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Title: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 17, 2008, 09:06:06
anyone got them in there i30?
i'm thinking about some for front seats good quality made to fit, have used in the past and were great long trips.
what are your thoughts?
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: i30Dave on November 17, 2008, 09:10:48
Quote from: "Lakes"
anyone got them in there i30?
i'm thinking about some for front seats good quality made to fit, have used in the past and were great long trips.
what are your thoughts?

They're not too Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!!  :lol:
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Thumper on November 17, 2008, 09:23:31
I hear they are a dealer fitted option (No charge) in NZ.  :lol:
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Dazzler on November 17, 2008, 10:07:31
Quote from: "Lakes"
anyone got them in there i30?
i'm thinking about some for front seats good quality made to fit, have used in the past and were great long trips.
what are your thoughts?

They have to be side airbag friendly in the SLX and SR (as the airbags are in the seat)

Being a cheapskate I just unstitched the sheepskin fronts of some existing seat covers I had and use them as facings (very comfy)  :P
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Tylenol on November 17, 2008, 12:01:08
I ordered the seat covers with my SLX CRDi and twas told at delivery they cannot fit the seat covers because of the airbags... pretty poor considering I ordered the genuine deal...
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 17, 2008, 18:17:20
well i thought the stock seats are ok just after sitting in them for 4 hours or longer in the bush in summer they make my back perspire, i've used custom made sheepskin seats in past and found them to be good, the throw over one's seem to get out of place everytime i get out of the car. the top quality Virginal ;)  one less won't matter. my Babe and i are planning a long trip next year, we were going to catch the Indian pacific, then the Ghan as early this year we went on Indian Pacific Gold Kangaroo Class and it was fantastic we both loved it. but a friend in Emerald VIC is having a 50th BD wants us down there and a few other friend in out of the way places have been after me to come out visit so need more flexible transport. i have not got airbags in my seats so no worries. if we die i just hope you all put up RIP Lakes :lol:

How do you know when a Kiwi has been in your fridge???
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All your Lamb Chops have love bites on them and all your beer is gone :D  cheers
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Dazzler on November 18, 2008, 07:50:45
Quote from: "Lakes"
well i thought the stock seats are ok just after sitting in them for 4 hours or longer in the bush in summer they make my back perspire, i've used custom made sheepskin seats in past and found them to be good, the throw over one's seem to get out of place everytime i get out of the car. the top quality Virginal ;)  one less won't matter. my Babe and i are planning a long trip next year, we were going to catch the Indian pacific, then the Ghan as early this year we went on Indian Pacific Gold Kangaroo Class and it was fantastic we both loved it. but a friend in Emerald VIC is having a 50th BD wants us down there and a few other friend in out of the way places have been after me to come out visit so need more flexible transport. i have not got airbags in my seats so no worries. if we die i just hope you all put up RIP Lakes :lol:

How do you know when a Kiwi has been in your fridge???
..............................................................................
All your Lamb Chops have love bites on them and all your beer is gone :lol:

P.S. Lucky we've only got one New Zealand member (Rossvis) and he doesn't visit much..
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Shambles on November 18, 2008, 08:32:19
I have to tell you guys, from a pom's perspective... all this talk about sheepskin seat covers is rather alien to us. We ditched sheepskin at the end of the flower power era  :D
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Dazzler on November 18, 2008, 08:35:31
Quote from: "Shambles"
I have to tell you guys, from a pom's perspective... all this talk about sheepskin seat covers is rather alien to us. We ditched sheepskin at the end of the flower power era  8-) (who cares if their fashionable)
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 18, 2008, 18:46:43
Dazz, if the sheep they have are anything like the sheep in USA, you would not want a dead one on your seat eather :lol: they don't like eating lamb in USA eather, but there sheep look like skinny goats.
anyway i saw a guy in Syd close to CBD and he will make a set on the car prob next week, looks like first class workmanship he does too , lines the back as well.
Shambles m8, if you drive all day in our summer, you would understand why we need things different. i can drive all day no problem with my aussie built ute no seat cover, but drive four hours in the i30 and what ever they use to cover the seats makes my back perspire.
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Shambles on November 18, 2008, 19:12:54
Lakes mate, I do understand. It's a different culture up here. We stop doing things when they look daft, like lining our seats with animal fur. Anyone here seen with a setup like you lot have, will get called a "chav"  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: bumpkin on November 18, 2008, 19:19:23
Quote from: "Shambles"
Lakes mate, I do understand. It's a different culture up here. We stop doing things when they look daft, like lining our seats with animal fur. Anyone here seen with a setup like you lot have, will get called a "chav"  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 19, 2008, 07:27:50
Quote from: "Shambles"
Lakes mate, I do understand. It's a different culture up here. We stop doing things when they look daft, like lining our seats with animal fur. Anyone here seen with a setup like you lot have, will get called a "chav"  ;)  now what's a Chav? :)
cheers mate
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 19, 2008, 07:32:57
Quote from: "bumpkin"
Quote from: "Shambles"
Lakes mate, I do understand. It's a different culture up here. We stop doing things when they look daft, like lining our seats with animal fur. Anyone here seen with a setup like you lot have, will get called a "chav"  :mrgreen:

 :lol:  hey what about Derby County? a guy at work is a engishman, his gran daddy sang Britania rule the waves when he was a kid :lol:  9 i think was brainwashed, anyway his family are mad Derby Country supporters he has a sheep tattooed on his leg and lives at Bondi Beach.
later m8
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Dave on November 29, 2008, 12:55:37
        You don't need custom made.  I bought a universal pair from my auto spares shop, that have cutouts down the side of the backrest area, to allow the airbags todeploy.  Also caps for the headrests
         Absolutely wonderfull and in a smokey grey color!
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: LuciferDarklord on November 29, 2008, 13:32:28
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chav (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chav)

I think its similar to what we call homies or homeboys.  Baseball caps and pants around their arses with boxer shorts poking out, trying to pinch anything thats not bolted down.
Title: Re: custom sheep skin seatcovers
Post by: Lakes on November 30, 2008, 04:22:52
i think, Shamble could be a Chav? :lol: he has modified,  still have not put sheepskin in my car.
cheers
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