Seat Covers Research Guide

Why Should I Buy A Set Of Seat Covers?
One of the great on-the-road ironies is that while you're sitting comfortably in your car seat, the seat itself is having to stand up to a tremendous amount of abuse. Dirty clothes, wet swimsuits, spilt drinks, kids snacking in the backseat, slobbering pets, seat friction and harsh sunlight all have the potential to ruin and wear out your great looking seats. And if already your seats have met with a terrible accident like a leaky pen or a chocolate stain, or maybe they have been ripped open by your dear little pooch, a complete reupholster will cost you dearly.
The days of worrying about permanently staining your automobile seats or of being embarrassed by ripped, tattered and unkempt upholstery are almost over. With the right set of seat covers, you'll be able to:

• Proactively protect your upholstery from a dizzying array of hazards
• Cover over existing damage rather than having to reupholster your seats
• Make over your interior to suit your tastes and lifestyle

Seat Cover Protection Reference
There are certain "high-traffic" areas in your vehicle that seem predestined to receive a lot of punishing use. Your carpets are constantly being trampled by dirty shoes, your steering wheel is being throttled non-stop by oily hands and your seats are always besieged by a steady onslaught of abuses. The only practical way to protect your seats is to dress it in a set of great looking car seat covers.

Your car seats face a number of perils, including:
Moisture
Whether you're driving home from an outing at the local pool, a kayaking trip or an endless summer's day of surfing, the moisture in your clothing can lead to serious problems for your upholstery. Leather's worst enemy is water. When it gets wet, it becomes tacky to the touch - a sign that the leather's natural oils are being washed out. Cloth seating is also prone to damage from moisture. When water seeps into factory-installed fabrics, it can fester and grow into ugly, stinky, disgusting mold. Our seat covers come in a variety of materials that can help your seats from water and moisture, because of their amazing water resistance qualities.

Kids and Pets
Nothing's quite as adorable as the mesmerized look of a toddler who's discovering the sweet, luscious delights of his or her first birthday cake. At the same time, that image of a child's tiny little fingers grabbing chunks of chocolate cake by the fist-full and smearing it over every square inch of their upper body should remind us that kids are just as messy as they are cute. And, while you can easily mop away accidents in your kitchen, it becomes a huge hassle when it happens in your back seat. The same goes for your furry, four-legged co-pilot. Not only does slobber leave white-bordered saliva stains, hair clings to everything and is a nightmare to remove. Their sharp little claws can tear open your car seats, especially leather and also fabric. But the right set of seat covers will shield your seats from the accidents that children and pets inevitably create.

Friction
While getting in and out of your vehicle may seem like a harmless operation, it is, in fact, putting a lot of stress on your seats. Like sandpaper on a jagged block of wood, the texture of your clothing grates against the texture of the upholstery (leather and cloth alike). This constant friction between your body and your seat steadily grinds away at your upholstery. With time, leather or fabric starts to lose its strength and eventually becomes threadbare, torn and split. Of course, this pitiful fate can easily be avoided with a quality set of seat covers.

UV Damage
Just because every form of life on Earth is dependent on the sun for its existence doesn't mean that solar rays aren't a mixed blessing. Too much sun exposure is not healthy for our skin, and it certainly is harmful to our upholstery. Leather is especially susceptible to sun damage because UV radiation dries out the natural oils in the leather. Without these oils keeping things moist, the leather will eventually start to crack. Cloth upholstery is also in danger. Direct sunlight on your fabrics has a bleaching effect. Where once your seats were dark blue or black, an overdose of ultra violet radiation will leave your seats looking purple or gray. You can protect your car from sun rays by never taking it out of the garage but that is not practical, so protect your car seats with a set of good seat covers.

A Guide to Covering Your Damaged Seats
Sometimes bad things happen to good upholstery. If the interior of your vehicle has suffered some cruel twist of fate (a leaky pen left lying in the backseat, or a torn seam that's threatening to unravel completely), you have the ability to rejuvenate your vehicle's seats without having to go through the hassle of a complete reupholster job. Simply slide a new set of seat covers directly over the old ones and they will be as good as new. No muss, no fuss-just great looking seat covers that fit like a glove.

There are three different fitting seat covers, a custom fit, semi-custom fit and universal fit. Let's take a closer look at the benefits you get with each style.

Custom Fit Seat Covers
A custom seat cover is like a tailor-made suit, and a semi-custom seat cover is like an off the rack suit. Just the way a master tailor crafts a quality suit, only after painstakingly measuring the client's whole frame, taking every contour, curve and length into account. In the same way, our custom seat covers fit over your car seats precisely, leaving access to ergonomic controls, seatbelts and any other seat-mounted controls.

Semi-Custom Fit Seat Covers
On the other hand, though an off the rack suit fits your frame, it does not provide a fit as good as a tailored suit. Rather, off the rack suits are crafted from patterns, and the patterns come from average measurements of similarly sized bodies. A semi-custom seat cover fits about 80% as well as a full custom seat cover. And so when a fully customized seat cover is available, why do you want to compromise with a Semi Custom seat cover.

Universal Seat Covers
These covers are available in 3 standard sizes – Big, Small and Medium. These are the ones that you generally come across at online and offline stores – but you should never select them because they do not offer a correct fit. That is because these covers are not made with the exact make and model specifications/

Tips on Making over Your Interior
Your vehicle is more than just a means of transportation—it is an extension of your identity. You can make your vehicle mirror your own personality; with the right set of seat covers you can easily personalize your car-interior just the way you desire. And, with all the different colors, patterns and materials at your disposal, you have an almost limitless array of ways to customize your car seats. Here are the basics:

Colors and Designs
Auto manufacturers tend to design their interiors to please as many shoppers as they possibly can. In order to create that wide appeal, they usually use neutral colors and almost never add any patterns into the mix. But with our exciting range of seat covers you can break free from the mold and make your car stand out in the crowd.