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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 10:33 AM
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Ive recently come across sets of these seat covers Seats on ebay and ive bid a few times on different pairs and lost obviously. My question is if anyone who may have won the bidding is on here and can tell us if they fit well and what not. Ive spoken to the seller and he has a set he is willing to sell me without the hassle of bidding.

Im just scared of being the guinea pig and ending up with some crap
Says they are cowhide genuine leather, shape and color seems great, if no one comes forward ill end up purchasing them and making a review for anyone interested.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 10:47 AM
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Stay away from those. They fit terrible.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by dan7u
Stay away from those. They fit terrible.

Really?! That bad huh, have you personally seen them?
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 11:16 AM
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Yeah some extra background would be nice. They do have their years wrong and those look like 06+ seats which would likely fit poorly on an 00-05 seat.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Manga_Spawn
Yeah some extra background would be nice. They do have their years wrong and those look like 06+ seats which would likely fit poorly on an 00-05 seat.
Yeah seller told me it was a typo, yet they've put those years on all the listings I think lol. My car is a 07 and the main reason I started looking at these was the fact that the clazzio covers don't have the center stitch in the headrest area. But hell they have sold atleast 5 sets from the ones I've seen so someone has to have them!
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 11:34 AM
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I ordered those only in the AP1 version. The red is too dark for the Honda interior, so pass if you have the red roll hoops and dash. When I complained the guy replied with "I never said the red matched anything." They're missing a lot of the OEM mounting brackets on the inside. The leather is thick and rough. The fit is not very good and you'll never get all of the wrinkles out of them, even after they sit in the sun (as the eBay ad states). First clue is they don't show any installed pics.

Bottom line... they're not very good.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 11:43 AM
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I ordered those only in the AP1 version. The red is too dark for the Honda interior, so pass if you have the red roll hoops and dash. When I complained the guy replied with "I never said the red matched anything." They're missing a lot of the OEM mounting brackets on the inside. The leather is thick and rough. The fit is not very good and you'll never get all of the wrinkles out of them, even after they sit in the sun (as the eBay ad states). First clue is they don't show any installed pics.

Bottom line... they're not very good.
That was my main concern those damn wrinkles! Maybe ap2 would be better since it doesn't have the hole in the headrest? Let's see if someone chimes in with those.
They're honestly not as bad as I thought, possibly adding some foam inside might help yours? Like how people fix the sides of the bottom pan using the sponge for washing cars
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 03:37 PM
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Thats a full review. It sucks there isn't an affordable way to redo the seats.
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 11:37 PM
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Can you heat them up to shrink the leather?
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by vasquezgno
Can you heat them up to shrink the leather?
I tried heat guns, steamers, setting them for the afternoon in the direct hot sun. No real success.
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