So I got my new Yellow ITR interior and they seemed a little dirty, so I decided to clean them up a bit...

#1 I vacuumed the whole surface of the seats.



#2 I mixed together the soap I would need to clean the seats. I created the diluted woolite solution that is recommended by the creators of the fabric. For this, you can see I used a standard spray bottle and filled it 6 - 2/3 cups water & 1 - 2/3 cup woolite fit just about perfect.





#3 (not necessary) I did this only because I had this little steam cleaner laying around, however it didn't do anything, so disregard this step.



#4 I then wetted down the whole surface of the seats.



& be sure to change your water often otherwise it'll take longer.



#5 I then whipped out the diluted woolite solution I had created earlier and sprayed it on the seats sections at a time.



You can see the difference and you'll know that the soap is doing it's job.



#6 Be sure to lather the soap in nice and good. To do this, just gently rub the soap after you spray it on and you will see it get foamy. I found that doing this with your hand works best.



#7 I then wiped as much soap off the seat as I could with wet towels, again remembering to empty the water as it gets dirty.

#8 This step didn't need to come here, it could've came last, however since the seats needed to just sit around and dry for a few hours I figured I'd put the seat rails on (well actually, my back hurt, so I let me friend put the seat rails on while I sat back and relaxed. )



#9 To get the seats to dry quicker, you can vacuum them again, however I have a carpet cleaner, so I just used one of the attachments to help suck the water out.



#10 (if applicaple) To speed up the drying process, I placed a little space heater in front of the seats to help them along. There's nothing wrong with air drying, I just had little patience and a space heater available.



#11 In the meantime, we went out in the garage and made a few car noises.



#12 When they were finally dry, I threw them in and sat back like this:





The End.


Modified by Jay D. Em at 9:37 PM 8/16/2007

 

wow!!

 

If you are not worried about the time to dry, you should have rinsed them with a garden hose. It will help to lift up more dirt and rinse all the soap out.

<-- likes Y seats.

 

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I would've had it not been below zero.

 

Wow...they looked pretty soiled in those before pics. Great job on cleaning them up.

 

looks great! the before and after pix really show it

 

yeah, those were gross before

they look much better. hopefully this will get thrown in the FAQ. a lot of questions come up about cleaning these

 

Dude nice writeup.... looks new again

 

Whoa, you did a great job!

 

Any full before pics? Makes me kinda want to do it to the recaros I have downstairs. Too bad they are black and I am trying to sell them! Seats look awesome!

 

Just wondering, how much did those seats cost you and where did you get them? I have been looking for a pair of yellow recaro's, but the one guy that was selling them on here not too long ago wanted over $2000 for his set.

 

Damn, great write up man!

This should work fine with USDM seats too, right?

 

Nice post. Good info.

 

How tight of a fit are jdm seats without moving the door panals or center console?

 

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This should work fine with USDM seats too, right?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, 100% sure. same material.

 

came out pretty damn good. im curious to know if the material is still soft after such treatment, particularly the bolster areas on the seat bottom and seatback

 

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They fit fine w/o removing them. With the armrest there it just makes it harder to reach the adjusting **** on the inner side of the seats.

 

this is why yellow recaros weren't popular in Japan...gets dirty too quickly. Don't forget to scotchguard them or you will be back doing it again soon

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rino924 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeah, 100% sure. same material.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Correct.

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Correct, unless you switch the seats around.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RTW DC2R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">came out pretty damn good. im curious to know if the material is still soft after such treatment, particularly the bolster areas on the seat bottom and seatback</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, it is still soft.

 

Nice job.

 

Good job man

 

holy fawk those were dirty.

 

Dang! Where'd you get them from? I've seen a few up lately and that's more than the usual none.

 

I bought them from a guy on here a few months ago. I have the rear seats too, they just aren't in yet.

 

wow nice u did a very nice god making really clean