Maybe you can buy just the upper half of fabric from a US car given we drive on the other side of the road. Our passenger seat/your driver side is hardly ever worn.
Car Seat Material - Honda Insight Gen 1 2001 RHD UK
Hi,
Does anyone know if you can purchase the car seat material. I have a 2001 with Grey/Black seats. As normal it is the bolster part on the drivers side which is ripped.
2001 Honda Insight
RHD - Manual
UK - Leicestershire
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Does anyone know if you can purchase the car seat material. I have a 2001 with Grey/Black seats. As normal it is the bolster part on the drivers side which is ripped.
2001 Honda Insight
RHD - Manual
UK - Leicestershire
See picture
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Although the bottom cushion/covers are slightly different, both sides of the top cushions/covers are identical. This means that someone in the U.S. might be willing to sell you a good condition "passenger" side cushion&cover, or just the cover. Even if it's dirty, stain remover and a washing machine work miracles
This site appears to be offering drivers seat covers in NH167L "GRAPHITE BLACK" for RHD cars at £157 + shipping:
www.amayama.com
I have no experience of this seller!
Honda 81121-S3Y-J01ZB (81121S3YJ01ZB) COVER, FR. SEATBACK TRIM *NH167L*
Honda 81121-S3Y-J01ZB (81121S3YJ01ZB) COVER, FR. SEATBACK TRIM *NH167L*. New & genuine Japanese car parts. Fast shipping. Low prices. Request a quote from Amayama Trading Co. online.
www.amayama.com
I have no experience of this seller!
That is a Japanese Honda parts seller. I have successfully ordered discontinued Insight parts from both them and megazip.net (another Japanese Honda parts seller).This site appears to be offering drivers seat covers in NH167L "GRAPHITE BLACK" for RHD cars at £157 + shipping:
Honda 81121-S3Y-J01ZB (81121S3YJ01ZB) COVER, FR. SEATBACK TRIM *NH167L*
Honda 81121-S3Y-J01ZB (81121S3YJ01ZB) COVER, FR. SEATBACK TRIM *NH167L*. New & genuine Japanese car parts. Fast shipping. Low prices. Request a quote from Amayama Trading Co. online.
It would be nice if we could identify the fabric for the seat sides for the 00-03 and 04-06 (different color and material.).
The center stuff is called "spacer mesh" I think. I have samples from Mayer Fabrics. These would have to checked against actual cars, but I think these would work well as center sections:
| Car color | Center section color name | Mayer Fabrics number |
| Citrus | Limelight | 301-013 |
| Silver | Black | 301-006 |
| Red | Paprika (lighter red) | 301-011 |
| Red | Cayenne (darker red) | 301-009 |
| Blue 00-03 | Sapphire | 301-024 |
| Blue 04-06 | Ink | 301-004 |
| Aquamarine | Caribbean | 301-034 |
| Orange (I think this shows up as an oddball but legit Insight color?) | Marigold | 301-019 |
And I think it would be awesome to make these into custom fit seat covers. Then you don't have to make the sides match the car because there isn't much to match.
As for colored center panels, I have a seat cover with lime mesh center panels for my Citrus and the drivers' seat center panel is already filthy. Ideally, we would find a way to attach them nicely but make them easily detachable so that they can be washed.
It's almost like the seats were regulated by OSHA or NHTSA.
I just noticed that the fabric of my insight 2005 is different, I knew that the color is different, but the texture of the side covering of the seats is also different.
I spent a few hours looking at all the products on a website that have the SPACER MESH. I can't find anything resembling the waves of the insight 2000s but for the more recent versions as in the image of my seats, here a product which on the screen look a lot like what I have for the sides of the seats.
Cloud velvet Cloud Velvet
I spent a few hours looking at all the products on a website that have the SPACER MESH. I can't find anything resembling the waves of the insight 2000s but for the more recent versions as in the image of my seats, here a product which on the screen look a lot like what I have for the sides of the seats.
Cloud velvet Cloud Velvet
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What I've come up with from talking to my textile nerd friends is a bunch of "Here is a way you could fix it with a cool patch" and not much "This is what you are looking for"
What I have come up with from MY research is that this is probably a 2x1 baby rib knit, pretty much the same thing as your typical cotton socks. it is bonded to a backing that keeps it stretched to a consistent spacing. I can't seem to find any sources for this material, as almost everything you find selling fabric in that knit is tubes for socks or cuffs.
What I have come up with from MY research is that this is probably a 2x1 baby rib knit, pretty much the same thing as your typical cotton socks. it is bonded to a backing that keeps it stretched to a consistent spacing. I can't seem to find any sources for this material, as almost everything you find selling fabric in that knit is tubes for socks or cuffs.
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