For the entire month of July, AccessorizeYourVehicle.com is offering free ground shipping to the contiguous 48 states on all Coverking Seat Cover orders.

Shipping costs for seat covers can range from $10 - $30 depending on the seat cover material ordered and the shipping destination, so this represents a nice savings.

The free shipping offer is in addition to our current offer if discounts of $20 - $50 of seat cover orders that include two or more rows of seats.  This way you can have matching seat covers in your front and back seats for a reduced price.

Covercraft is out of stock of the Sunbrella material until early July.  As soon as the material is available again, they will get caught up on back orders and their normal production as quickly as possible.

Current Covercraft orders and orders placed this week for products made with the Sunbrella material will be delayed a little past Covercraft's usual guaranteed lead time of 5 - 15 days for custom vehicle covers, if the product is not currently in stock.

Just in from the makers of Wolf Consoles:

The following items are out of stock until mid-July:

380-01400 Floor Console - Black

380-02400 Full-Size Van Tall Floor Console - Black

380-02405 Full-Size Van Tall Floor Console - Grey

Coverking has notified its dealers that a few of their fabrics are in short supply until the end of June.  Any current or future orders may be delayed based on the expected arrival dates below:

• Silvergaurd Plus 6/28/2008
• Ballistic Gray 7/2/2008
• Neoprene Black 6/28/2008
• Spacer Mesh Black 7/14/2008

Coverking and AccessorizeYourVehicle.com apologize for any delays you may experience.

Our product line up has expanded again!

We have added Coverite custom car covers to the AccessorizeYourVehicle.com web site.  Coverite custom car covers are available for a select group of vehicles.  This group includes Ford Mustang, Chevy Corvette, Jeep Wrangler, Mazda Miata, Chrysler PT Cruiser and the Scion xB.

The Coverite pattern makes went back all the way to the early years to create patterns for all the Corvette model years from 1956 - 2004.  The Corvette covers are available in Coverite's best fabric, Prestige.  This fabric is a 5 layer fabric that is fleece lined to protect fine automotive finishes. The fabric specifically designed for the auto enthusiast.  Corvette car covers are fitted with 1 or 2 mirror pockets as appropriate for the vehicle.

The Jeep Wrangler covers are specifically designed for the 1987 - 2002 model year jeeps.  The covers are available in 5 different fabrics, Bondtech, Bondtech Lite, Silvertech, Softbond and Xtrabond.

The Mazda Miata PT Cruiser covers are available in Bondtech and Softbond.

The PT Cruiser covers are also available in Bondtech and Softbond.

For more information about Coverite fabrics visit the Coverite Fabric Description page and for a comparison of the Coverite line of fabrics, visit our Coverite Fabric Comparison page.

OK, I admit it.  I don't really know what real weather is like.  I live in Southern California.  But I do really appreciate the value of a good car cover and what it can do for you.  Especially after returning home this week from my last trip to the south.  Specifically northwest Louisiana.

Now there is some wacky weather.  Like the time I visited in March.  When I arrived on a Thursday evening, the weather was actually pretty pleasant.  Things had warmed up a bit and it was still in the 60's when I arrived.  The forecast was for the low 70's while I was there so all the cold weather gear was left at home.

When I woke up Friday morning it was snowing!  HARD!  First measurable snow in Shreveport in about 10 years.  And I was there to watch my son's baseball games.  Go figure.

But I digress.

The weather here in So. Cal. the week before I left on this trip was crummy by our standards.  Kind of dreary and kind of raining, but not really.  Enough moisture to make a mess of things but not enough to wash anything off.  Of course the "anything" I am speaking of is my car, which has unfortunately been parked outside since January.

I don't cover my car when its dirty or wet.  The idea of the cover rubbing over the top of my ride, pressing the dirt into the paint would keep up awake at night.  And I certainly don't want to get the underside of my cover dirty, cause then it would mess up my clean car when I cover it.  So for almost a week before I left my pride and joy had to tough it out in the elements.  I heard it was still snowing in the Dakotas and other places, so I figured we would survive.

But I thought I caught a break, because a heat was was heading to town and I had an afternoon flight.  So before heading for the airport, I gave the car a good wash and dry and put my cover on.  Before I covered it I could not help but notice how nice and shiny it was and the way it glistened in the sun.  The temperatures were expected to be in the 80's and 90's.  And they were for the first week I was gone.  But my trip was extended and the weather turned ugly again.

I have a red car and live in a sunny climate.  And my car is usually parked in the garage.  When it is not in the garage, it is most likely sitting in some parking lot getting cooked by the sun and sprinkled by whatever the trees care to drop on it.  And then there's the birds.  So I mostly cover my car for two reasons:

1. It keeps it clean!  I have to wash my wife's car just about every week.  Mine once, sometimes twice a month.  Definitely makes up for the time I spend covering and uncovering the car.  Plus my almost 10 year old red car looks like new.  Pretty sweet.
   
2. Did I mention that my old standard looks new?  It's a 1999 Cobra.  Until Ford came out with the new body style, people would ask how I liked my new Cobra, or what do those new Cobras cost these days.

When I got home and it was still a little misty and raining in the mornings I just left the car covered in the driveway and used my wife's car.  I didn't know what to expect when the cover was removed since I don't have any experience with leaving my car outside in the rain with the cover on.

I am currently using a Coverite Silvertech car cover that is custom fit for the '94 - 04 Mustangs.  The Silvertech fabric is especially designed for sunny climates.  And it really does keep your car a lot cooler then other covers.  Coverite says in their brochures that Silvertech works really well in wet climates, but that sounds a little too good to be true.  And besides, how much can you really believe what you read ?

Well, the weather cleared up yesterday and I had an appointment today.  So off came the cover.  After I rolled it up and stuff it back in it's storage bag I stepped back to admire the beast. 

And to be honest I could not believe it.  The car actually look as exactly like it did when I covered it.  It was beautiful.  All shiny and red, and I just love red!

Needless to say, I drove away with a big smile.

We are continuing to expand our selection of product offerings from Coverite.

The most recent additions are the car covers made from the Bondtech and Bondtech Lite car cover fabrics.

Bondtech® is an economical solution to your car cover needs. Bondtech is Coverite's best 1-layer fabric and protects the car from dust, bird droppings, tree sap and direct sunlight. The fabric is water repellent and breathable.

Bondtech Lite is a liter version of Bondtech and represents Coverite's most economical car cover solution. 

Wolf consoles is reporting that the Tall F/S Van Consoles in Gray (380-02405) are out of stock until the end of June.

We have made the complete Coverite Application Guide available as a web page.  The current application guide is current though the 2007 model year.  2008 and some 2009 models are already being added by Coverite and will be posted soon.

All of the Coverite product detail pages on AccessorizeYourVehicle.com are being updated to include links to the Coverite Application Guide.  We have also added links at the top of each department page for Coverite products.

The next step will be to create an index for the application guide by vehicle make so you will be able to select only the make you are looking for.  This will make finding your vehicle easy and faster.  It will also make for faster loading pages.

To make product searches more effective we have just completed a broad update of our product's title attribute at AccessorizeYourVehicle.com.  For example, Form-Fit Metallic Blue size G2 was updated to Covercraft Car Cover - Form-Fit Metallic Blue size G2.

We also found a large number of products that did not have the proper meta tag data entered.  Meta tags like Keyword, Description and Title are used by search engines to organize web entries.  This enables them to display product search results more accurately.

Our product categories were also updated to provide a more consistent grouping which should help customers with their Google searches.

We hope the updates make your shopping experience at AccessorizeYourVehicle.com a more pleasant one.