lightsout
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For the last 30 years all cars I have had were leather, when I purchased my Sahara I was not impressed with the factory leather so I purchased with the Sahara cloth and planned to eventually order Katskinz leather seat covers. It took about 1 hour of driving with the cloth seats that I was sold on the cloth and then decided I did not want leather, my wife loves the warmth of the cloth in the winter as well. Main reason wanting cloth also was comfort and having dual top I am glad I do not have leather with the soft top in the summer, no hot seats and no sweating during longer drives.
However after a few back-country trips 100 miles of dirt roads with the wife and dog with dirty paw prints every where I decided to try the Rough Country Seat Covers I picked them up for $159. Even though I had 6 cans of Scotch guard on the cloth seats and they were just as easy as leather to clean I just wanted to preserve them.
I ordered the covers from Rough country about 2 months ago and threw then in the corner of the garage procrastinating the install. Anyway last week I got around to installing them:
Unboxing I was unsure if I would like them not sure how they would fit but for $159 I figured I would give it a shot. Install is very easy and Takes about 1.5-2 hours for all 4 seats.
Once I had the 1st seat done (drivers seat) I almost took it off just did grab me, more the color than anything else while they are Black it clashed with the black cloth seats making the single finished seat stick out and look odd. I kept going though and once I had them all installed it actually looked great, almost as good as the stock fabric just a little different as the Rough country seat covers are Black Neoprene.
The fit was fantastic just one slight wrinkle near the driver lumbar knob that was it otherwise it looked like a factory fit with just a slight give on the seat back which had gone a way with a few hours of driving.
For the price these are a huge WIN easy to clean (even remove and clean if you like) while protecting your stock seats. If I had Leather I would also put these on, at least for the summer with the soft top on/down.
One other minor byproduct is they do have add a little padding to the seats.
I am totally protected now I did a full 3M wrap on the paint and now the seats are protected. Best part is if they get ruined or looking old throw them away an replace with new for very little cost. I will probably go back to cloth when the hard top goes on. and I now have no desire to install leather I much prefer the comfort of the cloth. I also found the cloth keeps you from sliding in the seats on angles and rough terrain.
However after a few back-country trips 100 miles of dirt roads with the wife and dog with dirty paw prints every where I decided to try the Rough Country Seat Covers I picked them up for $159. Even though I had 6 cans of Scotch guard on the cloth seats and they were just as easy as leather to clean I just wanted to preserve them.
I ordered the covers from Rough country about 2 months ago and threw then in the corner of the garage procrastinating the install. Anyway last week I got around to installing them:
Unboxing I was unsure if I would like them not sure how they would fit but for $159 I figured I would give it a shot. Install is very easy and Takes about 1.5-2 hours for all 4 seats.
Once I had the 1st seat done (drivers seat) I almost took it off just did grab me, more the color than anything else while they are Black it clashed with the black cloth seats making the single finished seat stick out and look odd. I kept going though and once I had them all installed it actually looked great, almost as good as the stock fabric just a little different as the Rough country seat covers are Black Neoprene.
The fit was fantastic just one slight wrinkle near the driver lumbar knob that was it otherwise it looked like a factory fit with just a slight give on the seat back which had gone a way with a few hours of driving.
For the price these are a huge WIN easy to clean (even remove and clean if you like) while protecting your stock seats. If I had Leather I would also put these on, at least for the summer with the soft top on/down.
One other minor byproduct is they do have add a little padding to the seats.
I am totally protected now I did a full 3M wrap on the paint and now the seats are protected. Best part is if they get ruined or looking old throw them away an replace with new for very little cost. I will probably go back to cloth when the hard top goes on. and I now have no desire to install leather I much prefer the comfort of the cloth. I also found the cloth keeps you from sliding in the seats on angles and rough terrain.
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I've currently got the neoprene Diver Down covers in my (hubby's) JKU and I was waiting for them to be available for the JL. I really like the neoprene feel and protection. This is now another item on my wish list
. Thanks again for the heads up and review
