This is why I installed the Clazzio leather seats

All is not lost. You can replace your fabric with Katzkins leather upholstery or Clazzio seat covers. They both offer far more choices that Toyota did and you will save quite a bit of money over upgrading to a model with leather when you bought your car.

 

I have leather seats since I bought a pkg IV, but I want to protect my driver's seat. I had my previous car (a Saab 900 SE) with leather seats and my driver's seat bottom leather cracked over time because I didn't do anything to protect it.

Any ideas?

 

That applies to many things in life.

 

Yeah, I'll say!

;~P

 

I'm thinking about it. I'll have to wait till I ahave more cash, and free time

 

Hi Cossie,

The covers do look great! I've got the Bisque interior and was thinking of doing the dark gray/black leather for the seats (as they appear to match the dash pretty well).
I see that you've got a leather center armrest cover as well...is that one of the eBay covers?

Thanks!

 

Not sure if you've seen it yet, but there's a thread on matching Clazzio colors. I have the Bisque, too. I paid a visit to the Clazzio factory a couple of weeks ago and actually laid out several different seat covers over the original ones to see which color matched best. Full report here:

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...odifications/82472-clazzio-color-match-2.html

My opinion bottom line for black vs. dark gray: Black is too dark. Overpowers the interior. Also get too warm. (That might not be a problem in CT, but in CA it's something I worry about.) Dark gray, on the other hand, is an excellent match. It's the one I chose in the end.

I've started installation, but haven't had enough free time yet to finish anything.

 

I've made a rule for myself that I will not drink anything but water inside my Prius and no eating in the car. Even with leather seats! I made an unholy mess out of my last car and have vowed not to do this again. Leather seats protect to some extent but a spilled large coke has a way of sticking around long after, even with interior carpet cleaning.

 

Thanks Cossie!

They do still look really good. Is it the lighting, or did you go with black leather with the Dark Gray interior?
I'm thinking to have a local upholstery shop do the door inserts in a matching vinyl/leather/pleather (as the Bisque ones don't seem to want to wear well).
Might even splurge and check the cost of covering the steering wheel in leather, too.
I'm guessing that a lot of stretching need be done, so I'll be waiting for warmer weather anyway.

 

So they're the same color as the dash, or darker? Again, it's kinda hard to tell in the photos.
Looks good either way!

Thanks!

 

It does look good!
I emailed Clazzio in hope that they'll send out a few swatches. I've never seen any of their stuff in person, as the local dealers either stock the IV or V (which have factory leather) or the nice but very spendy Katzkins.

They also seem to hold up better than the OEM.

Does the extra padding that they add make any difference in comforty, etc?

 

If you have fabric seats, highly recommend this stuff, it really works in protecting the fabric. Had a couple of accidents on my prior car with drinks and other misc crap but was able to clean it up with just a damp cloth with no problems, no cleaners needed.

Scotchgard

 

Nothing like the smell of leather,this is my first one with Leather!!
One time is all it takes,I'm sold! I use to think cloth seats where ok!!
Not no moe!!