R57 slipcovers?
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Seat covers? Yes they are available, wet okole is supposed to be the best:
http://www.wetokole.com/MINI-COOPER.html
They will work with the airbags.
http://www.wetokole.com/MINI-COOPER.html
They will work with the airbags.
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MossMini has a large selection. I've heard good things about their neoprene ones (CoverKing, I think) - almost as good as Wet Okole but much less expensive.
http://ecommerce.mossmotors.com/new-...s--covers--etc
http://ecommerce.mossmotors.com/new-...s--covers--etc
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Call Wet Okole, they are really nice to deal with..
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We had some custom ones done out of a heavy duty cotton canvas for DH's Jeep. It's too hot here for neoprene and they fade really fast. They look nice, but kind of a pain to take off because they are so fitted. They have slits in side for airbags. Perfect for the Jeep, but maybe too utilitarian for the Mini.
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I would suggest something you can throw in the wash. For my backseat I use a fitted sheet for when the pup is traveling with us. DD is 12 and is pretty good at keeping things neat. BUT the Jeep is always without roof and doors so the interior gets nasty. That's when I love the cloth covers.
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Thanks,
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Those are neoprene it looks like. They look like Wet Okole. I'm surprised to hear that they make people sweaty, because even though we go down to the desert in the Jeep (which has them) we still don't feel particularly sweaty from the seats. And they don't get hot in the sun like the leatherette does. They might fade eventually, but what wouldn't fade? Protecting your seats is what they do best, so if they fade in five years, get new ones :-)
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And I'm confused because most cars have air conditioning, so if it's too hot in the car, we usually cool it down. Or have the top down, or the doors off... GRIN We've been out to Death Valley, Las Vegas, and Laughlin in the summertime, and through the Utah desert in late spring, and it was plenty hot, but the car was cool enough. Well, except when we were 'running' with a group of MINIs up a mountain, fast, in 108 degrees, and we turned off the a/c because the car was being pushed pretty hard... but I don't remember sticking to the seats, particularly. Maybe because it's a dry heat. LOL
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I don't know about that dry heat, but when the car sits in the 93 degree 95% humidity here in FL all day (at work) its pretty much instant sweat when I plant my butt on the lovely leatherette seats. The AC just doesn't seem to find its way between my butt and the seat. Maybe if I started the car and ran it for a 1/2 hour before I got in... but who wants to wait that long to leave work.
The $3 Walmart towel I have on the seat now seems to work, so, I'll likely go with cloth covers. Hate to shell out the $$ for neoprene and find out I still have the same problem.
I don't know about that dry heat, but when the car sits in the 93 degree 95% humidity here in FL all day (at work) its pretty much instant sweat when I plant my butt on the lovely leatherette seats. The AC just doesn't seem to find its way between my butt and the seat. Maybe if I started the car and ran it for a 1/2 hour before I got in... but who wants to wait that long to leave work.
The $3 Walmart towel I have on the seat now seems to work, so, I'll likely go with cloth covers. Hate to shell out the $$ for neoprene and find out I still have the same problem.
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