Who opted for fabric seats?

[MrMike]

Clearly your arse is too small.
Eat more until you fit perfectly in your seat

 

[MrMike]

MrM. Have you driven the Grenny with those beautiful body hugging recaro's??

I have, in utility trim, I'm also in a hot climate so leather doesn't work for me also unless they are cooled which they are not.

 

[Mumblepants]

I’ve just been in touch with Ineos and asked about changing a few things like paint and seats. but they have the new prices on everything (including the Trialmaster) so it’s a little confusing calculating the actual final price. for a ball park idea I took $13030 off the total.
Anyone have a better way?
I also asked if the changes would bump my January build date.

@Shorty i looked up those seats covers. pretty fancy with buttoned pockets and leather trim too!

Ineos followed up and said they’d passed on my paint and seat change requests to the relevant department, pricing would stay the same as before The rise. And because they were minor changes shouldn’t impact the build date.

 

[emax]

Has anyone ever tried to mitigate hot leather with bright seat covers or had such covers on leather at all?
Does it make a difference in the summer?

 

[grenadierboy]

Has anyone ever tried to mitigate hot leather with bright seat covers or had such covers on leather at all?
Does it make a difference in the summer?

If I can't park in the shade on a hot day I put up a foldable windscreen sunshield & that usually stops most of the sun hitting the dash/seat backs.

 

[DaveB]

If I can't park in the shade on a hot day I put up a foldable windscreen sunshield & that usually stops most of the sun hitting the dash/seat backs.

Exactly

 

[beanohallett]

fabric and heated for me!

 

[Andrew Kilby]

Fabric and heated also for me. Because they are recaro i believe they will wear well

 

[pt888]

I always have a few of those fold up mesh shades for the windows and crack the windows and/or open the sun roof an inch. I have used a big beach towel at times when its really bad. But I've never found it that bad, especially on real leather.
That being said I generally carry a pair of those cheapo mechanics cloth covers in case for some reason I get filthy. Those covers also help to avoid or mitigate stinging burn from really hot seats, and can be put on and off in seconds
It's been many years since I used them but I recall sheepskin wool being great for heat. They were hose-able and washable.

I have decided to swap to leather because it's easier to remove dust and cleanup sticky or staining liquids eg red wine (I know heresy) coffee etc.

I suspect the cloth will be comfortable, wear really well as well as being better in heat without a cover, and of course $3KAUD is a fair whack of coin and is 3+% of the purchase price?

 

[Krabby]

Regardless of material (I've hemmed and hawed but am leaning towards leather) I like the idea of seat covers. However, I also like a heated seat (lots of mornings here below 30F) but I doubt they'd heat up strong enough to feel through a heavy cover. Has any one driven a tester fitted with the offered covers?

Anyone?

 

[pt888]

Anyone?

Krabby, I don't know if this helps but. I live in Canberra and we get down to -6/7C in winter. I had a Saab 900 turbo with leather seats and had a set of thick sheep skin covers (left over from a previous Saab). The heat came through just fine. On our existing leather equipped cars anything above lowest heat setting is too hot after a few minutes. I really doubt a seat cover over leather is going to reduce the effect to the point of being ineffectual.

 

[DCPU]

It's only going to be like wearing a heavy duty pair of jeans vs thin suit trousers, so I'd imagine it would work fine?

 

[Shaky]

Anyone?

Krabby, like others have said I think it will be fine, as I see it the heat may not be so noticeable as quickly with seat covers on, but there will be a build up effect where after a few minutes the seat covers will also warm and then you will feel the effects.

I can only stomach the things for a few minutes even with heavy duty seat covers on my seats. When the seat gets nice and hot it feels like I have just pi**ed myself and I really don’t like that feeling….not that I try and make a habit of doing it you understand.

A long time after mine has been turned off, the other half is sat there saying how nice it feels to have the heated seats on.

 

[Krabby]

It's the passenger seat I'm worried about since my wife will put the things on for 10 months of the year!

 

[Jean Mercier]

It's the passenger seat I'm worried about since my wife will put the things on for 10 months of the year!

Ice Cream?

 

[Spjnr]

Ive specced cloth seats, covers and heated seats.

Never felt like I needed heated seats with cloth, but the Wife was insistent. Only 300 quid, so not a big deal, and probably a good option for resale

 

[Logsplitter]

Ive specced cloth seats, covers and heated seats.

Never felt like I needed heated seats with cloth, but the Wife was insistent. Only 300 quid, so not a big deal, and probably a good option for resale

I’ve ordered the same along with saddle leather drivers pack as I love the look of that.

 

[Spjnr]

I’ve ordered the same along with saddle leather drivers pack as I love the look of that.

Gotta admit, if i could change anything now, It'd be adding saddle leather. Its just the original colour they showed was bright orange, not the saddle brown it seems to have changed to.

It would go well with the Mushroom paint. Oh well, i don't mind saving £600

 

[PT70]

Most of the vehicles I have had over the last 25 years have had leather seats and I was going for the leather option again, but after having a ride in a Grenadier with fabric seats I changed to heated fabric and with the savings added some "nice to haves" - the tailgate table, the compass with altimeter, and checker plate on the wings.

 

[Tazzieman]

I just wear sheepskin underpants when it's really cold. Like sheep , you never have to wash them.
It adds to the rugged vibe