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Year One "PUI" seat covers #1794468
04/01/15 09:44 PM
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Has anyone used/installed Year One PUI bucket seat covers??

These are for a set of 1971 Road Runner buckets.

They have a 25% sale going on until 12:00PM tonight.

I was considering getting a set from them.

I'm wondering when they say quantity of (1), are they referring to (1) pair, or (1) cover??


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: DusterDog] #1794469
04/02/15 12:10 AM
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I've got PUI covers in my car and are very happy with them! (left is PUI, right is original)





Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #1794470
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Thanks for the reply & photos.

They don't look too bad!!

I think I'm going to go for a set..


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: DusterDog] #1794471
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The pui covers I used, the front and side areas looked good... the back where it tucks in, looked bad. I've had better luck with pg classic covers.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: Silver70] #1794472
04/02/15 01:14 AM
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I ordered a set for my convertible. Front pair looked ok, rear seat was completely wrong. They lacked the detail of the originals, so ended up buying them from Legendary.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: herkamer] #1794473
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We sell both, and people seem to be satisfied with what they bought based on why they bought them. For the budget minded customer, PUI seems to be ok for a driver. For higher end restorations, Legendary seems to be better. However, I've personally had quality problems from Legendary for my car and wasn't happy with how they responded.

That being said, when it comes time to buy covers for the Charger I'm restoring, I'll use Legendary. For my son's driver Demon, we used PUI and they were fine.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: Dixie] #1794474
04/02/15 01:02 PM
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Another pic.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: Dixie] #1794475
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Thanks for the input guys!!!

I just need the front (2) covers, since my car doesn't have a back seat.

It's a driver/part-time bracket car, so I'm not going for a show car look.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: DusterDog] #1794476
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Experience on a buddies car.

We installed the front buckets in a Challenger. Set the car outside later and the grain disappeared from the material. I felt your paying the same price for lower quality.

After that, I never used anything but Legendary on my cars.

Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: cdp] #1794477
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Who is PUI first time hearing about them.

Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: cdp] #1794478
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Quote:

Experience on a buddies car.

We installed the front buckets in a Challenger. Set the car outside later and the grain disappeared from the material. I felt your paying the same price for lower quality.

After that, I never used anything but Legendary on my cars.




PUI is typically cheaper priced. At least, we sell them cheaper than we sell Legendary. If you're paying the same, definitely go with Legendary.

PUI has been in the GM market for years and decided to do Mopar a couple years ago. If they can get their act worked out they will be serious competition.


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Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: DusterDog] #1794479
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I recommend Legendary to all my clients.

If someone asked me to install PUI covers for them, I would not do it, all the ones I have seen are that bad.

Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: Alaskan_TA] #1794480
04/03/15 04:00 AM
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Last summer, I installed Legendary covers on my 69 Charger , then a few days later installed a set of PUI covers on a ElCamino...
The PUI material was much thinner, I had trouble with it tearing near the hog rings and they simply didnt fit like the Mopar Legendary covers...

Re: Year One "PUI" seat covers [Re: sthemi] #1794481
04/03/15 12:34 PM
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While Legendary has it's flaws the PUI seat covers are not of equal quality when it comes to material. The PUI seat covers in one of our cars held up okay however the thinner material, as mentioned above, did not fare well after seasonal daily driver use. IMO even the Legendary material is not as good as it once was. In years past it was less "stretchy" material like the factory stuff.

The car I did most recently turned out nice and the fit was decent but after getting in and out of it a few times on a cold day the material will stretch a little where you sit and leave a sort of ass-groove (ala Homer Simpson). The PUI covers did the same thing although I attributed this to the thinner material that reminded me of speed boat upholstery. I have tried to re-attach the Legendary bench seat cover to stretch it out a bit in order to solve this issue and short of over stuffing the seat bottom (like most restored bench seats I have seen) there isn't much you can do. I might try a set of PG Classic seat covers on my next winter beater if it needs them. Good thread, thanks to everyone for the input.







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