Does a car with leather seats need a seat cover?

I found that many friends around me bought a car with a leather seat, and they also like to set up a seat cover, some because of personal preferences, and some because they are afraid of being dirty. Some friends also came to ask Xiaobian after buying, whether the leather seat can be added with a seat cover, will it cause the leather to be impermeable or something.

First, three points need to be identified:

First, is it genuine leather or imitation leather? In some models, the main contact surface is leather, and other stitching parts are imitation leather. Most of the stitched "semi-dermal" comfort and touch are not good.

Second, is there a side airbag (note that it is not the head air curtain).

Three: Is there seat heating and ventilation. After confirming these three points, understand that the principle is that semi-dermis can be considered to add a seat cover, because the seat cover is more comfortable. Side airbags are not a reason to add or remove seat covers, because seat covers can reserve space for airbags. In addition, for better heating and ventilation of the seat, it is not recommended to add a seat cover. Therefore, there are several suggestions for adding or not adding a seat cover:

1. Full leather + seat ventilation heating = Do not add;

2. Semi-leather + seat ventilation heating = can be added or not added;

3. Full, semi-dermal + no seat ventilation added = seat cover added.

The leather seat is actually very durable. Generally speaking, there is no appearance that the seat cover bought separately can be more durable than the original seat cover, because the original seat cover is carefully selected and tested by the manufacturer , Used in their annual sales of hundreds of thousands of cars. Unless you buy a high-end high-end seat cover. The suggestion is to wait for you to break the original seat surface material, and then consider buying a seat cover for a few hundred dollars. In fact, it is not easy to break the original seat.