GT Seat Covers- Fitting?

thaight · Mar 29, 2006

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Nov 20 2005, 02:05 PM) [snapback]158635[/snapback]</div>

all right. i can give you info on doing the front ones- but we don't have the rear ones yet.

1. headrest. you got that one already.
2. remove the back flap from the original seat upholstery. there are little elastic bands with plastic hooks, that hook around a small metal bar underneat the seat. pull those off and you can pull up the back upholstery to make your life easier. the instructions i had didn't include this.
3. put on the seat bottom. sounds like you've already threaded the buckles through, but this will make it a lot easier. the velcro is a little tricker, but equally doable with some patience. make sure everything's good and tight. sit in it, move around a little. it will take a little time for these to 'break in' if you will, but for now if it's snug it'll be fine.
4. reattach the elastic band hooks to the bar under the seat.
5. pull the top seat cover over and attach the velcro in the front to the velcro from the seat bottom. you may want to tilt the saet rearward to make the velcro from the seat bottom more accessible.
6. pull the back of the top seat cover down as hard as you can to tighten everything up. now the seat bottom should be secure, the front velcro should be attached to the seat bottom, and the only velcro you have left that isn't attached to another piece of velcro is the back velcro.
7. attach the back velcro to the upholstery. i know you said you don't like that, but if you pull it down far enough wherever it catches won't be visible. and as long as you don't pull it off and put it back on and pull it off and put it back on, there won't be any damage to the seats. even it there was, it wouldn't be visible so it's not like your resale value will be diminished by having seat covers.

hope that makes things a bit easier for you. i had trouble with the first one i did too, but after figuring out the first one the second made more sense. good luck!
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Great Directions Thanks!

robk · Sep 9, 2006

I have spent hours trying to figure out these GT seat covers. There directions are worthless. I managed to get the front covers on in a couple of hours after getting bloodied and getting blood on the seat. It did wash out ok. I had to go out to this site to find out how to get the back seat up. I ended up with a couple of pieces left over which looked like armrests that I found on this site were actually to cover the sides of the seats. Can anyone tell me how to install them? I assume the shorter one is for the vent side and the velcro must stick down between the seats. It is already a tight fit between the seats. I don't have the center armrest on the back seat yet and the armrest still won't fold up all the way because of the seat covers. I think GT must print one set of directions for all their covers. I just got the side pieces in. Everything looks good but I wish the center armrest in the back closed better. Maybe with time things will loosen up.l

ufourya · Feb 8, 2009

I know this is an ancient thread, but just finished installing some front covers and wanted to thank galaxee for the information.

Item #2 about the original seat cover flap saved a lot of time. I'm sure trying to thread the straps through there and getting the velcro from the back and seat parts to mesh perfectly would have been exasperating.

Thanks again!

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