What do you do with the "Free" seatcover from CASA when buying a new one? Can you leave it on?

[kyleryner]

Hey guys, I have some questions about seatcovers...

Recently saw a good sale in Ace Hardware on seatcovers (leatherette) and my inquiry led to a purchase. (it was less 10% with another less 10% for SM Advantage sale) The net purchase price is cheaper than my suking upholstery shop I usually go to (which surprised me), plus I got a lot of freebies.

Anyway, this is for our recently purchased Toyota Innova.. barely a month old so still with a new cheap cloth seatcover freebie from the Casa. I jokingly asked the sales agent what am i supposed to do with my existing seat cover..can I trade it in?

She then replied that what they do with some of their other customers with new cars daw is they leave it on, and put the new seatcover over it, and it serves as extra padding.. this is the first I heard of this and im wondering if shes just saying that as an excuse so they dont need to remove it later (purchase comes with free installation and the agents will be the ones doing it later) OR do people really do that?

This is my first time to buy a new seatcover for a newly purchased car. My last car (an Accent), i waited one year to do it... I removed the existing seatcover, had my car interior detailed (very dusty) and shampooed before having it installed. I thought about whether to wash the old one to keep it as a spare but i just ended up throwing it, realizing im not going to use it ever again.. (sayang ba to throw it?)

So what do YOU guys do with the free seatcover? And do you put on new seatcovers while your car is new or after awhile?
Does everyone replace it , keep it on, or prefer the cars natural upholstery..

Because I just realized if I/We had an intention of immediately buying a seatcover, then I should not have accepted that as a "freebie" from the Casa and asked for something else instead (although what, I dont know). Do EVERY dealer offer freebie seatcovers and does everyone take it?

Hope someone can answer me regarding leaving the old one on and putting new one over it, as its ready to be installed next week.. (and if the suggestion is to remove it, as was my earlier intention, what am i going to do with it? sayang naman to throw it...anyone interested in buying a slightly used seatcover for the Innova? hehe )

[ninjababez]

sakin tinabi ko, ginagamit ko pangtakip sa leatherette pag iiwan ko sa casa yung unit for repairs or what not

[papi smith]

Because I just realized if I/We had an intention of immediately buying a seatcover, then I should not have accepted that as a "freebie" from the Casa and asked for something else instead (although what, I dont know). Do EVERY dealer offer freebie seatcovers and does everyone take it?

I asked mine to swap with a car cover instead.

[ninjababez]

BTW puhunan ng ahente sa car seat is around 500php, kaya natatawa ako dun sa olx na nagbebenta ng 1k pataas eh

[Yatta]

Ibanta mo sa mga UV express. Pwede yata gamitin pero yung mga seatcover kasi sukat na yan so kung iiwan mo at tatakpan, baka hindi magkasya yung ipapatong mo.

[jut703]

I gave mine away to my SA. Kinabit nila before releasing my car but I told them to remove it tapos sabi ko sa kanila na.

I use my car without any seat covers - looks better that way. Harder to clean but so far in almost a year, it's not that dirty yet.


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[papi smith]

Yes, the original fabric is not only better looking but also last for almost the "lifetime" of your car. Matibay at dirt resistant. I had mine still looking good and clean for 11 years, except for the drivers seat, yung tinatamaan ng left leg mo sa underside ng upuan, medyo gasgas na at evident lang kung sadyang sisilipin. Siguro dahil sa otomatic ang sakyan ko at madalas na nakakilo lang ang binti ko.

[dr. d]

i read somewhere, that the philippines is the world's number one user of car seat covers.
in most countries, they, like jut, use the car without seat covers.
the manufacturer goes to great lengths and expense, to design those car seat fabrics. then here we are, covering their handiwork with, if i may opine, seat covers inferior to what the manufacturer put in.
sana may option dito sa 'pinas... less-than-base model with katsa seats. bahala na buyer kung anong gusto niyang ikabit.

btw... putting seat covers over leather seats, is a crime! heh heh.

what do i do? the grey casa corduroy seat covers are still on my seats, after 4 years...

[_Cathy_]

My car is never without seat covers. I had leatherette seats installed in 2008 for my 1996 Corolla and the installer complimented that the seats were still sariwa and firm. I don't think that would be the case if I wasn't meticulous with the seatcover.

Back in college I have a friend who left period stains on the fabric seatcover of my car. What a nightmare if that happened without seatcover. So it's also protection.

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[Yatta]

Nung single pa ako, wala seatcovers. Pero nung nagka-anak na, kailangan meron na.

[benchman]

parang wala na yata naka-all white fabric seat covers ngayon ano?

[_Cathy_]

parang wala na yata naka-all white fabric seat covers ngayon ano?

Ano na color ng fabric seatcover ng Vios J?


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[eryxon]

i read somewhere, that the philippines is the world's number one user of car seat covers.
in most countries, they, like jut, use the car without seat covers.
the manufacturer goes to great lengths and expense, to design those car seat fabrics. then here we are, covering their handiwork with, if i may opine, seat covers inferior to what the manufacturer put in.
sana may option dito sa 'pinas... less-than-base model with katsa seats. bahala na buyer kung anong gusto niyang ikabit.

btw... putting seat covers over leather seats, is a crime! heh heh.

what do i do? the grey casa corduroy seat covers are still on my seats, after 4 years...

sakin tinabi ko, ginagamit ko pangtakip sa leatherette pag iiwan ko sa casa yung unit for repairs or what not

Nung single pa ako, wala seatcovers. Pero nung nagka-anak na, kailangan meron na.

Good idea pag PMS pwede nga cover kasi pwede labhan pag nag ka grasa.

Pinapagawa kong seat cover naman ay kaparehas ng stock seat design parang stock din sya kaya di ko nasaktan ang kalooban ng designer.

Hindi lang dahil sa bata kaya may seat cover ang mga cage ko. DAhil pati sa mga dalaga at asawa. Asiwa silang umupo once every month kapag hindi naka leatherette ang seat. Mahirap daw linisan pag natagusan.

[benchman]

Ano na color ng fabric seatcover ng Vios J?


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oem? wala ako idea eh. i meant yung nabibiling fabric seat covers. pero gaya nung sabi ni yatta, kung binata pa ako i would dare mag-all white seat covers kahit laos na. it's just me =)

[_Cathy_]

oem? wala ako idea eh. i meant yung nabibiling fabric seat covers. pero gaya nung sabi ni yatta, kung binata pa ako i would dare mag-all white seat covers kahit laos na. it's just me =)

Hahaha. Yung AE101 ko kasi White din fabric seatcover from casa. I like White fabric seatcover too.

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[benchman]

at kung hindi lang talaga sya work horse. kaso baka wala na talagang ibang makasakay except wifey and daughter kapag nakita nila puting-puti ang seats haha.
wala lang, ayaw ko lang talaga na makalat sa kotse.

[kyleryner]

thanks for all the replies..

When I was a kid , my dad buys the "curduroy" seat covers for our cars..i guess the casas dont hand out those freebie seat covers before like they do now.

Its a pain to remove it, wash it and put it back again though.

What I do notice about cloth or fabric seat covers is, they eventually pack a huge amount of dust. We do clean and vacuum the cars regularly (or maybe not enough?), but when you smack the seats hard, a cloud of dust will always rise..

so Ive been using these leatherette seatcovers which is easier to clean.

Also, installing a new seat cover on an old car + interior detailing really gives it a new lease in life, as far as looks go.

BY THE WAY, I use "WipeOut" to clean it (as shown to me by my old suki) but this salesgirl in Ace says i should never use Wipeout bec it will damage the cover and I should use a "leather cleaner" instead. (But I thought the leatherette is just faux leather, and so far Ive been using Wipeout just fine). So whats the verdict here?

And as far as my own case is concerned.. my car is an Innova J, with Vinyl seats (which I havent seen yet since its covered already when I saw it, lol). Its supposed to be one of the major differences between the higher E, G models who comes with fabric seats. So putting a nice seatcover on it gets rid of THAT difference...

Anyway... nice inputs.. But no one here has heard of this "just put the new seatcover on top of the old one" thing? Im kinda tempted to do it so I dont have to think about what to do with that old one...

[kyleryner]

Hahaha. Yung AE101 ko kasi White din fabric seatcover from casa. I like White fabric seatcover too.

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Since our Innova is White, my wife wanted a 2 toned seat cover with White in it. I was against it bec it will get dirty easily. BUT, she didnt want Black and white (a classic look im ok with), and wanted red and white---ugh. We eventually compromised on grey and white. Crossing fingers it will come out good ...

[dr. d]

i'd look at the warning in wipeout. does it indicate if it is safe for all plastics and/or rubber objects?

[car_bore]

i read somewhere, that the philippines is the world's number one user of car seat covers.
in most countries, they, like jut, use the car without seat covers.
the manufacturer goes to great lengths and expense, to design those car seat fabrics. then here we are, covering their handiwork with, if i may opine, seat covers inferior to what the manufacturer put in.
sana may option dito sa 'pinas... less-than-base model with katsa seats. bahala na buyer kung anong gusto niyang ikabit.

btw... putting seat covers over leather seats, is a crime! heh heh.

what do i do? the grey casa corduroy seat covers are still on my seats, after 4 years...

I'm guilty. I put seat covers over leathers seats, but only on the second row. I use it for protection since that is where my dog sits and moves around.


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