The first thing I did to protect my seats was to get a cover for the front. I knew the beaded covers were a retro thing and thought at least it would stop the wear and tear on the front seats. So we approached the local motor factors and they had a set of covers in that were 20 years old at £7.99 each(still the same price tag). We bought both and found that they were selling on the internet at £30 each. 🙂
So we all know that the fabric in the Atlantic is rare right? So I set to trying to protect the most used part of the van…the seats. It would make you laugh to find how cheap this was. I bought a set of full luxury seat covers from Halfords that were pretty much in Westfalia Grey and covered the rear seats in a matter of minutes!
OK, so it’s not Atlantic fabric for those that get exited about that, but for me it is more about not having to really worry about the rarity issue and just enjoy the van.
The front Captain Seats were a little more difficult to fit. My wife Mandy modified the sides to cater for the arm rests. She did this with Velcro after cutting up the sides. So in conjunction with the beaded cover, the seats are now very well protected. Maybe just a little cover for the arm rests in light grey and job is a gud un 🙂
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