Seat Stains, eh?

[JohnM45]

So...weird topic, right?

I have an '18 2500 Tradesman with the grey cloth seats. Over the past several weeks, I'm starting to see odd stains showing up on the seat. Now, I am typically in my truck wearing clean clothing...and I don't eat in the truck...I tend to be a bit fussy and try to keep stuff clean and tidy.

I can't help but wonder, does the fabric on these seats stain from water drops? I could swear its from rain dripping onto the seat cushion bottom when I opened the door in the rain. Then, getting inside and sitting with wet clothing from rain...surely this can't be the case, can it?

I can't even wrap my mind around this.....anyone else see something similar?

 

[DavidC]

It could be from the rain. When you get it cleaned up you may try using this to prevent it.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/303-Fabr...MIkqSMwMqw5gIVgqDsCh24wAe8EAQYASABEgJUqvD_BwE
I used it on the rug by the cup holders where the Wife tended to spill coffee.

 

[BarryG]

That's why I use seat covers. Can take them off every so often and hose off good. When i sold my 01 it had seat covers on it within a couple months 16 years and 375k miles later the seats still looked great under the covers. Though in that time I did go through a couple sets of covers.

The spots are probably just from normal dust and dirt that accumulates on them over time and the rain drops just bring out.

 

[MRFost]

Two big thumbs up to the Carhartt seat covers by Covercraft. See Genos for those. They have gray that works well on your gray seats.

 

[JohnM45]

Thanks guys - my last truck was my F150 Lariat that I had for 12 years...it had leather. I was just really surprised that the spots were showing up.

I've been eye-ing up those Carhartt's. If I go with covers, those are my choice. If I don't its going to by Katzkins. ~$250 vs ~$1100

The only thing I worry about on the Carhartt's is I don't see the match for my seat/console setup. I have a Regular Cab Tradesman, so my fold-down seat/console does NOT have cupholders. Nor is there a storage unit underneath the seat cushion. I figure I need to call Geno's and ask before going that route.

 

[SnoKing]

So...weird topic, right?

I have an '18 2500 Tradesman with the grey cloth seats. Over the past several weeks, I'm starting to see odd stains showing up on the seat. Now, I am typically in my truck wearing clean clothing...and I don't eat in the truck...I tend to be a bit fussy and try to keep stuff clean and tidy.

I can't help but wonder, does the fabric on these seats stain from water drops? I could swear its from rain dripping onto the seat cushion bottom when I opened the door in the rain. Then, getting inside and sitting with wet clothing from rain...surely this can't be the case, can it?

I can't even wrap my mind around this.....anyone else see something similar?

Got a teenage Son that uses the truck on dates? That is an age old issue!

 

[JohnM45]

Got a teenage Son that uses the truck on dates? That is an age old issue!

LOL - nope....nothing like that! Regular cab...and a stick shift...a bit tough to be gettin' busy in this cab. lol

 

[JohnM45]

well...it was raining cats and dogs saturday. sure enough, the spots on the seat are from the rain. Wow - never saw that before. We must have some toxic rain here in PA. I think I'm going to have to really look into seat covers.

 

[CAROLINA CUMMINS]

The cloth seats in my '14 seem to do ok with rain etc... My wife's 2014 Edge on the other hand - its a constant battle to keep the seats from looking like someone had an accident. Just a few raindrops and it looks horrible. I need to try some of that fabric guard.

 

[lpennock]

well...it was raining cats and dogs saturday. sure enough, the spots on the seat are from the rain. Wow - never saw that before. We must have some toxic rain here in PA. I think I'm going to have to really look into seat covers.

Guess they call it the rust belt for a reason.

 

[Regcabguy]

Guess they call it the rust belt for a reason.

Neil Young was right.