Wrinkled seat cover. Quick fix?

[McLaren Rulez]

Hi everyone, nice to be part of this forum.

I got a set of seat covers installed but unfortunately, the seat base for the front seems to be too wide. The installation is fine but it isn't taut over the seat. I did read about other threads where the hot towel trick worked but is it worth trying on these? Also, I don't have a hair dryer so I'm simply gonna place towels in boiling water and then place them on the seat cover area that I want to shrink.

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Any tips or tricks are deeply appreciated. Thanks!

 

[McLaren Rulez]

Just wondering if anyone might have a tip on this before I go for the hot towel method?

 

[ScubaCougr]

Wouldn't this be immediately un fixed with the next bottom sitting in the seat? Have you tried pulling the leather tighter down over the side bolsters?

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[McLaren Rulez]

Hi ScubaCougr, thanks for replying!

Trying to pull the cover tighter over the side bolsters won't really work because the issue is that the cover itself has a wider seat bottom than the actual seat bottom. If I pull it tighter, the contours of the side bolsters would be compressed and lose their shape, if you know what I mean?

I need to shrink the material itself near the seat bottom and I was trying to figure out the best way to do that.