A seat cover can protect your car’s seats from dirt, stains, and wear. It can also add an extra level of comfort to your ride. Seat covers come in a variety of colors and styles, and some even feature officially licensed logos from major auto manufacturers. They are easy to install and can be removed for cleaning.
To ensure the longevity of seat covers, it is important to consider the initial properties of fabric selection, cutting precision, and qualitative joining of cut parts by sewing. In addition, fabric coatings can be applied to improve some performance characteristics, such as flame resistance, abrasion resistance, and seam stability. Woven velvet fabrics are coated to improve pile pull-out characteristics, while acrylic or polyurethane coatings can be used to enhance abrasion resistance.
Another way to reduce permanent deformations of seat covers is by ensuring that the material is thicker and stronger at areas subjected to the highest loads over the longest time periods. Specifically, protruding edges and corners are more prone to abrasion than other parts of the seat cover.
To reduce the impact of these factors, it is important to use seat covers that have a high rating for occupant protection (ANCAP). This certification requires testing with different dummy occupants and side-impact test results. A higher ANCAP rating indicates better passenger safety. To increase the level of protection, it is recommended to purchase made-to-measure seat covers that are designed for specific vehicle makes and models.