Car Seat Covers

Lemlin · 08-09-2015 12:55pm #1

Looking for car seat covers for a 2015 Seat Ibiza 1.2 4 door model.

MicksGarage has suggested these:

http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=5521523&modelid=7540

They aren't getting great reviews however and are €60. Can anyone suggest decent car seat covers? We just want something to protect the seats from the kids.

joujoujou · 08-09-2015 9:58pm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1572946.htm

Lemlin wrote: »

[...] We just want something to protect the seats from the kids.

An old joke came back to my mind:

Woman in carpet shop asking for advice.

W=woman S=shop assistant.

W - what reliable solution would you suggest to protect floors from children?
S - how many children?
W - four.
S - TARMAC.

ianobrien · 09-09-2015 7:28am

Does the car have side airbags mounted in the seats? I'm guessing it does so why would you want to cover them. If they are covered and you are in an accident they won't deploy as intended. The problem is that they will have to punch through the cover, slowing them down and/or deforming their shale and this affecting their protecting ability.

Airbags are usually in the front seats, not the back so I'd think about covering the back only, not the front.

colm_mcm · 09-09-2015 2:21pm

seat covers are designed to be used with side airbags

ianobrien · 12-09-2015 2:25am

colm_mcm wrote: »

seat covers are designed to be used with side airbags

Ya fair enough but how many have the holes or weak seams in the correct place to not interfere with the airbags? Are the airbags straight coming from the centre or are they "L" shaped coming up from the bottom (where the Seat is fatter due to the side bolster)? Are the airbags behind the shoulder?

I'm not disagreeing with you but people should examine this before they start to cover seats with airbags. I've seen people fit the left hand cover on the right seat, totally covering the airbag.....

colm_mcm · 13-09-2015 5:35pm

Any of the ones I've seen have the perforations on both sides just in case.

I hate seat covers though

_Kaiser_ · 01-10-2015 3:04pm

This is partly why I made sure I got leather this time around. My little fella seems to like leaving Daddy reminders he was there, but a quick wipe or run with the hoover and it's done - as opposed to the much harder efforts with the cloth seats in my last car

Outside the box option? Get leather seats from a scrapyard?

Kristopherus · 01-10-2015 3:07pm

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Outside the box option? Get leather seats from a scrapyard?

For a 2015 car:eek::eek::eek:.

_Kaiser_ · 01-10-2015 3:13pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

For a 2015 car:eek::eek::eek:.

Ah ok.. I didn't see the year.. but unless it's a brand new model type it could work

Jmccoy1 · 01-10-2015 10:38pm

Check out www.seatcovers.ie, pricier than micks garage, but you can customise them, they're tailored to your car and you wouldn't think they're covers. Getting mine done soon for €225, VW Polo.

Aesop · 06-07-2016 9:42am

Jmccoy1 how did those car seat covers work out? Thinking of getting a set and it's either seatcovers.ie or www.jcseatcovers.co.uk

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