Finished installing my DAMD 86 Vantage seat covers.

[Pointmutation]

Originally Posted by PNW FRS

Will be interesting to see how long it takes some of the install wrinkles to smooth out. Maybe a week of hot weather (i.e., heat up the inside) and then subsequent cooling off will help. Thanks for the great write-up and pix.
This is now "On the list..."!

The drivers side bolster is still getting better. The passenger side bolster less so since I don't always have a passenger. The rear seat bottoms smoothed out a little but not much yet. Gonna need to put something heavy back there to weigh it down.

[akiranakayama]

These look great. About to get a set for my BRZ cuz my pitbull rides in the car and will ruin the seats eventually.

How do the seat belt loops on the shoulder of the seats work? Does it snap like the actual seats?

[Pointmutation]

Originally Posted by akiranakayama

These look great. About to get a set for my BRZ cuz my pitbull rides in the car and will ruin the seats eventually.

How do the seat belt loops on the shoulder of the seats work? Does it snap like the actual seats?

You would be using the stock seat belt loops. There is a hole in the seat covers where the stock loop feeds out of and another hole for access to the stock button for the loops to snap onto.

[akiranakayama]

Man, just finished installing the rear seat covers. What a pain in the ass.

The bottom cushions were a bitch to put back in properly, what with trying to get it set correctly in that rear latch.

What kinda sucks is that DAMD did not provide any cutouts for the seat release straps to thread through. What did you end up doing for that? Only thing I can see is slicing a hole into the back or routing it UP through the hole for the seat latch bracket.

[Swagopopotamus]

Are these actual dead cow leather or the vinyl pretend leather? I've been considering them and these pics make them look very nice installed.

[akiranakayama]

Pleather. At least that's what the description on the product page says.

[Pointmutation]

Originally Posted by akiranakayama

What kinda sucks is that DAMD did not provide any cutouts for the seat release straps to thread through. What did you end up doing for that? Only thing I can see is slicing a hole into the back or routing it UP through the hole for the seat latch bracket.

Mine already had holes for the seat release straps. I'll have to snap a pic of mine when I get to my car later on.

[akiranakayama]

Originally Posted by Pointmutation

Mine already had holes for the seat release straps. I'll have to snap a pic of mine when I get to my car later on.

Jigga what? I'm prepared to be angry if that is the case. Or at the very least I'll be prepared with an X-Acto knife.

Looking forward to a pic!

[Pointmutation]

Originally Posted by akiranakayama

Jigga what? I'm prepared to be angry if that is the case. Or at the very least I'll be prepared with an X-Acto knife.
Looking forward to a pic!

Quick phone shot before heading off to work... Precut holes.

[akiranakayama]

Yup, I have those too. So yeah, you're routing the release straps up through those holes. I wish they had put holes where the straps originate in the back of the seat...

[Pointmutation]

Originally Posted by akiranakayama

Yup, I have those too. So yeah, you're routing the release straps up through those holes. I wish they had put holes where the straps originate in the back of the seat...

Ah, I see what you mean now, yeah, routed upwards through the precut hole. Missed that part of your post about routing the straps up. Always thought of that as the latch/strap hole and wished the hole was bigger. Didn't even think of having a separate opening for the straps.

Based on how they did the hole though, looks like it'd be easy to just slice a second hole for the straps and sew some threading around the slice.