Coverking Neoprene seat cover installation questions

[DillyCrack]

I just got my coverking seat covers in the mail today. I’ve never owned any seat covers from them before and it didn’t come with instructions and there’s no installation video on their website for a 24. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to feed the strap between the seat to somewhere I can access it. Does anyone have any advice on how to do so?

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[Rover Rover]

I just got my coverking seat covers in the mail today. I’ve never owned any seat covers from them before and it didn’t come with instructions and there’s no installation video on their website for a 24. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to feed the strap between the seat to somewhere I can access it. Does anyone have any advice on how to do so?

Yep- this one just takes a bit of time and patience. First thing, don't be like me, make sure you have the proper cover on the proper side- the zipper should be on the side of the center console, away from view of the rear door. Second, raise the seats up as high and as far back as they can go. You can feed the strap back between the seat cushions, and push as much slack as possible through the crack...Then from the rear, you will find that this crack between the two cushions is covered with a piece of plastic trim. You should be able to feed enough slack such that the straps come out of the trim and you can grab them, albeit maybe a bit blindly as there isn't much room to see down there. Latch the strap onto the blue tool and feed it towards the front.

 

[DillyCrack]

Yep- this one just takes a bit of time and patience. First thing, don't be like me, make sure you have the proper cover on the proper side- the zipper should be on the side of the center console, away from view of the rear door. Second, raise the seats up as high and as far back as they can go. You can feed the strap back between the seat cushions, and push as much slack as possible through the crack...Then from the rear, you will find that this crack between the two cushions is covered with a piece of plastic trim. You should be able to feed enough slack such that the straps come out of the trim and you can grab them, albeit maybe a bit blindly as there isn't much room to see down there. Latch the strap onto the blue tool and feed it towards the front.

Thank you! I think I used all my patience up for today. Gonna try this out tomorrow!

 

[Rocko]

Just installed my Cover Kings (Front seats only for now, Rear will be installed this weekend) ad they are pretty nice. I got the Real Neoprene ones. Install went pretty good, but I have power seats that I raised up all the way and I have long arms that helped. Anyways, getting them through Costco is the way to go, I forget the final price, but I basically got the rear covers for about fifty bucks more than the fronts were going to be without the discount. Ordering through the Costco interface is a little bumpy, but worth it.
BTW, I slid the covers on the seat back without undoing the zipper, it was easier for me that way..

 

[Pootie]

This is the video on their website. I used it for my covers, it's pretty close. Have patience, it's not a 5-minute job & it's much easier with two people to pass the straps under the seat.

 

[DillyCrack]

Just installed my Cover Kings (Front seats only for now, Rear will be installed this weekend) ad they are pretty nice. I got the Real Neoprene ones. Install went pretty good, but I have power seats that I raised up all the way and I have long arms that helped. Anyways, getting them through Costco is the way to go, I forget the final price, but I basically got the rear covers for about fifty bucks more than the fronts were going to be without the discount. Ordering through the Costco interface is a little bumpy, but worth it.
BTW, I slid the covers on the seat back without undoing the zipper, it was easier for me that way..

I got mine from Costco. Ordering them made me a little nervous because the order confirmation doesn’t specify what color you ordered or anything. Kind of was just hoping they’d come in correct, which they did.

 

[DillyCrack]

This is the video on their website. I used it for my covers, it's pretty close. Have patience, it's not a 5-minute job & it's much easier with two people to pass the straps under the seat.

Thank you. I got them all on but the bungee straps with the hooks I couldn’t figure out what I was supposed to be doing with them. Ill check that out and hopefully have them on correct finally

 

[Pootie]

This video doesn't help with the final two bungee hooks that go under the seat. I did my best to stretch them out and hook onto some part of the seat frame. There's quite a few wires running down under the seat so be careful. I've had my covers on for almost a month now and I'm liking them. They'll mold themselves to the seat a little better with use so be patient.

 

[Kdbradley85]

I just installed my front seat covers today. My truck has cloth seats and I have dogs, so I went for the expensive Neoprene covers. The trick I used to get the straps between the seat cushions was to remove the buckles from the straps, but it might not be necessary (the gap between the cushions was really tight on my driver's seat).

I slid the seat and the back forward as far as possible to give myself some room to work behind the seat. On the back of the seat, there is a cover which kind of obstructs the gap between the cushions, so keep this in mind as you push the strap through using the little tool that came with the covers. Once I got the straps through, I did my best to make sure they weren't twisted by kind of shimmying the strap back and forth (then I had to put the buckles back on lol), and at this point I pulled the straps through fairly firmly to help pull the cover in between the cushions a bit. Then I slid the seats back and tilted it back a bit to put the non-slip pad on the seat cushion and position the bottom of the cover. At this point, I also shoved the cover's seam between the cushions and the plastic side panel where the seat levers are with the handy little tool. After I was comfortable with the position of the seat cover, again, I tilted the seat back forward and slid it forward as far as possible. This next part was the trickiest part, for me. This is where you have to make sure you're not pinching any electric connectors or air tubes (for lumbar support) with the straps, and keeping the straps as close to the bottom of the cushion as possible, connect the buckles and tighten them down. There's another bungie hook on the side of the cover closest to your center console, and I'm not even sure this one does anything, but you have to fish it around the felt hanging between the seat and try to find a good piece of metal under the seat to connect that hook too.

You have to kind of man-handle your seats to get these covers on there, and they probably won't be perfect, but push and pull on them to get them how you want 'em and continue to tighten the main straps as you do this. Hopefully, the rear seat covers will be a bit easier!

In my opinion, right now, the head rest covers are the most "disappointing" because of the extra flaps that seem unnecessary. There was no way to hide them and be able to lower the head rest all the way down, so I kind of left them hanging as a sort of collar for my seats lol. I'm really hoping these covers will adjust themselves with usage, but I don't know if this material is capable of doing that (my gut tells me it's not). The big crease on the front of the head rest in the last photo, and the fairly substantial bagginess around the bolsters on the side of the seats was not expected for something that I paid about $700 for!

I got a road trip coming up to give them a real chance. I will consider returning them for something else afterwards unless they really impress me lol. They are comfortable, and they will protect my seats; I'm 100% sure of that, but for a product this expensive and "custom," they should surely fit better. Sorry about the rant, but thought I'd share if anyone here was interested!

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