Seat covers and airbags

[creddy]

Can in-seat airbag deploy if a seat cover is used? Any advice or experinces?Thanks

[proxim2020]

Can in-seat airbag deploy if a seat cover is used? Any advice or experinces?Thanks

There's a possibility that it can, but if you put a seat cover over a side impact bag, it's pretty much useless. Most seat covers are designed with nice tight stiches to make them durable, which would prevent a bag from deploying. If the seams were very very loose, then you may have a fighting chance. Don't put a seat cover on if you would like to use it the way it was designed. There are companies that make sideless seat covers that allow the bag to deploy, but a lot of them look cheesey.

[COVersaSL]

Mine are made with the air bag in mind, they have little air bag tags on the sides too. I don't know if you can find regular seat covers like that. Mine are cusom leather and not cheap. <~ not trying to brag but I do love them.

see them here- zerothread/253737
Modified by COVersaSL at 11:56 PM 5/28/2007

[sambot]

COVersaSL, your seats look gorgeous. I want those!

[ms_stylin_versa]

ya nice seats :-)

[KimberKenobi]

How much did you pay?

EV is curious as well zerothread/252762

[versaspeed.com]

I have used these guys a few times in the past and they are excellent.

http://www.classicsofttrim.com/index.html

They will be doing my Versa as soon as I figure out color combo.

[Demonspawn]

Kimber if you do this i want to see it!i think i can guess what color combo you will go for and i think i would like it too.Black and Blue right?Blue and White second?

[COVersaSL]

Thanks, for your nice comments. I paid like $1,000 or $1,100 through the dealer and a company ATD here in Denver did them I am not sure where they get them. I picked Ivory and Beige, my second choice would have been Ivory and a Gray that matched the dash??

[bobloblaw]

Bob - what does the place you've used charge for the seats + installation in a Versa-sized car?

Thanks for the quick response to the e-mail, by the way.