Driving can be a risky business, but auto manufacturers are constantly creating new ways to make our vehicles safer. One such innovation is side impact protection systems (SIPS). These airbags are mounted directly on the side of your car seat, and they protect your head from hitting your side windows or door jam in an accident. The good new is, though, that all of our sheepskin seat covers can be crafted to accommodate SIPS. During the ordering process, you will have a chance to let us know whether or not your seats are equipped, and we'll make sure that all the proper adjustments are made.
While both the 3 Star and 5 Star sheepskin seat covers transform your seats into luxurious driving thrones, there are differences between the two lines. First, the 3 Stars are semi-custom fitting seat covers, while the 5 Stars are fully custom-fitted. In other words, the 3 Stars are like off-the-rack clothes, and the 5 Stars are like tailored suits.
What's more, the 5 Stars use "exhibition quality" sheepskin pelts, which are thicker and denser than the ones used on the 3 Stars. Lastly, you have more color options with the 5 Star sheepskin seat covers than with the 3 Stars.
The clearest analogy is to think of a custom seat cover as a tailor-made suit, and a semi-custom seat cover as an off the rack suit. A master tailor crafts a quality suit only after painstakingly measuring the client's whole frame, taking every contour, curve and length into account. Likewise, our custom seat covers fit over your car seats precisely, leaving access to ergonomic controls, seatbelts and any other seat-mounted controls.
On the other hand, an off the rack suit still fits your frame, but not as well as a tailored suit. Rather, off the rack suits are crafted from patterns, and the patterns come from average measurements of similarly sized bodies. The same is true for semi-custom seat covers. They will fit over your seats as well as over other car, truck, SUV and van seats. A rule of thumb is that a semi-custom seat cover will fit about 80% as well as a full custom seat cover.
Our sheepskin seat covers were ingeniously designed with an advanced hidden strap system. Bucket seats employ six straps to hold your new sheepskin seat cover properly in place. Two straps attach under the car seat from the front, two connect through the abdominal break in the seat and two unite from left to right of the seat. Bench seats may have more straps, but all will remain hidden after the straps are connected.
If your vehicle has a plastic molded housing around the outside of the bottom cushion, such as a BMW, Lexus, or Mercedes Benz, there will be a white pouch at the end of the strap instead of a hook. Inside the white pouch is a collapsible lodging bar. When installing this pouch, simply depress the lodging bar inside the white pouch, place it as far down between the outside frame of the car seat and the cushion. This will form an interlocking attachment to secure your sheepskin seat cover.
Taking good care of your sheepskin seat covers is easy and will ensure years of gorgeous, supple covers. Firstly, you will want to brush the wool occasionally with a metal brush (the kind you use on pets), which will keep the fibers from becoming matted and tangled. When you're cleaning out your interior, be sure to give your seat covers a once-over with the vacuum to pick up any dirt, sand or dust that might be accumulating. If you have an accident and spill something on your sheepskin seat covers, you can spot clean stains with a bit of warm soapy water. Try and soak up as much excess water as possible, and let the covers air dry, preferably off the seat and out of direct sunlight. For big-time messes, you can take your seat covers to a professional furrier or to a dry cleaner that specializes in working with furs.
Yes. All of our sheepskin seat covers have a fully integrated cotton lining. The lining is stitched right into the seams, so there are absolutely no adhesive agents holding it on. Plus, it is cut to the exact size of each individual piece of sheepskin and attached as each piece is sewn together.
No. Your stock leather upholstery is safe underneath our sheepskin seat covers. In fact, when you cover your leather seats with our premium sheepskin covers, you are actually extending the life of your stock upholstery. That's because they sheepskin seat covers will block out harmful UV radiation that can wreak havoc on leather, drying out the natural oils and leading to unsightly cracks. And, the seat covers will absorb all the friction you generate every time you sit down, shift around and stand up.
Starting with only the finest, softest, most luxurious New Zealand and Australian sheepskin pelts, master craftsmen expertly cut, tailor and stitch what are arguably the highest quality sheepskin seat covers on the market. Of course, it's hard to go wrong when you start with excellent ingredients. Sheepskin is known as "Nature's Thermostat" because the downy wool keeps you warm and toasty in the winter and cool and dry in the summer. In fact, each hollow wool fiber can absorb up to 30% of its own weight in moisture, so your back won't feel clammy like it can against leather, vinyl and cloth. And if that wasn't enough, wool is actually stronger than steel, ounce for ounce. So these seat covers will last years, protecting your seats below and making driving cozy for you above.
It's true that this resource guide presents a lot of information about sheepskin seat covers for you to absorb. If you would like any further questions answered, just give us a call toll-free at 800.874.8888. We have a team of highly knowledgeable Automotive Accessories Specialists who can answer any questions you may have about sheepskin seat covers, or any other automotive accessory.