So my new seat covers came in and I started with recovering the rear seats first. When I first put the covers on, they were too loose and I remember reading something about that. I found the article online and it turns out you need to steam the seat foam to get it to soften back up and expand it. It tightens up and shrinks over time. So here's the stripped seats and the new houndstooth covers. I need to stretch and soften the covers a little more since they just came out of the package and still have the ripples from being folded over. My camera definitely struggles with the houndstooth pattern! The seats look better in person and you can see the foam 'plugs' the factory put in the one rear seat bottom to fix some defects. The staining is just the glue from the repair.
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