Universal Lavish Rear Seat Cover Size 06/08S | Black/Red Stitching

Red contrast stitching across black is what separates the Lavish from everything else carrying this size code, and on a rear bench it is the detail visible from the doorway. Underneath the trim it is a 06/08S universal rear set — a stretch fit sized to a family of bench shapes, not a pattern traced from one car.

Soft PU, and the word the supplier is careful about

The face material is soft PU fabric. Read the supplier's own sentence closely: the range was designed with a luxurious feel of genuine leather. Feel. That is a remark about how the surface handles under a hand, not a statement about what it is made from, and no hide appears anywhere in the source. Behind that face sits 6 mm of foam over a tri-coat net lining, which is there to keep the foam from breaking down against your original trim, and a backing of double knitted polyester the supplier rates heavy duty, whose job is to pull each panel taut instead of letting it bag.

Five zips, one cover, several bench shapes

A universal rear set earns the word universal through zippers. This one has five. They let the same cover be re-arranged around a split-fold backrest rather than being stitched permanently to one layout, and the supplier lists 60/40, 40/60, 50/50 and 40/20/40 backrests as workable, along with side bolsters and armrest provisions. Three headrest covers come as separate pieces so they can be positioned where your posts actually are. Cut the panels generously, then let the zips decide where the cover parts when the seat folds — that is the whole mechanism.

Where a stretch fit gives itself away

Worth being straight about the trade. Universal means a size code and an elastic tie system, and elastic takes up slack rather than removing it. Across the flat of the squab and the face of the backrest this will sit tight. It is at the shaped edges that you can tell — the outer bolsters, the base of a headrest post, the margin beside a fold-down armrest. If those edges bother you more than the price does, a set cut to your exact model is the better spend. If the job is keeping kids, dogs and work gear off a bench, this does it for a fraction of the money.

Key features

• Black with red stitching: the Lavish colourway, and the only trim this listing carries.
• Soft PU face: supple in the supplier's description, with the feel of leather rather than the material.
• Smart Guard badge: the supplier's fabric treatment, described as stain and water resistant and UV stabilised.
• Six-millimetre foam: cushioning plus a tri-coat net lining that separates the foam from your seat trim.
• Elasticated ties: high strength stretch fastenings pull the panels down under and behind the bench.

Specifications

• Size code: 06/08S, universal rear
• Configuration: three separate headrest covers, split-fold system, five zips
• Backrest splits listed: 60/40, 40/60, 50/50 and 40/20/40
• Face fabric: soft PU
• Foam: 6 mm, over tri-coat net lining
• Backing: double knitted polyester, heavy duty
• Treatment: Smart Guard — stain and water resistant, UV stabilised
• Colour: black with red contrast stitching
• Workmanship warranty: two years, as stated by the supplier
• Supplier code: V121-LAV0608S05
• Piece count, panel dimensions and washing instructions: the source gives none, and unlike others in this range it does not describe the set as machine washable

Red on black, sized 06/08S, and worth a look before you price a made-to-measure rear set.