Hi... I've noticed that someone has created a round logo "Checkmate Owner's Club".... does anyone have the original or a very clean version of it than can be emailed to me? If so, I would appreciate it. Thanks.... Steve steve_zuccaro@comcast.net

 

I love my Checkmate, have one several car show awards with it, and modded the heck out of it. My only problem with the car is the silver material on the seats. Every time they get wet they stain, and living in Seattle it's tough to not get them wet. Has anyone else experienced this and found a good solution to address it.

Thanks

Mitch

 

My seats are the same. I'm strongly considering replacing the grey puller-prone space cloth with some grey alacantara-type material... until then, I'm thinking of a wet-dry vac or some upholstery cleaner, just don't soak the cushions and ruin the bun-warmers!

 

I'm getting bids to have the silver fabric replaced with silver leather.

 

ok wait, so you're talking abou the cloth staining right? Cause mine has leather and while the driver's side one is a bit beat up on the left side (as you'd expect) I'm not sure how to read the past few posts and if it has anything to do w/ me,lol

 

Hey all!! Looking to join the club!! Just picked up my Checkmate last month! Grabbed it in VA with 24k miles in great condition...

 

Can't post pics at work right now, but im wondering if people are still on here its nice to see a checkmate area on this forum.

I see the last post was over 6 months ago... so sad.

bring it back

 

Yea it seems the excitement here has faded away....

 

any one know a good way to clean these seats? mine look terrible! any time they get wet and dry i get a new stain.

anything i have tried just seems to make it worse.

I am talking about the light colored fabric part, not the blue fake leather bit....

EDIT: just noticed this was the last topic discussed in here. any solutions?

 

I have been wondering the same thing I have even considered getting some Recaro or Sparco race seats just to pull them out because it drives me crazy.
I keep a neck pillow on my passenger seat so I dont have to look at it lol

If you find out let me know...

 

R.I.P. NewNHot. My 2005 MCS died a horrible death on the side of the road. Killed by a large wild boar on a country road in Texas South of San Antonio. :(

Good news is found a very well cared for 2006 MCS Checkmate with 67k miles that will be mine on Friday

 

Very sorry to hear about your loss, but equally happy about your new MINI! Checkmate was one of my favorite special editions/packages.

Now you know of course....WE WANT PICS!

 

It looks as though this forum may be fading away. I hope not as I just found it and am a checkmate owner. I found it by looking for seat cleaning options as I noticed a lot of people had the same problems that I have. That is not being able to get the seats clean. It's the silver fabric that is the problem. The only thing that someone suggested was 303 Upholstery cleaner. I guess I'll see about getting some of that.

 

I am a former Checkmate owner. My first MINI was a 2006 R50 Checkmate. I am on my third MINI now (a Cosmic Blue 2012 Countryman), and I love the Cosmic Blue. It's the closest I've seen to Space Blue. Now if only MINI made the silver roof on the Countryman...

 

Good afternoon all,

I picked up my Checkmate back in december. I fell in love with this fun little car. I too had the issues with cleaning the seats however there is a very cheap and easy option. Alcohol based glass cleaner. Windex. Spray the cloth area down entirely, and make sure every inch is wet. Not SOAKING wet but not too dry. After you spray it down just let it sit in the sun to dry, and it will dry evenly. Works every time for me.

in other news... here are the latest visual upgrades on the car:


however... I have some sad news for some of you.... I am abandoning space blue. Charles will be 3M satin pearl white (vinyl wrapped) in the next few weeks, with the black accents. Roof will be matte black vinyl too. HOWEVER! the A-Panel will have black squares to alternate with the satin white, and a "ghosted" Checkmate decal above the A-Panel. I am looking forward to this very much.

 

Thanks for the Windex advice ill give it a try and see what happens...be back with an update :-)
Make sure to post picks of the finished product I definitely want to see that.

 

I'd like to design a hood stripe similar to that of the Checkmate for my R56 and was wondering is someone with an S could possibly take a few measurements of their stripe for me? I've attached a picture of my requirements and would prefer exact measurements in inches, to the nearest 16th.

 

Has anyone found a solution to the seat stains that appear every time the seats get wet? That silver material is tough to keep looking nice.

EDIT: Ooops, looks like all the recent posts have been addressing this. I'll try the windex option. I also have 303 so that will be plan B. Here is a recent photo of my Checkmate.

 

Hey guys, it's been a month, any "lessons learned" from the windex trick? Tempted...

 

All it did was put stains on the seats same as if I had gotten water on them.

 

correct I tried it and epic failure...lol

im tempted to pay a professional at this point to use their magic because I think magic is the only thing that will work besides getting some sparco or recaro race seats...;-)

 

ive been considering doing the entire wrap myself how much does it typically run to do an entire car? Just curious it just recently crossed my mind.

 

A pro will probably use a steamer or extractor. Go research in the forums at autogeek.net. Steamers are expensive, so look into renting one. If you buy any cleaning products from AG, wait for a sale and use discount codes. They are always having different sales.

 

thanks for the advice I will give that a try.

 

I have a steamer and that is the only thing that has worked. I am sure to clean the seats with the apolstry attachment every time I have the cleaner out to do the carpets.