Protecting Seat Bolsters

I emailed them about a set and they are pretty bad with response times. My last email was about 2 weeks ago and I'm still waiting for a response. I'm not sure if I have any confidence dealing with a shop like this.

They can be a little slow to respond but usually they reply within a couple of days. Just like SWEIDIT and many others like them, they are super busy all the time and backordered and I suspect are a one man (or woman) show so it's difficult juggling time between answering emails and doing admin and then actually making products for orders and shipping them out. Not an ideal business model but understandably difficult to manage. I don't know what their staffing level is, just making some assumptions, observations and possible suggestions for their slow or non responses. You could maybe post on their Facebook page if you use that?

If these don't fit the UKDM then I would be sending them back but I could always sell them if you or another member were wanting a set for a lefty.

Got them fitted this morning, fairly easy to fit. Not sure if I've done them exactly as they should be fitted but they seem to be pretty snug and look good. The black material is similar to the back seats but I'm almost certain that in the photos on their Facebook page the ones that are shown are black alcantara. They will do the job protecting against wear all the same. Have to see if they remain in place or if they are going to move and have to be constantly adjusted.

Here are some photos of them fitted in the car...

I'm not sure if they would affect the airbags either so if anyone has any input on that it would be helpful to know!

Ulti-Resis said:

Got them fitted this morning, fairly easy to fit. Not sure if I've done them exactly as they should be fitted but they seem to be pretty snug and look good. The black material is similar to the back seats but I'm almost certain that in the photos on their Facebook page the ones that are shown are black alcantara. They will do the job protecting against wear all the same. Have to see if they remain in place or if they are going to move and have to be constantly adjusted.

Here are some photos of them fitted in the car...

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How much did these end up costing?

I paid 290 Euros for them, he gave me a 20 Euro discount so that if they didn't fit the right hand drive UKDM, it would cover the shipping to return them. If they did fit then he said it would just be a discount.


The prices are the following:

1 Set (2x lower and 2x upper covers) – 300€ +shipping

Shipping to the US is 20 Euros or other countries/zones differ but you can see all the pricing on the Facebook page:

Man those look so good. I found these while searching for seat protectors too, but was hesitant because the seller was overseas. thanks for being the guinea pig haha. 290 euros is like 320 USD tho

markq218 said:

Man those look so good. I found these while searching for seat protectors too, but was hesitant because the seller was overseas. thanks for being the guinea pig haha. 290 euros is like 320 USD tho

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Yeahhhhh.... When I converted the price to USD I was out.

I'm really tempted to pick up a set of these, as I have a wrinkle already forming in the passenger side bolster that I'm afraid is going to wear through eventually. Price seems pretty high, but that's kinda how it goes for bespoke products like these.

My main concerns are how well they stay in place and if they would interfere with airbags. I agree with @Ulti-Resis that their photos look a lot more like alcantara on the black portions, and I feel that would be a little more appropriate given the price. With that said, I'd love to hear feedback after you've spent some time with these about how well they stay in place.

I agree they are expensive but far cheaper than new seats or having to pay for re-upholsering. Just about everything for a CTR is expensive though, if we're being honest. They're a money pit for sure!

I'll certainly let you know how they are in terms of them staying in place. They do have wrap around bands with Velcro on the end that stick them in place but some of the edges just tuck into fairly shallow crevices in the seats so they may shift with use.

Also I have made suggestions for some improvements and asked questions regarding the airbags and whether they were alcantara in the photos and if they changed that. The ones in their photos and their original designs were on an FK2 so the seats were a bit different to the FK8.

I'm only worried about the bottom bolsters going bad. I'll just rebuild them with oem parts.

https://www.hondapartsnow.com/parts...-r-touring-ka-6mt/front-seat-driver-side.html

That's always an option. Not sure that would be so straight forward for UKDM as getting those parts is likely to be far more expensive and possibly only available direct from Honda stealerships. I don't know if the parts are available anywhere else in the UK.