# After market car seats

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** seats\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298 "2008-03-01T02:35:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RicW50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RicW50](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RicW50)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298/1 "2008-03-01T02:35:11Z")

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Does you car have side impact air bags that deploy form the front seats? If your car has these side impact air bags DO NOT COVER the front seats with after market seat covers since the air bags will not deploy in the case of an accident. Read your manual.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298/2 "2008-03-01T02:40:35Z")

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and this is response to what?

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298/3 "2008-03-01T03:21:21Z")

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It just sounds like an FYI.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298/4 "2008-03-01T03:23:47Z")

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ah yes, on a reread I agree.

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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-market-car-seats/11298/5 "2008-03-02T04:29:50Z")

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There are seat covers for seats with side airbags.