The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **eddmoore1** » Mon May 26, 2008 4:58 pm

Hey Guys,

Just new to the club.

Just bought a 96.

After a Fto for ages.

Only thing is the seats are kinda standard enough and I want to get nice seat covers.

Can't seem to get them for an FTO anywhere.

any Ideas

Ed

by CJ » Mon May 26, 2008 5:39 pm

Hi and welcome to the forums edd.

RicerocketUK (on this forum) sells leatherette covers, take a look at the colour options on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0231298201

CJ

by **eddmoore1** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:14 am

Sound bud,

I was googling the other day for ages and couldn't find a thing. They seem sweet enough. Bit pricey but i'm sure i'll find a few pound for them somewhere

Ed

by **TopCat** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:50 am

Welcome Ed.
I thought that before alright that they were a bit pricey, but I was lucky enough to get a car with them already fitted, and to be honest, its one of the things I like best about the car. Most of them seem to fit really tightly (I think they're from that ebay crowd) and look very well. Only advice would be to not get all black, from personal experience, they get a little hot in the summer (thank god for A/C).
However, if you'd like a set of black ones with FTO in red stitching, you can offer me a good price and I'll just upgrade! :wink:

by **Masa** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:18 am

Nice covers.

But aren't they a pain in the ass to fit?

As you say it seems to fit really tightly.. But will be much better than the crappy fabric..

by CJ » Tue May 27, 2008 10:44 am

Masa wrote:
But aren't they a pain in the ass to fit?

Yes, fitting is time consuming but the result is worth it.

Masa wrote:As you say it seems to fit really tightly.. But will be much better than the crappy fabric..

The leatherette covers are a huge improvement over the stock prefacelift fabric covers, the latter is one of least attractive elements of the FTO in my opinion.

CJ

by **Wildhound** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:49 am

I agree with CJ. Upgrading the seats is number one on my to-do list for the FTO. In fact I'll probably do it as soon as I get the car back (if ever).

I don't think there's any other single mod that improves the overall look of the car more profoundly. Apart from a new pair of shoes.

by **eddmoore1** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:13 am

I'd definately be up for paying a few pound for them if your interested in selling. How much would you be looking for approx

by **TopCat** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:31 am

PM sent

by **Marie** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:18 am

I ordered these 6 SIX wk's ago!!! & They still haven't arrived!

by CJ » Wed May 28, 2008 4:08 pm

Marie wrote:I ordered these 6 SIX wk's ago!!! & They still haven't arrived!

Have you got onto Ricerocket to for an update? As I understand it, they're made to order to the far east and can take some time to arrive.

CJ

by **Marie** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:33 pm

yeah they say they'll be here at some stage this week, still very annoying though!

by **Masa** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:30 pm

Just ordered.

We'll see when they arrives

by **colm_mcm** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:11 pm

Marie wrote:yeah they say they'll be here at some stage this week, still very annoying though!

what colour combo did you go for, Marie?

by **bigkayy** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:44 am

colm_mcm wrote:
Marie wrote:yeah they say they'll be here at some stage this week, still very annoying though!

what colour combo did you go for, Marie?

I ordered mine almost 6 weeks ago, I think they were being made in Australia by one of the fella in FTO Aussie club, becuase I have attempted to order directly from him before and he pointed me to RiceRocket as the European distributor

Sorry for the thread hijack, can anyone recommend any decent upholster in Dublin where I can get them fitted when they finally arrive, I learnt that they were PITA to fit and wouldnt fancy doing it myself.

by **Masa** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:45 pm

received and fitted 10 days ago.

Took us 4 hours, being 2.

Quite nice now

by **TopCat** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:00 pm

Any pics?

by **miss-enzo** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:06 pm

mine are ordered, cant wait to get them!!

by **Masa** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:30 pm

TopCat wrote:Any pics?

I'll do some when the car will run again

So Monday evening if everything's ok.

Miss, Buy more than 100 of the plastic things to tie them up.

Just bought 100 and I had to be carefull not to waste on the end, 20 more would have been perfect :p

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