Seat Covers Research Guide

This Research Guide for seat cover selection will prove an indispensable handbook for people looking for car or SUV seat covers. Besides helpful suggestions and informative details that are provided here, it will also protect people from all those plentiful cheap seat covers that are neither long-lasting, nor have the desired fit. All topics has been discussed in detail in a language that is easy to understand and it covers 3 distinct sub-topics…

(a) How to protect seats from natural as well as man-made hazards,
(b) How to restore or refurbish damaged seats, and
(c) Ideas on customizing vehicle interior according to personal taste.

How to protect car or SUV seats from natural as well as man-made hazards

No matter how hard you may try, you cannot prevent decay of your car or SUV seat cover unless, of course, you have taken prior preventive measures against this inevitable ruin. These measures include:

Protection from moisture - as moisture in any form like damp clothes, wet swimsuits, rain-drenched kimono, etc is the worst enemy of car upholstery and if it is leather, you had it! When leather gets wet, it becomes tacky to the touch - a sign that the leather's natural oils are being washed out. Fabric seating is equally prone to damage from moisture. When water seeps into factory-installed seat covers, it turns the covers into ugly, stinky, disgusting mold. On top of that, if you are a resident of misty Pacific Northwest or similar wet zones in the US, moisture sure would create big problems for you.  However; Coverking seat covers can solve the problem easily if they are slipped on the seats right at the very beginning. Also, Coverking seat covers come in a wide selection of materials with varying degree of water resistance to protect the interior of the vehicle to the fullest degree. This becomes possible since Coverking uses materials that are “breathable’ and so can keep the vehicle dry even during precipitation.

Protection from abuse by children and pet – though adorable, both can cause a lot of damage to the car or SUV seats. The earlier by fortuitously smearing ice-cream blocks or lollipop ends on the backrest of the front seat of your dream car which only heaven knows how to remove and the latter by slobber that leaves ugly saliva stains everywhere inside the sedan. Also, the sharp talons of a big dog can rip, tear or gouge the upholstery that can never be mended to its earlier shape. In order to stay away from all these hassles, the vehicle seats could have been protected with Coverking slip on seat covers prior to such happenings.

Protection from UV radiation – that can cause serious damage to your car upholstery. UV or Ultra Violet rays are harmful not only to our skin and the eyes, they also cause much harm to automobile upholstery and paint work. 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. Fabric upholstery is also in peril. Direct sunlight on the fabrics has a bleaching effect. Where once your seats were dark blue or black, an overdose of ultra violet radiation will leave them looking purple or ashen. Since you can't always park in the shade, you can give yourself year-round protection with a snazzy set of Coverking slip on seat covers. If you want overall protection from UV radiation, go for Coverking UV protecting car cover and then go to sleep worry-free.

Protection from friction – Unbelievable though, friction can cause damage to your seats, keeping you totally unaware of the problem. Every time as you open the door and go out of the car or board the vehicle, the seat covers suffer some amount of damage.. 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 relentless friction between the bodily attires and the seat steadily grinds away at the upholstery. As time passes, the strength of the leather or fabric gives way, till it becomes threadbare, torn and split. Of course, this pitiful fate could have been easily avoided if the seats were originally covered with Coverking seat covers before they were allowed to ruin.

How to restore or refurbish damaged seats

Seats may get damaged or suffer various forms of injury ranging from indelible stains left on them by leaky markers to scratches and hacks left by canine members of your family. While on one side,  the loving pet struggling to get in or out of the car leaves scratches that can’t be mended nor  the chocolate patches on the back rest left by tiny toddlers can ever be removed, no matter how hard you may try to do that. However, situations like these are well taken care of by Coverking.

Following the Research Guide you can refurbish your vehicle's seats without having to go through the hassle of a complete re-upholstering job. Instead of calling up your dealer and shelling out a hefty sum for new seats, you can simply slide a new set of Coverking seat covers directly over the damaged ones. No muss, no fuss- just great looking seat covers that fit like gloves. However, there are 3 different fitting seat covers, the Custom Fit, the Semi-custom Fit and the Universal Fit to can choose from.

To tell you the truth, Custom Fit seat covers are the best. Like a piece of  well-tailored suit that is accurately measured, cut and stitched to fit the unique shapes and contours of the wearer, so too is the Coverking Custom Fit seat cover that is meticulously designed for a precise fit over the seats. No part of the vehicle's seat is ignored or overlooked - not the position of the head rest, nor the location of the seat's ergonomic controls or where the seatbelts are mounted. Everything is taken into consideration, and these made-to-measure seat covers will fit like they were factory-installed. Moreover, custom-fit seat covers will not obstruct the seat's side-impact airbags, so one is just as secure as before, only with better looking and better protected upholstery.

As for Semi-Custom Fit Seat Covers, they are the budget options of the Custom Fit seat covers. These covers are stitched together following patterns that will work with your vehicle's seats. However since they are not made from the exact make and model measurements, rarely do they offer the complete protection that is needed.

Universal Seat Coversare the ones you will come across at the automobile stores and at the shopping malls. These covers are not recommended as they also do not offer the right fit.

Ideas on customizing vehicle interior according to personal taste