P500 P500 Seat Cover Adaptation

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Lburou

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We used These Seat Covers and are happy enough with the outcome. Thanks to yomamma101 for the link and the picture of your seatcovers.
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To accomodate the narrow center of the bottom seat, we used two methods to shape the fit and add holes for the female rubber mounts.
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We were unable to position the strap shown in a satisfactory route around the rubber mount. To cut the hole in the fabric, we heated a piece of 1" metal conduit with a bernzomatic torch and melted the hole that stretched over the rubber mount. Time will tell how smart this was.

Then, to help the straight cover fit a seat with indentations in the front and rear edges of the seat, we poked holes in the fabric and threaded small nylon rope in an "X" configuration to minimize wrinkles as seen from the top and to keep the front edge seam as straight as we could. This "X" pattern also helped minimize the extra material touching the safety belt attachments.

HTH
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To The Green Goat: For our purposes, a street tire is preferred. We drive a lot on paved roads in our community. The only time we use 4WD is in the river bed you see in the pic above. SUNF tires. One size larger than OEM. Speedometer within 1 mph confirmed by radar.

The pics below shows where we do most of the driving between the house and the river in the background. Our community has 67 miles of paved roads with 25-35 mph speed limit. HTH

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With the locked differential is tire scuffing when for example pulling into a parking spot an issue at all? We will be using our 520 80% on pavement in a housing development and local roads is why I ask. I have heard with the 50" track it is not much of an issue, just wondering how much "rubber marking" we will be doing on our paved driveway, etc .
 
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Lburou

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With the locked differential is tire scuffing when for example pulling into a parking spot an issue at all? We will be using our 520 80% on pavement in a housing development and local roads is why I ask. I have heard with the 50" track it is not much of an issue, just wondering how much "rubber marking" we will be doing on our paved driveway, etc .
We don't have many rubber marks, and they don't last long. Hot days and tight turns will be the time to leave rubber and chirp. The radius of your turn & how clean the surface is are two other factors. If you are going fast enough to take the weight off the inside tire, it is less noisy. Have never gone into a parking spot. Neighbors will turn heads when the tires squeal though. Just smile and wave :)
 

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