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Have had several sets of them. I usually trade off my vehicles after 4 years. The marathons worked well. When I was a kid, my dad bought a new truck and I remember asking him if he was going to put seat covers on it. He said "Hell no, I paid for the seats, too, soI'm going to wear the new off them. The next SOB can pay for seat covers". When he bought his 2011 Ram he put Marathons on it, and other than a little fading (camo) they still look good.
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Marathon's always fit perfectly, not much else does !
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Camo seat covers? Criminey - I'd never find my truck in the parking lot.....  My wife bought the ones in the Ram 3500 now, but they are wearing pretty badly and need replacement. Never much liked those plastic frogs sitting on the tops of the headrests either. No - I'm not kidding. Thanks for the reviews
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I bought an '08 Dodge Ram in '12 with 60k on it. The drivers seat was badly worn on the left side from the driver having to slide off of it to get out. I put on Marathons to cover the seats and then put on nerf bars so I could get in and out without having to use an airplane emergency slide.
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I just swapped seat covers with the passenger side on mine for the same reason. Frogs are looking the other way now..
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Jim doesn't require neoprene for that.... Stay away from neoprene unless you like a good case of the swamp ass
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Looks like Marathon will set me back 600 some odd dollars for the whole Suburban.
Are they really that good?
I am MAGA.
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Marathons are worth the cost
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For that price.....you could get Boll&Branch sheets. Way nicer than Birdwatchers sheet/seat covers. Looks like Marathon will set me back 600 some odd dollars for the whole Suburban.
Are they really that good?
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For that price.....you could get Boll&Branch sheets.
Way nicer than Birdwatchers sheet/seat covers. Ya but, without the sheets and the dogs they just look like ordinary camo seat covers IIRC the Academy seat covers cost me about $35 each, Marathons (~$250 for two?) were out of my league just now. I'd still do the sheet thing even with Marathons, just me or me and the dogs and the dogs don't care, the sheets do come right out when I'm gonna be driving people and seem to take most of any dirt or odors out with 'em. I AM about to spring $200+ on some uber floor mats, the old-version 2019 Frontier I got is now out of production, I figure need to get those primo floor mats while they are still available.
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Just get some blankets like Jules and Vincent did per Mr Wolfe,s instructions.
Nip and tuck em.
Zip tie em around edges to fit and hold maybe..
Or......
You got skills with leather, surely that can translate into respectable and durable fabbed up seat covers with good heavy material blankets of the same pattern.
I bet if you doubled over the back side of seat cover blankets along their edges and popped grommets into em .
They would lace up nicely on the back side with some 1/16 or 1/8 th inch braided synthetic material twine.
Hmmmmmm.........
Wally world has seat covers also.
Cheap and they last 3 ish years.
I bet you could spend 100 125 bucks to deck out the burban.
Apply the rest for new tires on it and get rid of those pizza cutter tires you got on it now from that thread a week or 2 ago you put up.
600 bucks for seat covers in the burban???
Like Joe would say....
Come on Man.....
LOL!!!
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I wish I'd have put some on before I wore a hole!!!
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Yes. They're not cheap either but not as much as these Marathon ones by the sounds of it. I had a set of Carhartts on my F 150. Lasted 3 years of hard use (dogs) and I kept them when I sold the truck and I reused the head rests for gear bags and still have the seat body pieces that I'll repurpose for something just not sure yet. Pretty hard to wear Carhartt fabric out..
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Oh, but not sure if they do cammo or not. Get the kids a couple spray bombs and let them go at it. haha
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Looks like Marathon will set me back 600 some odd dollars for the whole Suburban.
Are they really that good? Hence why I asked how much you wanted to spend.
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$600????
Indian blanket seat covers from Amazon. Now those would really set off that nice classic burban.
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$600????
Indian blanket seat covers from Amazon. Now those would really set off that nice classic burban. Exactly. I like the classic saddle blanket look.
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Marathons will likely outlast an '88. I've had saddle blanket covers and they do look great on older cars but they won't last nearly as long as nylon Marathons.
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