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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 06:10 PM
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Wet Okele owners

I have had mine in for a week now, front and back. I love em, but man, the smell they give off. And after sitting in the florida heat all day while I am at work, 10x worse.

Does the odor go away?
 
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 06:15 PM
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must be the new smell of vinyl or whatever-it won't last.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 11:06 PM
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yea it will go away, woulda helped to just lay them in the yard to air out for a while.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 07:09 PM
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I put mine in about two months ago. The smell definitely goes away, so don't worry! Did you have as much fun as I did putting them on? Feeding those straps under the front seats was a .....
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by nts04FX4
I put mine in about two months ago. The smell definitely goes away, so don't worry! Did you have as much fun as I did putting them on? Feeding those straps under the front seats was a .....
Oh, someone else who shared the fun of installation. Oh my God. Several HOURS later...... I love the look, im glad the install is over. Glad the smell will go away
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 08:29 PM
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Ummmm, I didnt notice any pictures in your gallery of those Awesome seatscovers.....
 
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 08:30 PM
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I'll get em going this week.
 
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