Mitsubishi Imiev Electric Vehicle Forum

I needed them because we go beach often. Had them custom made in Pearl City on Oahu. VERY pleased with the result, they were hand cut and sewn. They fit perfectly, are water resistant and look great!

Beautiful! The red color insert sure spices up the interior. Thanks for posting.

Super nice!

But, hand cut and sewn? Are you just trying to make us jealous? We want to be able to run out to the auto parts store and buy the same thing!

Jenn

Has anyone tried these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MITSUBISHI-i-MiEV-LEATHERETTE-SYNTHETIC-SIDES-Front-SEAT-COVERS-/110824794737

Well, they are definitely not pictured in an i-MiEV, because there is an armrest between the seats.

Jenn

From those Ebay pictures they looked to have straps. I would be wary. My Matrix went through a number of seat covers and ill fitting ones can be really irritating. I am sure any major city has a place making seat covers with a talented Mama-san seamstress, measure your seats, come back in 5 hours. I should take closeups, the fit and attention to detail is worth the cost.

I just received some seat covers made specifically for the c zero. You might have to check if the iMiev seats, specially for US markets are the same.

The manufacturer is www.bancarel.com

The code of the product is 0P00021X

With air bag compatibility and pockets at the back of front seats.

Here is also the bar code number, i will post pictures when all is in place.

3 392264 453560

I orderdered the "Alcan" fabric. The pictures on the site look s little bit more like Alcantara than the actual covers. It is not bad at all and definitely an improvement on the black dotted original seats butvery slightly cheaper looking than an Alcantara you would have in a high level car.

Good news is that it is machine washable which is a great plus for this family runner little car.

Does anyone know whether the North American i-MiEV seats are the same as the seats in the EU version and its cousins?


With airbags inside the sides of our seats, it's important that any seat cover be designed to open up to let the airbag inflate properly. I have always installed seat covers on my cars in our warm humid climate where I usually wear shorts when I drive (think: sweaty bare thighs being wiped on the seats repeatedly Cloth seat covers eventually become discolored, so it's nice to be able to remove and wash the seat covers. This isn't possible with the OEM seat covers, so I would really like to find a set of removable, washable seat covers designed for side airbags.

In addition to being careful to select covers compatible with side airbags, the problem I found with aftermarket seat covers is that they rely on straps going through the crack between the seat and seatback. On the iMiEV this is solid fabric and I haven't brought myself to cutting through this material.

No need to cut that part, it can be removed. The fabric is held with a flat hook that holds onto the springs below rather in the front of the seat.

No worries about airbags, the sides ar held with a velcro seam. Much neater than what I had feared when I first saw it.