Car seat covers are pieces of fabric that cover both the front and back side of your car seats. Used properly, they can keep the car's original upholstery clean and undamaged. While some automobile manufacturers make car seat covers to custom-fit their seats, most car seat covers are designed to fit any car. The universal covers have many more designs and colors available for a more customized look. These covers are easily installed and tied with cords to keep them in position.

Install the Covers

To install the cover, you should remove the headrest, if it comes off. Pull the seat cover over the top of the seat and continue to pull the cover down tightly, making sure there are no folds or wrinkles in the fabric. Put the cover for the seat bottom on and fit it tightly against the front part of the seat bottom. Most seat covers have elastic to keep the cover snug against the front part of the seat. Next, fasten the supplied hooks to secure the bottom of the seat cover. Then tie the cords at the bottom of the seat back to keep the cover secured.

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble fitting the seat covers properly, there are a few tricks to make them adapt to your seats. If your seatbelt holes are not lining up properly, you can use a utility knife to extend the precut slits. Make small cuts with the blade until you have the hole in the correct place. The covers are usually made from fabric that stretches in order to suit many different kinds of seats. Sometimes this causes the cover to have extra material that bunches at the bottom. If this is the case with your seat covers, you could either cut off some of the excess or fold the excess fabric so that the cover fits tightly against the seat. If you never plan to use the seat covers on another car, you could cut away enough excess fabric that you can tie the edges under the seat. To keep the cover in position after you have folded it, you can use binder clips to clip the folded cover to any place on the bottom of the seat you can reach. If you have more "S" hooks, you can make a small incision in the cover for one end of the hook, then pull the cover tightly to secure the hook to the springs under the seat. After you have used the covers for a while, you will need to readjust them. The fabric will stretch slightly and might need to be tightened again.

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