Custom Seat Covers for Cars / SUVs / Trucks:

Durability

When we first consider a custom seat cover fabric we always look at the Wyzenbeek test results, also known as the double rub test. This is a durability test that was developed by 20th century inventor Andrew Wyzenbeek where a piece of automotive fabric is placed on top of a half-cylinder covered in a #8 cotton duck fabric. The half-cylinder then rocks back and forth simulating, the action of someone sliding into their car seat and sliding out. This is one double rub.

UV Protection

The second factor we look at is UV light protection. After many test samples, we decided to include a grade 3.5 UV light protective coating (200 hrs) on our seat cover fabrics. While it’s impossible to completely eliminate the fading of fabric over time, this coating helps slow the process. Grade 1 coatings leave fabric feeling natural but, with almost no protection, black fabrics fade to brown in about a year. Grade 5 coating does an excellent job for protection but makes the fabric quite stiff. Outdoor furniture often receives grade 4.0 – 5.0 coatings. Our use of a 3.5 coating provides an ideal balance of feel and protection.

Flammability & Safety

The third consideration is flammability. Our seat cover fabrics feature a fire retardant coating and depending on the style of fabric they’ll meet either FMVSS302 (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard) or CPAI 84 Sections 5 and 6 standards.

Waterproof

The fourth aspect we take into consideration is a custom seat cover fabric’s ability to provide waterproof protection. Most of our fabrics offer high water repellency or are completely waterproof. Just as with outerwear, at some point due to normal use, the effectiveness of a fabric’s ability to repel water will diminish. You can restore the fabric by either spraying Scotchgard on our O.E fabrics or a DWR (Durable Water Repellant) on any of our others.

HD Designs

Technology has revolutionized what we can do with fabrics. A good example of that is the quality and variety of camouflage fabrics we offer. Realtree, Mossy Oak, and Moonshine all require as many as 10 screens to produce the camo seat cover patterns we all love.

Our fabrics really shine in HD because of the quality of the image when using heat transfer paper and the fact that we use durable 600 denier polyester fabrics.