2016 prius Clazzio covers rear fit, meh

I will post pics later:

I had Clazzio vinyl covers on my last, Gen3 Prius. They were hell to install, but once done- looked amazing and fit well.

Based on that experience, I "bit the bullet" and ordered Clazzio vinyl covers for my 2016 Prius 2. The front seats look decent, although there are wrinkles that I can't get rid of. I'll hit them with a heat gun and see what happens.

The issue:
The rear bottom seat cover. The fitment on it is horrible, I have installed and reinstalled it half a dozen times with no improvements. And then there is the design of the sections for where the seat belts clip into. It makes no sense at all. They look like two elephant trunks, cannot be folded down, and getting a seatbelt to latch is pure hell.

Clazzio should have done a better job with these, I'm not happy with these- and will contact them, but not sure what they can do for me.

To answer any questions regarding my choice of vinyl vs leather:

-Vinyl was about half the price.
-Vinyl is way more resilient than leather (ime)
-I have a 2 year old and another on the way, vinyl has saved my azz plenty of times and needs no real maintenance

 

I have received a reply from Clazzio.com from an inquiry on their site. They have stated that the "clazziousa" seller is not associated with them at all. Their very classy response is below. It's sad because I've steered over a dozen others to buy their seat covers and stated so in my email to them- never again.:

"We, are not associated with EBAY in any way shape or form. If you buy from them, then you have to go THROUGH them to get your issues fixed. The sellers on there are our competitors, and we don't just fix other companies issues.

I personally will never understand why a customer would order such and expensive, and SPECIFIC product from a crappy website like eBay. Where there are companies, fully dedicated to a product, full time customer service, in house sewing machines for alterations. Yet saving a few dollars and buying from someone you have no idea where your product is coming from, is the better choice?

The manufacturer of the product is called Eleven International. They said if you can't get help through the dealer you bought from, to let them know about it. You can email them at: [email protected]
Good luck."

 

Both were from ebay. They are both genuine Clazzio- not sure why the rude rant from the clazzio.com guy was even warranted. Apparently Clazzio are made by 11i and then sold by various resellers. Funny how the guy asked me why I purchased the exact same product he is selling for $100 less than on his site. What a piece of work.

 

Rco, I am totally fine with going thru ebay to get my issue fixed. I just didnt know that clazzio was a reseller and there were so many different companies with the clazzio brand name. Otherwise, I would never have gone back to that rude responder from clazzio.com

 

Pictures of the covers on 2016 prius 2 (excuse the crumbs from baby). I have tried to make this fit, pulled the seat out a dozen times. Its beyond my limits to fix and I've installed plenty of custom interiors in my time.

https://goo.gl/photos/pmF7abEBTWq19B5V7
https://goo.gl/photos/nBxtppeLBQyYkdBY7

 

I'm not so much upset at the company than the actual manufacturer. I understand the re sellers "plight", but it's a global market. All his rant did was ensure that I never recommend them again.

 

You are incorrect, they are seat covers- they are not replacements. I have installed 8 of these on the older model prius w/no issues.