MORE THAN JUST REPLACMENT FOR WORN SEATS, CUSTOM SEAT COVERS AND UPHOLSTERY CAN ADD FUN AND STYLE TO YOUR GOLF CAR

One of the most simple and cost-effective ways of improving your golf cart's image and comfort is with an interior makover on the seats and upholstery. Sure, the vinyl seat that came with your golf car works fine, but it likely lacks any sense of style. You dress yourself and your automobile and your house for style, why don't you do the same for your homely golf cart?

If nothing else, it makes it less likely you'll accidentally get into one of your neighbor's identical golf cars!

When Marie Tynan, the owner of Suncovers®, of Lantana, Florida, took up playing golf, she never dreamed that it would lead to a new career.

Creative by nature, as well as by profession, Marie Tynan is a state certified interior designer. It was while doing interior design at the home of her friend, Shirley Bainbridge, that Shirley got Marie interested in playing golf. Soon Marie sought out added help from Atlantis Golf Club head pro, Clarke George on the finer points of the game and became a steady golfer.

In 1991, Shirley went to her native Canada for the summer and loaned Marie her golf car. In the ensuing months Marie played so much golf that she literally wore out the seat covers on Shirley's golf car. She began shopping for seat covers to redo the vehicle. Perfectionist that she is, Marie was unable to find any seat covers that she deemed good enough for her friend's golf car. The idea then came to her to design her own seat covers.

Having had experience with Sunbrella® material as an interior designer, Marie knew that this was the perfect material for golf car seat covers, even though no one had ever used it for that purpose. Sunbrella would be able to withstand the harsh Florida sun and changing weather conditions. In addition, the material does not fade or mildew, it's water repellent and, most importantly, it's far more durable than vinyl.

Marie made the seat covers for Shirley's golf car, installed them and then went to play golf at the Atlantis Golf Club. There the seat covers became an instant sensation. Everyone who saw them wanted a set. Clarke George gave the seat covers his blessing and support through the Atlantis Golf Club pro shop, and before you could say, "that's a gimmee," Suncovers was launched.

For the next three months, extensive research into bindings, threads and other components was ongoing. "Our thrust from the very beginning was to make the very best product on the market." said Tynan. She spent a great deal of time and energy coming up with the best design and creating the patterns that result in the best formfitting seat covers possible. Suncovers, the originator of Sunbrella golf car seat covers, also uses Sunbrella binding and the highest quality bungee cords and velcro. They also maintain rigid quality control standards to assure that their seat covers fit perfectly.

Initially Suncovers offered Sunbrella seat covers for Club Car and EZGo. It wasn't long, however, before they designed seat covers for all major brands of golf carts. Today, Suncovers will custom design seat covers for any golf car or turf and industrial vehicle. Recently they even created a Sunbrella battery charger cover for a client who wanted one to match his seat covers.

Sandy Thompson, one of Suncovers' first customers points out another reason for Sunbrella's great popularity. "The thing I like most about the Sunbrella seat covers is that they're machine washable and dry in just a few minutes," she said. Suncovers® Sunbrella seat covers are available in just about every solid color imaginable as well as in dozens of coordinating striped colors.

In addition to the quick selling Sunbrella seat covers, which slip over the existing vinyl seats and seat backs, Suncovers offers an upholstered version which replaces the vinyl seat cover and becomes a permanent installation. (click here to visit Suncover's web site)

ADD SOME FUNK TO YOUR GOLF CAR

Want to add some fun and "funk" to your golf cart? Look no further than Seat Covers Unlimited, who for over 25 years have been making high-quality and fasionable (and sometimes whimsical) seat covers for cars and golf carts. Having always concentrated on quality, they use durable upholstery style fabrics (not the cheap fabrics that many companies use), and add a 3/8 inch foam backing for comfort. They also offer a super-custom full fabric back on almost all their fabrics (instead of the prevalent nylon strectch back...thus providing a better fit and years longer use), and offer a huge selection of choces to fit every customers' taste. The examples shown here are ideal for the rancher/golfer or tropical islander.

WHERE'S THE POOCH GONNA RIDE?

The Snoozer Lookout Golf Cart dog seat is the perfect dog seat addition to your golf cart allowing you to take your dog or cat with you when you golf or are just out cruising the neighborhood. The golf cart dog seat's small size is ideal for pets weighing up to 12 lbs, while the large version accomodates dogs weighing up to 25 lbs.

This Snoozer pet seat is constructed with a comfortable foam form, a faux lambs wool interior, and rugid naugahyde exterior. The golf cart dog seat can also be used in the house as a pet bed. The safety strap, with clip, is sewn into dog seat providing strength, safety, and ease of use. Find one for your best friend by clicking here.