Car Styling Accessories

Small Impacts -- No, a car cover won't protect your vehicle from another car slamming into it, but it can protect your car from someone who opens their door and bangs into your car as well as kids on skates who get a kick out using your hood as a seat for rest.

Although, these items aren't exactly what you can call as an "accessory", they're still extremely important to have. Being prepared is one of the most vital things you should be while on the road, so having the right items to help you in facing almost any incident while traveling could be very helpful.

Take out the old seat car covers. Remove it from the seat bolts which are located just below the seats. Then take out the staples and if required tear apart the fabric. With the same procedure take out the front and back seat covers and also the head rest. The next thing is to remove the tracks below the seats. For this, you will require a screwdriver to un-screw the hog rings. This will finally help you to pull out the cover completely. While taking out the tracks remember you have to assemble it again. Therefore, mark the places carefully with a marker or chalk so that while reassembling them you can do it easily.

Lets talk about the materials that make a good or bad protective Seat Car cover. Seat Car cover are made from many different materials, so you need to know as much about these materials as possible so you can make the right decision. There are basically three different categories of materials car covers are made of. Lets take a looks at these and a few good and bad points for each.

Clean the inside of your car's windows with a glass cleaning product and a soft cloth. I use a normal household glass cleaning spray for this and it seems to do the job. When cleaning the dashboard and other interior surfaces, be careful you don't use a product that will damage them. Some vinyl and plastic surfaces can be ruined simply by using the wrong product when cleaning. Once cleaned, you can use a surface protecting spray on these areas also.

While tarpaulin/canopy car covers would be good, it might be too tightly woven such that it leaves no spaces in between but the best thing yet is that you can use some of the databases one the internet to find out your kind of car canopy. Just make sure that you find out what would really be appropriate for your area.

Polyester and cotton blend - These materials will provide protection, but for how long and how well will they look after a year of use? These seat car covers will usually start to get picks and holes rubbed in them within a 12 month period.