Maintaining Vehicle Wear & Tear

Seat Repair Service

Let’s talk about fleet vehicle maintenance repair. While construction vehicles are built to be durable, that’s not always the case with the interior. Depending on the usage and care, sooner or later the seat of a pickup will start tearing at the seams… Most of the time, you’ll notice first traces of damage in the front corner of the seat where the section of foam or fabric needs replacement. If that’s the case, contact Expert Auto Accents right away so they can replace only the bad foam or torn fabric. Trust us, regular maintenance will save you a ton of money! 

Repairing A Broken Back Seat 

One of the very common repairs we deal with are broken back seats. The damages are usually caused when a driver leans into the seat back while exiting the truck. The torque created by driver’s shoulder can crack the seat frame and bust a support brace. To repair the damage, the cracked frame needs to be welded and the horizontal support bar reattached. Fabricating a steel cross brace stiffens the frame even more. To prevent future damage, it’s good to wrap sections of the chair back in burlap cloth and thick jute padding. 

Hidden Truck Seat Repairs 

Sometimes it’s hard to spot a truck seat damage. For example, there might be issues with the seat that you won’t be able to see until you strip off the old fabric. The smartest thing to do is always to fix the seat before installing the seat cover. 

Repairing Truck Bench Seat 

When a truck seat starts to disintegrate, it’s tempting to put off repairs. However, if you wait too long with repairing a torn vinyl, you might bust a seat frame, shred foam and ruin covers on top of it. If the frame is badly damaged, upholsterers will have to rebuild it. If the vinyl seat is trashed, it will need to be reconstructed as well. Remember, when the upholstery tears, it’s only a matter of time before the foam padding gets ripped to shreds. Looking for a trustworthy uphoslterycompany to help you with a fleet vehicle maintenance repair?

Expert Auto Accents does work from the single workman’s truck to a big company’s fleet vehicles. 

Seat Covers

Fleet trucks are a crucial part of your business. They need to run well every day to maximize profitability. Part of a well-running fleet is maintenance and part of that maintenance includes your trucks’ interior and upholstery. Having your trucks serviced for upholstery cleaning or repair can cost you both time and money. To help reduce these costs, equip your trucks with fleet seat covers. Seat covers will significantly reduce upholstery wear and damage that occurs as a result of industry use.

There are a number of great products out there and we’ve compiled a short list of our most durable, high-wearing fleet seat covers to help you figure out what you need.

 Cordura™ Seat Covers

When your fleet needs strong, high-wearing and waterproof seat covers, one of the materials to consider is CORDURA™. We use this branded fabric to make our commercial truck seat covers because the tightly woven fabric is extremely durable and will stand up against the type of abuse industry work can cause to your trucks’ interiors. Cordura seat covers are not only waterproof and will protect your fleets trucks from spills and stains, but this material is also abrasion resistant protecting your seats from tears caused by heavy or sharps tools. Additionally, the custom nature of the product means you’ll be getting a product that fits well and looks good on all of your fleet trucks.

Atomic Pro-Tect Seat Covers

Another product that is geared toward industry use are Atomic Pro-Tect seat covers. These commercial seat covers are made of an automotive grade polyester with polyurethane waterproof coatings, your fleet will have maximum protection against all industry uses. As with all of our seat covers, this material is UV protected making it fade resistant. Installing seat covers on the existing upholstery of your fleet will reduce fading and damage from occurring. This is extremely important for leased fleets and will help with your return on investment when trading them back in.

Pro-Tect Vinyl Seat Covers

These covers are great for construction fleets and farming trucks. The high-wearing automotive Vinyl is extremely durable, stain resistant, and wear resistant. This industrial fabric will protect your seats from tearing and keep them clean. As a result this means you’ll have less downtime for cleaning and maintenance. Moreover, this saves your business money long term. Fleet trucks can have excessive wear and tear, which causes damage to the original upholstery. This can cost you an arm and a leg when trading in your fleet trucks. Having commercial seat covers on to stop this damage from ever happening will benefit when trading in. Pro-Tect Vinyl Seat Covers are a great lower priced option for those that want “no frills” and all around protective seat covers

OEM Seat Covers

These custom slip over seat covers not keep your fleet clean, they give them a clean look too. This heavy weight cloth material gives you the protection you need while still offering a bit more comfort than other industrial fabrics. While we use run offs of automotive materials used by manufacturers and our OEM seat covers will look similar to many interiors, these do not replace your seats covers. These will however give you full coverage protection again industry use without the expensive cost of a reupholstery kit. These seats covers have a solid buckle and strap system to keep them in place. No hog rings needed.

You don’t want to have to worry about the your trucks’ interiors when your employees are working hard to get the project done or complete their service in a cost-efficient time. Having seat covers on your fleet trucks will decrease your worry and increase your ROI due to less downtime for interior maintenance and a higher turn in value for leasing or more profit upon selling.

Call or message Expert Auto Accents today for a free estimate for your fleet vehicles.