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

[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...

[dr. d]

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

[archangel 1979]

In my case, I made sure to install leatherette seat covers asap on my hrv (when it was still 2 weeks old). If I had taken the totl, then it is full leather then I would just leave it alone.
Ung experience ko din kasi before sa luma kong civic, tuwing papagpagan ung fabric seats with fabric covers, grabe yung dust. Kahit siguro one hour (literally) mo pagpagan eh for sure may alikabok p din. Unlike kung leather, punas punas lng, ok na. I also installed leatherette seat on my civic (which I still own up to now) and after a couple of yrs eh ok p din. Parang bago p din lalo n after applying protectant, which i very seldom do, lalo ngaun because of the new hrv.
Usually, pag nagpapa install ako ng seat covers (leatherette), sinasabi ko sa installer na ikabit sya ng mahigpit, as if forever na dahil wala n kong planong tanggalin. Unless if plan ko palitan na wherein, hindi p nmn nangyari.
Un nmn cnasabi nung agent na wag n daw tanggalin ung free seat covers, if i were you, hindi ako papayag, unless n lng kung fabric din or something similar n makakapenetrate p din ung dust. Usually kasi, sukat n sukat ung seat covers to the point na medyo mahigpit p nga sya ang parang mas maganda ang magiging fit kung wala un. Besides, first time ko may narinig (or nalaman? Hehehe) na may gumagawa ng ganun. Ung sakin, iniwan ko n dun sa nagkabit nung seat covers ko. Same thing i did sa free mats upon installing deep dish mats. Pero kung sa palagay mo eh magagamit or mabebenta mo eh why not? Keep it. Sakin lng eh mapupunasan nmn ung grasa sa leatherette seat covers eh. Mejo hassle lng. Pero same thing, hassle din if magkakabit at magtatanggal ako ng seat covers. Besides, i dont like the idea n magtago ng mga bagay na bihira o halos hindi nagagamit.

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[Wh1stl3r2]

The only reason I get leather upholstery/covers on my cars is the static shock when I get out. Without it I feel like a douche having to grab the roof while getting out of the car. I like the feel of fabric more. It stays cooler in the sun. Too bad I like not getting shocked more.

[airwaves]

In my case, I made sure to install leatherette seat covers asap on my hrv (when it was still 2 weeks old). If I had taken the totl, then it is full leather then I would just leave it alone.
Ung experience ko din kasi before sa luma kong civic, tuwing papagpagan ung fabric seats with fabric covers, grabe yung dust. Kahit siguro one hour (literally) mo pagpagan eh for sure may alikabok p din. Unlike kung leather, punas punas lng, ok na. I also installed leatherette seat on my civic (which I still own up to now) and after a couple of yrs eh ok p din. Parang bago p din lalo n after applying protectant, which i very seldom do, lalo ngaun because of the new hrv.
Usually, pag nagpapa install ako ng seat covers (leatherette), sinasabi ko sa installer na ikabit sya ng mahigpit, as if forever na dahil wala n kong planong tanggalin. Unless if plan ko palitan na wherein, hindi p nmn nangyari.
Un nmn cnasabi nung agent na wag n daw tanggalin ung free seat covers, if i were you, hindi ako papayag, unless n lng kung fabric din or something similar n makakapenetrate p din ung dust. Usually kasi, sukat n sukat ung seat covers to the point na medyo mahigpit p nga sya ang parang mas maganda ang magiging fit kung wala un. Besides, first time ko may narinig (or nalaman? Hehehe) na may gumagawa ng ganun. Ung sakin, iniwan ko n dun sa nagkabit nung seat covers ko. Same thing i did sa free mats upon installing deep dish mats. Pero kung sa palagay mo eh magagamit or mabebenta mo eh why not? Keep it. Sakin lng eh mapupunasan nmn ung grasa sa leatherette seat covers eh. Mejo hassle lng. Pero same thing, hassle din if magkakabit at magtatanggal ako ng seat covers. Besides, i dont like the idea n magtago ng mga bagay na bihira o halos hindi nagagamit.

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Sir, if I may ask, where did you purchase your leatherette seat cover for your HR-V? How much din po? Thanks.

In my case, I don't know shops in Cebu where I could get leather or leatherette seats so I just went to ACE Hardware... RL designs quoted me a price of 8,500 for heat repelling synthetic leather... Dunno if okay yung prince na they quoted...

[archangel 1979]

One more thing pala (and this is just my own personal opinion). I'm not sure if same pa din ung quality ng material or if same pa din ung supplier ng ace hardware sa seat covers nila pero yung 1st car ko kasi eh dun ako bumili (nasa 5.5k) for a leatherette seat cover for a kia pride sedan. That was way back 2004. Bukod sa mas maganda na yung quality at fit (at design) dun sa pinagpakabitan ko nung sa civic ko eh mas mura pa * 3.5k php (installed about 3 yrs ago). Pero don't get me wrong, ok nmn din ung sa kia ko (i also own it until now) pero mas ok talaga dun sa pinag pagawaan ko sa labas.

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[xagent_orangex]

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

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 )

since papalitan mo naman agad with a new one, remove it, trade it with an additional payong nalang hehe.
kung ayaw nila ng trade, keep it then sell it nalang para di masayang.
wag mo na i-doble sa new cover, the seat alone is sufficiently cushioned na.

[shadow]

Hinde ko na kinukuha pinapalitan ko na lang ng ibang freebies.


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[bugsmobile]

Didn't get the free fabric cover. They gave me a gas coupon instead.

[Super Inggo]

Nung nabilo kami ng kotse, hindirin namin pinalagay yung libreng seat cover pero kinuha namin. Inilagay ko na for sale sa olx, nabili naman ng 1k.