Seat Covers, Universal Car Seat Covers Front Seats, 2pcs Faux Leather Seat Cover, Semi-enclosed Design, Detachable Headrest and Airbag Compatible, for Most Cars SUVs and Trucks Beige

The outer bolster of a driver's seat is the first thing to go. It is the panel you slide across every time you get in, and eventually the stitching opens and the foam shows through. This pair of semi-enclosed front covers is the inexpensive way to hide that, and two things are worth settling before you order.

Side airbags live in the seat you are covering

Many front seats carry a side airbag inside the outer bolster, and it deploys through a seam built into that seat for the purpose. Anything laid over the bolster sits in its path. For this cover the supplier names no standard, no test method, no laboratory and no certifying body, and no tear-seam specification appears anywhere in the data we hold, so nothing about its behaviour on an airbag-equipped seat is published here. If your front seats have side airbags, put that question to the supplier or to a motor trimmer before covering them. Where a seat carries an airbag warning tag, that tag has to stay visible.

Universal, with nothing to measure against

The title calls the covers universal and suitable for most cars, SUVs and trucks. The supplier's feature text then tells you to measure your car seat dimensions before purchasing and select the appropriate cover size. Both cannot be acted on. No dimension of any kind appears in the supplier's specification, and this listing carries one variant with no size to select, so there is nothing on the page to measure against. Compare the photographs with your own seats and treat the fit as unconfirmed until the covers are in your hands.

How the covers are built and held on

Construction is a three-layer faux-leather material, which is not leather and does not behave like it: a wipeable face the supplier describes as resistant to dirt and easy to clean, over padding. The cut is half-enclosed rather than a full slip-over, with three-dimensional sides shaped to sit against the seat, and it suits seats whose headrests lift out, each headrest being covered separately. Circular buckles and straps take up the slack underneath.

Key features

• Front pair: two pieces for the driver's and front passenger's seats; nothing for the rear bench is included.
• Semi-enclosed cut: the cover wraps the seating face and the sides rather than sealing the seat, which is what lets it go on without dismantling anything.
• Detachable headrest covers: intended for seats with headrests that come off their posts.
• Built-in pockets: storage pockets take the odds and ends that otherwise end up in a door bin.
• Adjustment kept: the supplier states recline and headrest height still work normally with the covers on.

Specifications

• Material: three-layer faux-leather construction, in the supplier's description. Faux leather, not leather
• Design: semi-enclosed front seat covers with detachable headrest covers
• Fixing: circular buckles and straps
• Colour: beige, from the product title
• Pack quantity: 2 pieces, front seats
• Dimensions: none. Length, width and any seat-size range are missing from the supplier's specification
• Airbag test data: none. No standard, test method, laboratory or certifier is named for this product
• Options: a single variant, so no size or colour selection exists on this listing

Checks before fitting

• Establish first whether your front seats have side airbags. The vehicle handbook, a tag on the side of the seat, or a trimmer will tell you.
• Any airbag warning label on the seat must remain visible once a cover is on it.
• Route straps and buckles clear of the seat rails, the belt buckle stalk and any wiring loom under the seat.
• Refit each headrest fully and confirm it locks at the height you use before driving.
• Check the seat still travels, reclines and tilts through its full range once the covers are tensioned.

Beige, two pieces, front seats. If yours are airbag seats, get that answered before you commit.