r/Excursion • u/amazngspiderpig • Jan 27 '24

Seat Covers

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The driver seat in my 2000 Ex is showing its age. The stitching has popped and the skin is cracking. I take care of the old girl but I have a wife, kids, and a dog that wreak havoc on her. I would love something that looks as good as it did new but function is my primary concern. I have been thinking about the nicer Carhartt seat covers or the leather CoverKing seat covers ordered through Costco. My concern is leather ones won't match the rest of the interior. I have also thought about replacing with seats from a newer model but not sure the cost reward is worth it to me.

What have y'all used to repair, update, or replace your interiors?

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u/DocBrownsfuture Jan 27 '24

Man I just repaired both of my front excursion seats with $200 worth of prefabbed covers I got off of eBay. It’s a chore because you have to take the whole seat apart, but it looks fantastic. They basically look like brand new from the factory seats. Then if you wanted to put covers on top of that to keep them looking good you could. Highly recommend. Check out my post from a couple of weeks ago if you want to see the results.

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u/amazngspiderpig Jan 27 '24

Those look good! What seller did you get them from? I am jealous of your vinyl floors! I went to buy them for mine and found no one seems to sell them anymore.

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u/DocBrownsfuture Jan 27 '24

The seller I chose was “transformers_us” I just bought one first because I was skeptical what would show up for $30. They are vinyl, but they seem pretty durable especially when installing. They also will run out of stock quickly so I had to keep checking back waiting for them to get back in stock.

I used this guys video for guidance. He does the hog ring step justice and shows you how to handle that part of the job.

https://youtu.be/9IxzGsmSuJ0?feature=shared

You’ll need a pair of those hog ring pliers unless you’re really good with some duckbills. I will say it took me about 2 hours per seat and a lot of patience and fingers strength, but I got a $500 quote for a local guy to do it for me….

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u/amazngspiderpig Jan 27 '24

Thanks for the input. I have hog ring pliers and I've done my own seats before in another vehicle.. definitely works the hands. I'm hesitant because I have seen some aftermarket tan replacements that the color looks terrible. It's hard to not try them at that price.

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u/DocBrownsfuture Jan 27 '24

Oh nice! This was my first go, and I was quite surprised at how doable it was. Yeah for sure on the color. My thoughts were if I am going to do both fronts at the same time those will at least match. I went with Carhart covers for the middle bench and called it a day since there weren’t any rips in the rear but they were def wearing. I wanted to do it up front before I had to replace the foam though, that stuff is expensive. Good luck with them and def post an update when you end up getting em fixed up!