About Car Dashboard Covers

With the latest trends and life style patterns, a large amount of money is being invested and spent in the car dashboard cover market. The demand for this car accessory is driven as much for practical, protective considerations, as by many drivers' desire to personalize and custom design their car interiors.

Protection

Also called a car dash cover, a car dashboard cover typically serves the practical purpose of shielding the dashboard from the damaging effects of the sun's UV rays. It also protects it from the potentially harmful heat, which may result in warping or cracking. Not surprisingly, car dashboard covers are an especially popular car accessory in the sunbelt states of America, where dashboards are more vulnerable to the ravages of the sun's rays.

Aesthetic

A car dashboard cover also serves an aesthetic, decorative purpose. It softens the dashboard's contours, while adding a dash of luxurious style to the car's interior. Car dash covers can be used to personalize the car by incorporating in their design a company logo, a favorite team's mascot, a monogram of the driver's initials or other symbol of the owner's choosing. The covers also serve to cover a faded or damaged dashboard.

Features

Today, dashboard covers come in a huge variety of shapes and colors to cater to different car classes and models, as well as car owner preferences. They are also produced from a wide range of materials, including velour, poly-carpet, and molded carpet. Two popular albeit more expensive materials used are leather and wood, not only for their appealing aesthetic qualities but also for their long-lasting capabilities. The materials used to produce dash covers are color-fast and non-shrinking.

Types

Drivers have the choice of purchasing either custom-fit or universal car dashboard covers. Custom designs are tailor-made to snuggly fit the contours of a car's dashboard, providing a perfect fit and softening the car's interior. They are also more protective--and expensive--than the universal car dashboard covers.

Safety

Stringent safety rules that were set in place after the 1940s made padding an absolute requirement for car dash board covers, so as to provide cushioning for the driver and front seat passenger in the event of an accident. This padding was commonly made from polyurethane foam, and the surface was often made from polyvinyl chloride in medium and small cars, and leather in the case of luxury models. After the 1990s, the industry standards require an airbag as a common feature of dashboards, and these are even mandatory in some countries.

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