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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Mustang Owners with Kids....protecting seats..

I have a 3 y/o that uses a booster seat in my car. I would like to protect the seats from the booster seat and any mess she could make.

What are you all using to protect the seats?

I saw some car seat matts on Amazon, but i'm wondering how'd they work since they seem to be made for flat seats and not seats like ours in the back.


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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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I have an almost 6 year old and will be outlawing him eating food in my car(lets see how long that last). I will have the same issue. I'm thinking about putting down a beach towel or something to that effect.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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It may be cheaper to just go and grab a towel from WalMart that matches the leather
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by RedWings
I have a 3 y/o that uses a booster seat in my car. I would like to protect the seats from the booster seat and any mess she could make.

What are you all using to protect the seats?

I saw some car seat matts on Amazon, but i'm wondering how'd they work since they seem to be made for flat seats and not seats like ours in the back.

DO NOT BUY THAT - I had the same kind in my infiniti and after 3 years the non slip rubber backing had melted into the leather.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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My kids will seldom ride in the Mustang when I get it, and when they do, food and drink will be outlawed. They've ruined the upholstery in both my car and my wife's with their crumbs. I guess it gets better eventually, but my boys are 7 and 10 and they're still unable to keep a back seat clean.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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I use a combination of towels and an old thick ski jacket liner I once used for snowboarding. It helps, but it's not perfect. I also don't let mine eat much in my car, but I do let him have water. He doesn't like anything but milk and water anyway. Food and milk is for the MomMobile.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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I'm more concerned with the hard plastic bottom of the booster seat rubbing on my new leather. The only drink she has is water in the car and is usually only in there for 5 minutes at a time.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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Yep. Thick towel. Just match it the best you can. Thankfully, my son will no longer be required to use a booster in just over a month.

When we had the springs installed we were way late leaving so he was allowed to eat a corndog on the way home which seemed the least likely to make a mess, but he was firmly reminded that it was ONLY because I messed up and caused us to be so late and it won't happen again. Hehe
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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A towel (or two) from Target/etc that nicely matches the leather and folded neatly between the leather and the booster seat has worked great for us in my wife's van.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RedWings
I'm more concerned with the hard plastic bottom of the booster seat rubbing on my new leather. The only drink she has is water in the car and is usually only in there for 5 minutes at a time.
Check the seat- all edges of my son's are rounded and smooth. Probably won't be so bad when it comes down to it.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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+1 on the towel.

Double it up at the corners and it should be fine. You might consider rubbing some leather conditioner inot the seat after you remove the towel. Towels soak up the oils.

+10000 on no eating
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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+1 on the towel and no eating...

Yeah, I've got a Focus ST with 200k miles, but the leather/suede still looks new.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RedWings
It may be cheaper to just go and grab a towel from WalMart that matches the leather
Pretty funny. I did EXACTLY that!!! I got a thick black bath towel (extra fluffy) from Walmart, and folded it in two under the seat. i bunched it up a little extra in the corners.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 12:46 AM
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This is why I got the leather and waited until the kids were older until I jumped on the Mustang thing... (o yea, also because they finally made a good car).

Seriously... anything just wipes off the leather.
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