Does your Jeep have vinyl or cloth seating?

Muuurgh did pass the time by typing:

Cloth/velour in the ZJ. Vinal wipes easy and puts up with water but I got tired of my ass sticking to the bench in my old truck and I can scotchguard the cloth seats. I've also noticed the cloth seats tend to last longer than vinal. All depends on what your planning on doing. If your going to get dirty and hose out the inside, go with vinal cause cloth is going to get real soggy.

In all cases, no seat can tollerate forgetting about that screwdriver in your back pocket. :/

my cj7 came with vinyl seats-i can't stand them anymore. my next seats are going to be cloth. the vinyl gets really hot and sticky in the summer and ice cold in winter. the only benefit is that you can get them wet and clean them up easier than cloth. like DougW said, use scothguard.

Cloth, definitely. When I'm offroading I just use one of those handy plastic slip-covers that gather in the back to protect them. They wash up pretty good too- but you don't want to do that too often otherwise they'll rot.

My old 88YJ had vinyl and I hated sitting in them on a sunny day wearing shorts ouch! then after awhile ya start swimming in them. My new 01TJ has cloth, got caught in a downpour twice with them and was surprised how quickly they dried Cloth all the way...

Muuurgh wrote:

my 03Rubi has vinyl.. I am gonna say I love em now. I definitely bought longer short pants to avoid the back of my legs going raw when it is 90 and my ass sticks... hate that... but I have the doors off.. it rained pretty good last night and all I had to do was wipe off the seat and go..

dave

The reason I wanted vinyl was because my fear of having to sit on a wet cushion after it rains, I don't plan to care too much if it rains or not on or in my Jeep. I suppose I could cover cloth seat with a plastic bag at night if its supposed to rain. Should a new Jeep owner be concerned with these things?

-Muuurgh

My KJ has leather and a butt warmer. I like that because when I am on a long trip to and from the trail it helps a lot. Also, since I have to drive it to get groceries to take with me on the trail it is nice to be comfy. :^)

My '02 has the "cowhide material"! I swore at the dealer when he said that....cuz I knew cows didn't sweat as much as I would in the heat of summer!

I will be recovering these at some point. I've moved to an area with a hotter summer, so we'll see how uncomfortable it becomes.

So what to you figure....recover or replace the seats?!?!

sb

"The reason I wanted vinyl was because my fear of having to sit on a wet cushion after it rains"

You get used to it. ;) Pretty soon you'll be wearing that wet-splotch all over your butt like a badge of honor.

The cloth seats actually dry up pretty good. I get 'caught' (read: I don't take too much care either about the rain) quite a number of times throughout the spring/summer months. If there's a puddle in my seat in the morning, I usually soak up what I can with a towel, cover it with a plastic garbage bag and fire off to work. By the end of the day (if it didn't rain again) it's completely dry. If it rained, well, repeat steps one and two. ;)

What you really want to be careful of is getting the dash wet. Luckily all my gauges still work, but I hear water is unkind to them.

coop

I'd just find a nice cover (depends on your budget of course), but avoid the neoprene ones. They're much too expensive, and I hear they do rot after a while.

coop

The dealer said everything is waterproof. I don't trust the dealer.

-Muuurgh

I have a set of Wet Okole's for the bucket seats. Didn't get the bench cover cuz I don't really leave it in there.

although the cover helps with air circulation....I seem to sweat from my arse first and it doesn't cure that!

uncomfortable

Yikes, I wouldn't either, especially if you put an aftermarket radio or CB in.

Of course, I'm running a 94 YJ bare; that is there's no back seat and no carpeting. I have rubber floormats and my floor plugs are always out. But I'd still avoid getting the dash wet for sure.

coop

But no doubt someones been out driving without any tops on and the rain was hard enough that it gets the surface of the dash wet.....anyone got a method of covering the dash to keep it dry?

I notice my passenger airbag switch has a cover (it's tight, but doubt it's waterproof!).

Everything is NOT waterproof. Water resistant, maybe. Water in the instrument panel is not good.

Tom

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Just have to keep rubbing that in eh!!

Please define: Real Jeep

Thanks, Muuurgh