Seat Covers

Within reason, seats are generally all the same size. Your problem is that if you still have the stock seats, they are probably low-back type, and most current waterproof covers are high-back type.

Having said that, Wet Oaklies are considered to be pretty good waterproof covers.

CRWLR... I'm just finishing up retubbing the Jeep... I'm gonna try the stock lowbacks that came with the donor tub for a season... Seats are in rough shape so a cover is a must......Spend alot of time with no top or bikini here just outside Seattle...Just curious if waterproof seats are worth the $$.. Thanks, Greg

Hi Bill....Just finished retubbing.. I'm gonna try the stock lowbacks for a season and see if they'll work for me...I saved my baja buckets from old tub.......I'll try JC Whitney and see what I can find.... Thanks, Greg

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What you need is a set of the genuine original Fingerhut clear plastic seat covers, little bumps and all.

Approximately 11/10/03 15:49, Greg Bam uttered for posterity:

Just remember that neopreme seat covers are most definitely not waterproof. They're water-resistant but they are definitely 100% positively not waterproof Water left to sit on them will be soaked in like a sponge and you'll end up having to drive home sitting on a towel... ask me how I know. ;) Plus colored neopreme seat covers fade like crazy if they're in the sun too much.

Jerry

They should also do a fantastic job of keeping any water that soaks in, inside the seat cover for an extended period of time.

I never got the whole neoprene seat cover thing. Wet suits are NOT designed to keep water OUT... It's the exact opposite! They are intended to keep an insulating layer of water (warmed by your body), between you and the colder water outside the suit. They get completely waterlogged and STAY water logged. If you've ever put a soaked wet suit on in the cold morning after you used it the previous day, and spent the next 15 minutes feeling like you just took an ice bath, you'll not want to have anything like it on your Jeep's seats let me tell you.

Those Oakolies are the opposite of waterproof!

They are wet suit material that is a high density foam that is designed to 'hold' water in.

My stock vinyl seats dry off fast in the sun or wind.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

CRWLR wrote:

I think they probably are.

Hmmm, those pieces might not have been plastic....

Fingerhut and lampshades... Hmmmm

:)

Oh boy. And just think how much you probably spent on them too... :(

Approximately 11/11/03 17:04, Peter Parker uttered for posterity:

If anyone misses the putrid smell of those old Fingerhuts on a hot day, pick up a bit of Durian from your local asian food store. Amazingly similar.