Video Transcript for Mount: Covercraft SeatSaver Custom Seat Covers on a 2017 Ram 1500

Hi, I'm Matt with etrailer. And today, we're talking about the Carhartt Covercraft SeatSaver Custom Seat Covers in our front seats of our 2017 Ram 1500. Now this may be a great option for you. If you find yourself constantly working outside, getting a lot of elements on you, whether that's dirt, mud, snow, and you wanna protect your seats and you're looking for something that's durable and gonna give you a really good fit on top of your seats, this is gonna be a great option for you. So let's take a closer look at 'em. This is gonna be a custom fit, so it's gonna cover all of your seat while not covering any of the items that are gonna allow you to use the features of your seat.

So you're still gonna be able to tilt it back and you're still gonna be able to go forward and backwards as well. It's gonna cover a little bit of the trim on the seats, but I don't really mind that at all. If anything, I do like it because I know all the cushions are being fully protected. You're not gonna have any interference with your seat belts and you're still gonna be able to take off your front headrest. What's also really nice about these seat covers is if you're a big fan of Carhartt, whether you like their coats, their clothing, and how strong and durable they are, this is gonna be made of the same fabric.

That's gonna be that duck weave material. So that's gonna make it very durable, very strong. It's going to be, it's not gonna get that tacky sticky film that you get from some other seat covers and it's gonna be water resistant as well. Now I know the material is very durable, but something to think about too are gonna be seams. that's gonna be one of the first places to really tear down when you do have a seat cover.

And with this, this is gonna be triple stitched and overlayed on top of each other. So what all that means is it's gonna be very durable and it's meant for people to be getting in and out of here really pulling and snagging on top of this. So it's gonna be able to withstand all of that. And if we come to the back, you'll notice we have this pocket here. This is gonna provide you a lot of extra storage if you need to put anything smaller, some stuff you just don't wanna lose.

Now I know on the seats we had today, they actually didn't have any pockets back here, so that's really nice. Not only is it not preventing you from accessing a pocket, but now you do have a pocket. Now the color we have today is gonna be gravel, so they're gonna fit in very nicely in the interior of our vehicle today. Now, if you're not a big fan of this color, we do have plenty of other options on our website. As for maintaining this, it's gonna be really easy. You can actually just pop it right into your washer or a dryer. They get 'em clean. Now to go off of that though, they are a little bit of a process to get on and off of here, so I wouldn't recommend doing that all the time. Now speaking of installing it, it is a fairly straightforward process. There's just a lot of hook and loop and other straps to secure it down. But if you need a hand with it, just stay tuned, I'll walk you through it. To start off the installation, we're just gonna prep our seat. We're just gonna tilt this back some, make getting the cover on here a lot easier later on. Next up, we're gonna remove this head rest just by pressing these two tabs underneath it and pulling it off. Since this does come in a set of two, you wanna make sure you grab the right one. When you install on the driver's side, you're gonna have this logo on here that says SeatSaver on the left hand side of it. Once you got it, you can start by putting on the driver's side one. We wanna make sure it's in the right orientation. So you wanna make sure this Carhartt logo is facing up. And now you're gonna grab it. You have this opening on the bottom and you're gonna wrap it around your seat and pull it over. We wanna make sure we have it over here too. You're not blocking these two holes at the top. At this point, I actually like to put my headrest back on here so I don't cover these holes back up. You just have to aim it back into place and push down on it and squeeze this tab so you can get it pretty close to the bottom. I wanna leave a little bit of a gap 'cause next up I'm gonna grab that headrest part. I like to start with the attached side with the hook and loop system right here and pull it around the face to backside. It can be a little bit tricky sometimes to get on. I haven't had any issues with it today though. You're just gonna tuck that back here and connect it to the backside where there's a other hook and loop system. Once all that's in place, we're going to lift up on the bottom part of this cover and reveal this strap. What we want to do is take off the male end of this clip, have it in hand, and run it through here. And with this prepped, we can run it through underneath the seat right at the seam. Pushing it all back here, and then we'll gain control of it underneath the seat when we wrap this all the way around. This next part is gonna be kind of hard to show, but what we're gonna be doing is that male part I had earlier, I'm gonna connect that to the female part and clip 'em together. You'll hear it snap into place and then you can even tighten it down by pulling on it. Our next step is gonna be cleaning everything up. So a big part of that is gonna be tucking in these pillows. You'll have this one on the side that we're gonna tuck underneath this trim. This one can be a little tricky to get underneath here. And after we have this in underneath here, you can come over here. There'll be a couple more pillows back here and we're gonna tuck these in this crease. Our last step is gonna be securing these hook and loop systems. You're gonna have a total of three, one on each corner of the back of the seat, and then you're gonna have another one in between the seat and the center console. And what I'd like to do is just apply a lot of pressure to this, make sure it's nice and tight, and bring it down as far as you can go. Try and get this a good tight fit. And here's gonna be that third hook and loop system. This one can be a little tricky to find and see. All you have to do is apply pressure, reach down pretty tight, and just press it against the side of the seat and it'll just hook against it. Once you have this installed, then you're gonna repeat that process on the other side. It's gonna be the exact same way. And you'll notice we still got some wrinkles in this, but the more you use this, the more that's gonna flatten out with time. But that was just a look at the installation and some of the features of the Carhartt Covercraft Custom Seat Covers in our 2017 Ram 1500.