Problem: I have a black lab and used to own a couple of Yukons before my 07 Tahoe. The problem I had with hauling my dog around was that her hair would stick to the carpet back of the 2nd row and wasextremely difficult to remove. Especiallyafter I take her swimming in fresh or salt water.Also mostly because I wouldn't get to it for a long time. I think I traded in my 03 Yukon w/o removing the hair that was stuck there. Yuk for the detail guy at the dealership. As you may know labs generate a lot of oil which equates to a "dog smelly" car once the hair gets everywhere.

Solution: I ran into this product http://www.cargoliner.com/products.php?did=10001and decided to call them up about it. I spoke to the owner Tom and ask if his product provided any "extra protection" once the 2nd row seats were tumbled forward. He actually went to thedealership to do some measurements and modified his off the shelf product to accommodatemy request! I received all of this less than a week from my phone call and no price increase!

Here's howthe installation went:

The before picture with the 3rd row removed and 2nd row bench tumbled. The color here is light titanium:




Here's a front view pic with the liner wrap installed on the 2nd row. Nice color matching. This drapes over the front so if your dog rests it's head and slobbers on the 2nd row like mine does, it will be easy to clean up.




Great attention to detail as you can see the careful stitching and use ofvelcroto accommodate the seat belt:





Here's the liner on the 40 split in the down position:




Here is the "standard" liner shown tumbled forward. As you can see you can still get to the child seat hook.




Here's a pic of the "bonus" material Tom provided me to accommodate my request of "extra protection" while tumbled forward.They are separate for each split seat. I didn't stick all the velcro yet, so it is just draped here and not smoothed out.






Next on to the rear side liners. These are the side sections laid out before installing.




Here's the driver's side installed. Note the careful stitching and use of velcro again and the excellent fit to the coutours and access to the cargo shade mount and push button for the tumble forwards.There are "lots" of little velcro locations to hold it in place for the contours. Note theuse of the fabric and stitch work to make it fit the coutours.The material goes all the way up the window and to the natural edge line of the rear quarter panel cover.



If you wondering about the black area, that is where the factory cup holders used to be for the 3rd row. I have a 10" custom subwoofer box packed in there along with the power lift gate motor so I had to lose the cup holders. That is speaker fabric mesh. The pet liner has a cutout there to let you keep the cupholders.




Here's the passenger side, note the mesh provided to keep the rear A/C vents open and functional:






The following is a series of the bottom liner. Per my request, Tom extended the fabric all the way up to the tumbled 2nd row. Note the reinforcement around the holes for the 2nd row hooks that I requested he put in.












Here's the final product with seats tumbled forward:




For the extra finishing touch, I put back in my Weathertech rear cargoliner. See this post https://chevroletforum.com/m_40981/tm.htmabout my gripe about the lack of extended coverage for the tumbled forward position over there...




And the final pic with the 2nd row put back up in place.






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Conclusion: I now can have a slew of wet St. Bernards (that I don't own) back there slobbering away and the cleanup will be fast and easy. The vacuum work will be fast (no more stuck dog hair onto carpet!) and just some vinylcleaner for slobber on the liner and some glass cleaner for the wet noses on the windows. Best of all, no more doggy smell.

Is this productpretty? Some people won't think so, but you know what,I think it is the best fitting, best looking and most of all functional product out there to solve my dog problem!

Note he has many flavors of the 07 Tahoe to accommodate with and w/o the power gate (like I have above) because the driver rear panel will be different. And he has 2nd row captains also.

Hope you enjoyed my review.

 

snomon, great write up! I'M not sure who you love more, your lab or your tahoe?

You would almost not know the protector is on the 2nd row seats if it weren't for the dark gray piping.

Doe's the velcro stick out like a sore thumb when you remove the liner?

 

snomon
Man you got a nice dog hauler there. I bet you could have a "Wesson Oil" party back there and it wouldn't hurt a thing. I'm a dog lover and even got one myself, but if I had to do all of that for my dog he better find a job so he could kick in half.

 

I agree about the dark gray piping. I'll have to tell the Hamilton guy about that. Hmmmm "oil wrestling on wheels". Think of the possibilities.[8D]

 

I have a 2018 Tahoe that I use for work. I carry my tools and equipment daily in it. On weekends I use it
for adventures carrying my two Labs.
Between the two labs shedding and drooling plus my dirt from work the bed gets filthy. I have the
Cargo liner from Hamilton and it is so easy to clean. I recommend this liner for anyone with dogs.
I understand also that the small company is veteran owned which I appreciate.

 

I am a dog handler and constantly have them in my '05 Suburban. Talk about hair! I am gonna check out this product. By far the worst hair? A 100lb Great Pyrenees! Holy moly!