How to Choose a Car Seat Cover?

Category: Automobile

How to Choose a Car Seat Cover? Bought your Dream Car? Which suits your Budget, Personality, and Requirement? The very next thing you might be thinking about is to pick the right seat cover for your car. Seat Covers are one of the essential car accessories that can transform your car's entire interior and provide comfort and safety. But choosing the right set of seat covers for the vehicle can be difficult as there are many options available in the market, ranging from different prices, designs, patterns, and materials. There are primarily three types of seat covers available amongst the several ranges based on material. FABRIC SEAT COVERS As the name suggests, Fabric Seat Covers are made of "Fabric,"; that is cloth, which protects your original seats from dust and other factors. The Fabric used in these seat covers are heat and cold resistant, which gives you a better seating comfort during extreme summers or winters as they do not tend to heat up in summers or turn cold in winters. Though these seat covers enhance the seat covers' looks, it requires a lot of cleaning effort compared to the other types of seat covers as it can quickly absorb any food or drink stain marks. Therefore, the durability of the seat coves is lesser compared to the other alternatives. PU LEATHER SEAT COVERS: PU Leather/ Artificial Leather/ Rexine Leather seat covers is a type of synthetic leather with a poly coating and has less thickness than pure leather. These seat covers protect the car seats from dust and other damages. These are the most common type of seat covers preferred due to several reasons. PU Leather Seat Covers gets sticky and hot during summers, but once you switch on your car's AC, the seats tend to be more comfortable as the temperature comes down. PURE LEATHER SEAT COVERS: When it comes to elegance, styling, and durability, Pure Leather Seat Covers is one of the best choices compared to the PU Art Leather Seat Covers and Fabric Seat Covers. They look classy and luxurious which can enhance your car interiors. These seat covers are water-resistant, stain proof, are more durable, comfortable, and the color does not fade away for years. Though they are very much comfortable, they are in general 4-5 times costlier than the other type of seat covers, and they tend to heat up in extreme summers if the car is parked under the sun for a longer duration. Limitations while choosing seat covers in the showroom: There are minimal designs and color combinations available They, in general, offer 5-6 designs and we need to select one among them The major drawback in choosing seat covers at showrooms is that they are overpriced. We can get the branded seat covers at a much lower price in the aftermarket. Parameters to be taken care while choosing a seat cover from the aftermarket: 1) Double Stitching on Seat Covers: Most of the aftermarket seat covers come with single stitching which is not a reliable option for longer life. Make sure you select the covers with double stitching which ensures the seat covers stay intact for a longer period of time. 2) Warranty Period: Always, we prefer to buy the products that comes with a warranty period. Then why not for seat covers? And most of the brands do offer free service when there is a problem in the stitch or replace the material if there is any manufacturing defect. So, go with the brands who provides at least some warranty on material and stitching. Choose Wisely!! 3) Inclusion of Foam: In general, a minimum of 10mm thickness foam should be there at the back of seat covers to provide comfort while seating. The inclusion of foam will be generally at the place where our body is rested on the seat 4) Rear Top Seat: Again, there are few aftermarket seat covers which doesn’t cover the entire rear top seat, especially, the trunk facing side. Thus, providing a scope of dust entering into the rear seats. And also, it doesn’t look good anyway if it is open from the back. 5) Airbag Provision: Now a days, High-end variants of few cars are coming with 6 Air Bags that is 2 at the front, 2 at the rear and 2 on the sides (from the sides of the driver and passenger seats). So, ideally, the side airbags should open when there is an impact on the sides of the car. In this case, if we install regular seat covers, it will cause an obstruction for the side airbags and thereby an important safety feature has to be compromised. What’s the solution for this? Can we not install the seat covers for these cars? Nope. We can, if we provide a side airbag provision as shown in the image below. The sleeve on the sides gives a perfect opening of the airbags and the belt with buckle mechanism ensures that the seat covers stay intact with the car seats. We strongly recommend to look for this provision on the seat covers as safety is more important than comfort. Process of choosing a seat cover: So, after understanding the things to be taken care while choosing a seat cover from the aftermarket, we must be thinking about the right material, design and color Combination. Choosing the right one is important because it is going to be there for a significant amount of time. Material: Typically, the life of seat covers will be around 5 to 6 years and it is obvious that a better-quality seat covers can last longer. And it is a known fact that high-quality Seat Covers will have high prices. So, set your Budget and choose the seat covers wisely. Design: - When coming to seat covers designs, there are infinite design options in the market. One can always pick a complicated design which gives you a unique and distinctive look but it is important to remember that the more complicated the design, the more difficult it gets to clean the dust accumulated in grooves and ridges. Colour Combination: - Think of the colours that best suits your personality or style. Also, you can choose the combination which matches with your car interiors or exteriors. For example, if you want to give a sporty look to your car, you might go for a Red and Black Combination. Plain Beige colours give a classy look to your interiors. Are you someone who wants to add a premium look to your car? Black and Tan colour combination might be your best option. Note: Do keep in mind that dark colors absorb heat, irrespective of the type of material but they give a rugged and sporty look. A light color is always the go-to option because of its ability to reflect back sunlight and its heat. Although maintenance is a must for light-colored seat covers. If none of the available options satisfies your requirement, there are customized seat covers too, which can be customized according to your imagination which is limitless Example :- Material - Marvel Leather Design - Apollo Colour Combination - Black and Red All these three features can be customized accordingly according to your requirement. Expert Installation :- Although self-installation of seat covers sounds easy, it is always recommended to get them fitted by a professional. Every factory car seat comes in a different shape, style, and comfort. Thus, fitting in the right way is essential for a good finished look. Bad installation could lead to slipping & sliding of the seat cover. Maintain your Seat Covers by 3M Interior Foam Cleaner :- 3M Foaming Car Interior Cleaner is an advanced fast action multipurpose foam cleaner for cleaner for cleaning car interiors such as seats, upholstery, lining, roof linings, carpets, seat covers. Due to the specific formulation, it is particularly suitable for removing heavy dirt and food stains leaving behind a pleasant fresh fragrance. Leaves upholstery clean, fresh and soft with no sticky residue. We understand that choosing seat covers is a lengthy and hectic process but our team at Razen Customs will help you throughout the process and make it a breeze. Also we have professional skilled technicians for installing any car accessory. Along with the seat covers, we can also help in providing other addons to your car interiors like neck pillows, floor mats, seat cushions, steering covers, armrest covers, door panel lamination, lumbar support etc., We are also sending Seat Cover samples to customer houses so that customer will have ample time in choosing the seat covers of their choice. Apart from that, Razen Customs offers EMI options, Doorstep Delivery, Cash on Delivery and Doorstep Installation Services as well. Give us a call at 9368993687 to book your seat covers now!