EKR Custom Fit Outback Car Seat Covers for Select Subaru Outback 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 - Leather (Beige)

Let me begin by saying I am in the auto business and am familiar with this type of product and have installed many. This was installed on my personal auto, a new 2019 Subaru Outback with a spit and folding rear seat. I purchased these to protect the factory seats because I have two full grown golden retrievers. The seat covers are made well, are very attractive, and well constructed. Regarding the durability time will tell. The company provides an installation booklet (was very little help) and installation instructions via a U-Tube video. The front covers fit perfectly and two of us installed them in about 30 minutes. The console cover, between the seats, was to large and did not fit properly, was a loose fit, and as a result the cover will not latch. The rear seats were a different story. The rear seat had to be removed and that was not a problem but I did have to install two 3 1/2 inch screws into the foam base to hold the cover in place. The covers for the backs of the seats were a problem. They were not able to be properly secured as necessary to get a tight fit. There was to much material width wise and nothing could be done to correct it. The video provided was an entirely different seat. There was no way to secure the covers. The 2019 Outback could not be altered as the video shows having to fold over the back flap in order to vertically secure the covers. This caused the seats showing an unattractive bunching. I reported this to Amazon customer service and they were extremely customer service orientated and helpful when I explained the situation.I would order them again if all I was interested in were the front seats. The reason I chose this company because they were supposed to be for my exact year, make and model of my vehicle. My rating is based on that.

Overall I am very happy with the product. They fit well overall, had pieces to cover almost everything (even the center divider armrest), and installation wasn't terrible (the plastic tool that came with the seats helped a great deal). I also received the covers much earlier than estimated, which was a pleasant surprise! Just a couple of things that were not disclosed in the description that I think buyers should be aware of (or else I would have given 5 stars):1. The headrest covers did not fit nearly as well as on the video, which showed overlapping velcro that fit snugly around the headrests. Mine came with elastic that show, even when the headrests are completely pushed against the seat. It looks a little cheesy, but I can live with it. I just think future buyers should be aware.2. The instructions and video aren't super-useful for installation, which is understandable since every vehicle make and model most likely differ in many ways. However, it would have been useful to have even a model-specific installation tip sheet that explains what the different pieces were for and which side some of them were supposed to go on. I feel my installation was successful with some luck. I could see how some people may be overwhelmed or not happen to be as lucky as I was when I just tried some things and they happened to have worked out.3. The color of the seat covers is more tan/yellow than the pictures show. The sales pictures may represent that they are the same color as the factory tan interior. It isn't. It doesn't look awful; it just wasn't what I was expecting.

I'll lead off with the positive comments. Even though the material is called "leatherette", the quality seems to be top-rate. In fact it looks to be more durable than my Subaru's leather (which developed tears after 3 years). And it fits the contours of the seat like a glove.Now for the negatives. The instructions are very minimal, and they don't provide pictures diagraming how to hook up the straps. They provide a "tool" to help you tuck in the trailing ends and to supposedly help you with the straps, but I may be just too neuro-divergent to understand how this "tool" is supposed to work — but it stumped my neuro-typical girlfriend, too (so, I won't feel too resentful of its zen-like inscrutability). WARNING: if you do this installation with your significant other, go into it with understanding that it *will* be a frustrating experience. Try to keep a sense of humor about the setbacks and mysteries that you will encounter. Otherwise this may be a flashpoint for a relationship-ending argument.It took us about 45 minutes to fit the cover snuggly over the driver side seat. At the end of the process we were left with two out of three straps that we couldn't pass under the seat because of the seat motors. Even though my girlfriend is rather petite, neither of us could fit our hands and forearms far enough under the seat to pull them through. We're planning on hiring one of the neighborhood kids (with the permission of their parents, of course) to complete this task for us.We have yet to do the passenger side front seat, nor the back seats. One seat wore us out!

Installed in a Subaru Outback that had cloth seats which were very hard to keep clean. These fit very nicely and look like new seats, not seat covers. Standing up extremely well to large dogs and all the abuse we can throw at them. Easy to wipe down when dirty. Improved the appearance dramatically. The first seat or two took some work to install these on, then it went much faster for the rest. 1-2 hour installation. Not difficult but time consuming. Completely worth it!

Incorrect items in package... missing 2nd large rear headrest cover - see image (extra mini headrest cover was in package instead) ... having waited weeks for international delivery.. very poor.Other supplied covers fitted "okay" but not snug fit as expected.