Capt. Mike
Moderator
Reposted from archives
Superlamb® (brand name) seat covers going bald:
VW, in its infinite inability to show much common sense, put a pale, gray velour upholstery in the late Vanagons & Westies. A stupid combination that is a magnet for typical dirt, stains & spills of a camping trip. Knowing that, I covered everything from day 1.
A local upholstery shop made me rear seat and mattress covers from a nice, compatible heavy duty truck material. Strong, soil resistance treated, and easy to clean.
For the fronts, I bought Superlamb®brand genuine sheepskins. I've had sheepskins before and loved them; cooler in summer, warmer in winter, and tough as nails. Naturally, they only had the sets for Vanagons with arm rests in their deluxe line. $797 list price!!!
First, they never did fit well, always creeping forward so it looked like your seat was wearing a maternity dress. The straps for attaching are in the wrong place and the seat cut doesn't match the seat.
But what really burns is my sheep are going bald! The warranty is 2 years. After about 2½ -- with warranty expired -- the hair started coming out of the driver armrest where it gets the higher wear of the arm going back and forth to the gear shift. Then the bolster on the left side of the seat back quickly followed, showing hide where you rub getting in and out. The lesser used passenger seats are starting to follow.
Reporting to Superlamb® brought a terse "out of warranty" response.
It's going to cost a bunch to remedy the covers. Basically I'll plan to have new covers made from scratch. I'll probably use leather and maybe salvage some of the originally sheepskin for material to do inserts seat belt rub covers or something. I doubt the arm rests can be salvaged at all, unless to put a leather rub patch on the ends where the most wear is. [Done fall 2002 with satisfactory results. Not pretty but gets a little more life out of the covers.]
Summary: Superlamb® isn't for those of us that actually use our cars and expect the covers to do more than look good in the garage.
Superlamb
8026 Miramar Rd.
Sand Diego, CA 92126
(619) 566-2031
1-800-821-4738
CA 1-800-821-4737
Superlamb® (brand name) seat covers going bald:
VW, in its infinite inability to show much common sense, put a pale, gray velour upholstery in the late Vanagons & Westies. A stupid combination that is a magnet for typical dirt, stains & spills of a camping trip. Knowing that, I covered everything from day 1.
A local upholstery shop made me rear seat and mattress covers from a nice, compatible heavy duty truck material. Strong, soil resistance treated, and easy to clean.
For the fronts, I bought Superlamb®brand genuine sheepskins. I've had sheepskins before and loved them; cooler in summer, warmer in winter, and tough as nails. Naturally, they only had the sets for Vanagons with arm rests in their deluxe line. $797 list price!!!
First, they never did fit well, always creeping forward so it looked like your seat was wearing a maternity dress. The straps for attaching are in the wrong place and the seat cut doesn't match the seat.
But what really burns is my sheep are going bald! The warranty is 2 years. After about 2½ -- with warranty expired -- the hair started coming out of the driver armrest where it gets the higher wear of the arm going back and forth to the gear shift. Then the bolster on the left side of the seat back quickly followed, showing hide where you rub getting in and out. The lesser used passenger seats are starting to follow.
Reporting to Superlamb® brought a terse "out of warranty" response.
It's going to cost a bunch to remedy the covers. Basically I'll plan to have new covers made from scratch. I'll probably use leather and maybe salvage some of the originally sheepskin for material to do inserts seat belt rub covers or something. I doubt the arm rests can be salvaged at all, unless to put a leather rub patch on the ends where the most wear is. [Done fall 2002 with satisfactory results. Not pretty but gets a little more life out of the covers.]
Summary: Superlamb® isn't for those of us that actually use our cars and expect the covers to do more than look good in the garage.
Superlamb
8026 Miramar Rd.
Sand Diego, CA 92126
(619) 566-2031
1-800-821-4738
CA 1-800-821-4737
Last edited: