covers for the 3rd Gen Access Cab or that look as good as these do atleast. if you want to return them, it's on you. But yes, they leave a little bit of the factory padding exposed on the sides, I hardly notice it since the interior is very dark anyways. I only drilled the plastic covering the hinges in between the seats to make the covers fit tighter against the back wall. I didnt have a problem with this since it was so easy and you can't even see where the hook attaches. The outside hooks went underneath the back panel in the gap between the wall and the floor.

 

@specter208

I may have come across harsher than intended in my wording above. I meant nothing ill towards you or your install.

Actually, in your install, it took me a good long while to even notice that the sides did not tuck into the trim. As you say, you have a dark color, and it blends well.

Once I did notice though, I became a bit concerned... as I specifically contacted Wet Okole before purchase about the subject, and have an email from them stating that they are indeed covered by the trim completely, with a complete factory look when finished. Nothing sticking out. I went with the Real Tree Max 5, as that is what I have up front, and it goes very well with the Quicksand of the truck. I do not believe it would look as good as yours does, if they are not tucked under the trim.

As far as drilling a hole for a tight install... I just believe that covers as expensive as these should be engineered in such a way as not to have to drill. I mean... the intended purpose of seat covers are to protect the seats. Kinda pointless if I have to damage the seat to use them.

Bear in mind....... I'm in nicotine withdrawel, as I've quit smoking over the last few weeks... AND, highly opinionated on these things....which makes for a volatile situation.

 

Just So you know, the covers are the same design made for the 2nd gen access cab. The instructions provided were obsolete and generic for jump seat installs. Because of this I decided To improvise. And since I already had the bottom seat dismantled to Put the cover on. I determined the best place for the hooks were as pictured above

 

I just installed the CalTrend NeoSupreme seat covers I ordered from AutoAnything. Install was a bit of a PITA. Took me about an hour and a half to get front and rear seat covers on.

Edit: after looking through the other pictures again I went and fixed the side of the front row seats so they tuck under the plastic rather than over like in the pictures I posted.

 

Monday install

 

Cover kings Neo seat covers have a ship date of Jan 21 or later, is this normal?

 

Going with CalThreads , ship date is more reasonable, any feedback would be appreciated.