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dannynoonan Enthusiast

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I've had mine a week now. I had the LT1 seat covers. The fabric in the middle insert in new to me. No hair or anything stuck in it. The rest of the fabric is the same. So basically, the majority of the seat collects lint just like it did before. Except now the covers are loose and wrinkled and look like cheap seat covers.

silveradojim-101 Enthusiast

silveradojim-101

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I have had mine for about 10 days so far and the install looks perfect, no issues at all. As far as the lint issue, the middle insert part of the seats top and bottom is not a problem with lint at all. The outside seat bolsters are collecting some lint but nothing like my originals seat covers did. I feel better now with just cleaning the outside bolsters than the entire seat..

 

I am still satisfied with my decision to do the seat cover changeout but then again, my install looks as good as the factory covers looked. If I had a bad install like the above user did, I might feel different than I do..

ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

ryan_hermanutz

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So far mine are great. They do seem to still collect more lint than I’m used to, but all my other seats have either been the pewter or pleather/vinyl. But the best part is that the lint that is on there vacuums off with ease. On another note, when they changed the covers it feels like they changed the bolster padding material, it’s a bit deeper than the original. Overall the seats feel better and the lint that does collect, albeit minor compared to the old ones, comes right off. The service advisor told me that they use the same material but that the backing is different.

HawkeyeOC Senior Enthusiast

HawkeyeOC

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My service department just called and my truck is ready for pick-up! I'll report later. :shakehead:

 

Oh, this should be good...real good :D

 

Odds are that it will have collected lint on the way home from the dealership :D

tobias Senior Enthusiast

tobias

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Okay, as has been stated, the new seats look just like the "Premium" Cloth seats. I had the "Select" cloth before which was basically the bolster material across the entire seat. The Premium material is much blacker and much slicker than the Select and looks as though it should not hold nearly as much lint. The bolsters and headrests do look to be the exact same material so let's hope the new backing material that has been claimed solves the problem.

 

It's obviously too early to know yet about the lint issue but I will say that the installation was flawless and looks as though it just came from the showroom floor. The installers did phenomenal work.

 

My dealership here in Indy is Ray Skillman GMC and they outsource this work to Don's Auto Trim. I even got to drive a Malibu for my loaner. Not a bad GM car compared to those I have driven previously. Much better than the Sunfire and Grand-Am my wife owned in the past. WONLOADS better than the Aveo I had last time. :D

 

That's all I have but I'd definitely suggest that anyone with the Select cloth should have the swap performed. While I didn't care much about the seating material when I bought the truck, this upgraded look is a bit nicer. :shakehead:

 

If you already have the Premium material, you might as well go get new seats anyway.

redcorvetteman3 Enthusiast

redcorvetteman3

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Okay, as has been stated, the new seats look just like the "Premium" Cloth seats. I had the "Select" cloth before which was basically the bolster material across the entire seat. The Premium material is much blacker and much slicker than the Select and looks as though it should not hold nearly as much lint. The bolsters and headrests do look to be the exact same material so let's hope the new backing material that has been claimed solves the problem.

 

It's obviously too early to know yet about the lint issue but I will say that the installation was flawless and looks as though it just came from the showroom floor. The installers did phenomenal work.

 

My dealership here in Indy is Ray Skillman GMC and they outsource this work to Don's Auto Trim. I even got to drive a Malibu for my loaner. Not a bad GM car compared to those I have driven previously. Much better than the Sunfire and Grand-Am my wife owned in the past. WONLOADS better than the Aveo I had last time. :D

 

That's all I have but I'd definitely suggest that anyone with the Select cloth should have the swap performed. While I didn't care much about the seating material when I bought the truck, this upgraded look is a bit nicer. :shakehead:

 

If you already have the Premium material, you might as well go get new seats anyway.

 

Daddy

 

Hubler called today and said they got my seat covers in as well. I am gone next week so I am going to drop it of friday and let them work on it. I told them I wanted Don's Auto trim to do it. I hope they do a great job as well

tobias Senior Enthusiast

tobias

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Okay, as has been stated, the new seats look just like the "Premium" Cloth seats. I had the "Select" cloth before which was basically the bolster material across the entire seat. The Premium material is much blacker and much slicker than the Select and looks as though it should not hold nearly as much lint. The bolsters and headrests do look to be the exact same material so let's hope the new backing material that has been claimed solves the problem.

 

It's obviously too early to know yet about the lint issue but I will say that the installation was flawless and looks as though it just came from the showroom floor. The installers did phenomenal work.

 

My dealership here in Indy is Ray Skillman GMC and they outsource this work to Don's Auto Trim. I even got to drive a Malibu for my loaner. Not a bad GM car compared to those I have driven previously. Much better than the Sunfire and Grand-Am my wife owned in the past. WONLOADS better than the Aveo I had last time. :D

 

That's all I have but I'd definitely suggest that anyone with the Select cloth should have the swap performed. While I didn't care much about the seating material when I bought the truck, this upgraded look is a bit nicer. :shakehead:

 

If you already have the Premium material, you might as well go get new seats anyway.

 

Daddy

 

Hubler called today and said they got my seat covers in as well. I am gone next week so I am going to drop it of friday and let them work on it. I told them I wanted Don's Auto trim to do it. I hope they do a great job as well

 

 

If they get Don's to do it and they do it as well as they did mine, you will be happy. :D

JerrySLC Enthusiast

JerrySLC

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Hey All,

Yes first post but I spend a lot of time here reading. My dealer agreed to replace my seat covers with the new ones that are supposed to fix the problem. After seeing the new fabric I knew that they were going to have the same lint collecting issue so asked if I could have leather installed instead and I'd pay the difference in cost. Got an immediate no from service so took it up with the GM. He called the regional rep for sales and got passed on the the regional service guy. Got another no, they have done it before but are no longer. Called GM warranty 800 line and after giving the nice lady all my info, she transferred my to my dealer's service manager so he could tell me no again.

I thought I was being very fair in offering to pay the difference and can't see why they would refuse, but I guess they don't care. Does anyone have contact information for someone further up the food chain that might be more reasonable? As it stands, I'll have the new fabric installed just to cost GMC the money and will either live with the problem or if business improves have the leather done myself. But unless something happens and GMC agrees to my proposal I'm done with GM. After a miss spent youth of owning imports, I've been a GM buyer for over a decade but this has me thinking import again.

 

Thanks for all the information you guys provide,

 

Jerry

tobias Senior Enthusiast

tobias

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Hey All,

Yes first post but I spend a lot of time here reading. My dealer agreed to replace my seat covers with the new ones that are supposed to fix the problem. After seeing the new fabric I knew that they were going to have the same lint collecting issue so asked if I could have leather installed instead and I'd pay the difference in cost. Got an immediate no from service so took it up with the GM. He called the regional rep for sales and got passed on the the regional service guy. Got another no, they have done it before but are no longer. Called GM warranty 800 line and after giving the nice lady all my info, she transferred my to my dealer's service manager so he could tell me no again.

I thought I was being very fair in offering to pay the difference and can't see why they would refuse, but I guess they don't care. Does anyone have contact information for someone further up the food chain that might be more reasonable? As it stands, I'll have the new fabric installed just to cost GMC the money and will either live with the problem or if business improves have the leather done myself. But unless something happens and GMC agrees to my proposal I'm done with GM. After a miss spent youth of owning imports, I've been a GM buyer for over a decade but this has me thinking import again.

 

Thanks for all the information you guys provide,

 

Jerry

 

Over some seat covers? Really?

 

Give it some time and see how they perform.

JerrySLC Enthusiast

JerrySLC

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Hey All,

Yes first post but I spend a lot of time here reading. My dealer agreed to replace my seat covers with the new ones that are supposed to fix the problem. After seeing the new fabric I knew that they were going to have the same lint collecting issue so asked if I could have leather installed instead and I'd pay the difference in cost. Got an immediate no from service so took it up with the GM. He called the regional rep for sales and got passed on the the regional service guy. Got another no, they have done it before but are no longer. Called GM warranty 800 line and after giving the nice lady all my info, she transferred my to my dealer's service manager so he could tell me no again.

I thought I was being very fair in offering to pay the difference and can't see why they would refuse, but I guess they don't care. Does anyone have contact information for someone further up the food chain that might be more reasonable? As it stands, I'll have the new fabric installed just to cost GMC the money and will either live with the problem or if business improves have the leather done myself. But unless something happens and GMC agrees to my proposal I'm done with GM. After a miss spent youth of owning imports, I've been a GM buyer for over a decade but this has me thinking import again.

 

Thanks for all the information you guys provide,

 

Jerry

 

Over some seat covers? Really?

 

Give it some time and see how they perform.

 

 

No not just over seat covers. Because I made a reasonable offer to cover any difference in cost but they refused out of hand. I call that unresponsive to a customers request. They would be out nothing and have a happy customer instead of one who is pissed because of f-ing company policy.

ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

ryan_hermanutz

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Hey All,

Yes first post but I spend a lot of time here reading. My dealer agreed to replace my seat covers with the new ones that are supposed to fix the problem. After seeing the new fabric I knew that they were going to have the same lint collecting issue so asked if I could have leather installed instead and I'd pay the difference in cost. Got an immediate no from service so took it up with the GM. He called the regional rep for sales and got passed on the the regional service guy. Got another no, they have done it before but are no longer. Called GM warranty 800 line and after giving the nice lady all my info, she transferred my to my dealer's service manager so he could tell me no again.

I thought I was being very fair in offering to pay the difference and can't see why they would refuse, but I guess they don't care. Does anyone have contact information for someone further up the food chain that might be more reasonable? As it stands, I'll have the new fabric installed just to cost GMC the money and will either live with the problem or if business improves have the leather done myself. But unless something happens and GMC agrees to my proposal I'm done with GM. After a miss spent youth of owning imports, I've been a GM buyer for over a decade but this has me thinking import again.

 

Thanks for all the information you guys provide,

 

Jerry

 

Over some seat covers? Really?

 

Give it some time and see how they perform.

 

 

No not just over seat covers. Because I made a reasonable offer to cover any difference in cost but they refused out of hand. I call that unresponsive to a customers request. They would be out nothing and have a happy customer instead of one who is pissed because of f-ing company policy.

 

 

Except for the fact that they would be trying to do a free warranty replacement from fabric to leather. It's like going out to eat, you ordered the side of fries, but now you want a steak, but are only willing to pay the difference.

kxlexus Enthusiast

kxlexus

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I had my seat covers replaced a few months ago. They were just like the covers that came on my truck when new. They collect lint just the same also.

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