One issue with my Prius

I do not think the lighter color is the end of the world. The lighter tan color makes the interior look larger. The darker grey is better at hiding dirt. Both can be cleaned.

I personally would do nothing that could effect the safety features of the car. My perspective can be skewed.... as my 19 yo son... and best friend in life, perished this year in an accident.

If you are hell bent on getting seat covers... my recommendation would be to make sure that they do not effect the airbags in any way. I would not simply trust the word of a 3rd party supplier.

/Jim

 

The car cover can protect the car from sun, dust, rain and birds. Most of the time it isn't on, but it is custom for the Prius, note the antenna is covered too.

The dash cover protects the dash from direct sunlight. I used to have a 1967 Mercedes and the dash was cracked from the heat. This is Southern California, remember.

Going back to topic, both the GT and the Wet Oke have a special opening in the side of the cover for the airbags. If you order a seat from them, be sure to specify that your Prius has side airbags.

 

The GTs weren't. The hardest thing is you have to remove the rear seat. Fortunately I had previously saw a PDF on installing an XM radio in a Prius and they showed how to do that. It's just a couple of pins that you pull up on.

 

An hour, by myself.

You can take a look at the XM Installation Guide and scroll down to pages 43-45 for pictures of the removal.

 

Tracy,

Maybe you should consider having your dealer install the leather seats. That way you can keep your Bisque interior, and it would be easy to clean.

/Jim

 

Tracy,

I was suggesting that you get the tan (bisque) colored seats. That way it would match your interior. Personally... I think it will not look very nice with charcol seat covers on an otherwise "tan" interior. But when it comes to asthetics... my opinion doesn't matter... yours does.

The tan (bisque) leather seats would be easy to clean, and would allow you to have the "larger feeling" interior that a light color offers. I also personally think that leather feels MUCH better than cloth seats... but once again, that is a very personal thing. Others would feel just the opposite. Personally, I would not want a car that did not have leather sets.

/jim

 

Dang, I love those Chevy Mustangs. But they're so hard to find!

 

In that case... you should not get leather. This is something of personal taste. I know some people just don't like leather. I have no idea how you can possibly equate it to "old folks material".

/Jim

 

those tan GT covers do come clean very easily. got all sorts of crap on them on the trip and it came out very easily this afternoon when i went to clean up the interior.

and the all weather mats will cover up the tan easily enough. you'll just have the trim to worry about then. DH told me he talked to you about replacing the trim to make it all gray- that would be a very expensive option. i'll get some pics of our interior up soon, once i get it detailed so it doesn't look like $%*& in the pics! :lol:

 

Do you just not like the color or are you worried about them getting dirty?

I was talking with tumbleweed today and he has the light fabric. He had 9K on his if I remember and his seats and floormats looked great.
I asked him how he does it... He said he has had muddy puppy paws all over the seats.. the just takes a wet cloth and it comes right off!
They looked brand new to me!

then another I saw had the all weather rubber matts in the bottom... they looked good to.

it also looks like the material on the seats would clean very well with a hand held steam cleaner should you ever need to.

 

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here's a shot i found on my laptop of the interior of our car- GTcovers on the seats and all weather mats on the floors.