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Golf carts, sand rails, and ATVs may be made for environs in which not many spectators will notice aesthetics; but nonetheless, appearances with these off-road vehicles are still important. It just won’t do for someone to go cruising about in dunes or woodlands with tattered seat covers. Golf carts deserve the same consideration. You can protect all your favorite off-road vehicles while adding some personal style and comfort to each.

Fortunately, customizing the covers of golf carts is easy and — if you know how to find the proper stores — the designs that each incorporates, can be endless. Golf cart seat covers are not only aesthetically pleasing, you can avoid the natural wear and tear of the original seat covers on your golf cart. Many local dealers as well as online dealers offer a wide variety of designs and customization options for golf cart seat covers. Custom seat covers are cheap, easy to install, and — if chosen according to the form and color of your off-road vehicle — can drastically alter your vehicle’s look. Owners should find this last bit appealing; given the open-topped nature of off-road vehicles, seat covers create more appeal in the overall scheme of things when it comes to golf carts, jeeps, ATVs, and sand rails.

Another style of golf cart seat covers is the more traditional look courtesy of automotive type vinyl covers that owners can use to replace the default vinyl covers of golf carts. This type is more resilient than the slip-on covers and imbues a crisp, professional feel. Although requiring more time to install, this type of cover is more appealing to look at. Needless to say, this type also comes in various colors and color combinations.

Custom covers also give off-road vehicles a customized look without hurting the wallets of owners. They also help to protect your seats from the elements, keep them cooler, and prevent sticky-ness during hot summer days for all those who drive the vehicles. Since installation of custom seat covers if practically effortless, customizing off-road vehicles is a cinch! They are so simple to install that additional seat covers may be desired to create unique personalization of one’s off-road vehicles for even more occasions.

Other vehicles destined for the dirt- and dust-laden paths are Jeeps. Due to their off-road nature, it may be necessary to protect the interiors of one’s open-top Jeep as well; in fact, Jeep seat covers can be purchased in a myriad of colors, styles, and materials. Slip-on covers are the least expensive and are popular with those who want zero hassles with installation. Though the style is fairly universal, owners still need to be sure that they pick the right style for the form and model of their particular vehicle. Slip-on jeep seat covers also come in several textures to fit the varying needs of consumers. Owners might want a woolen feel, or — with all-terrain vehicle owners — a rugged finish courtesy of covers made from weather-resistant DWR-treated 600-denier polyester. (Neoprene covers are also available for ATVs.)

While seat covers are a great way to customize off-road vehicles, owners can also customize them by adding and/or altering fender covers, cargo boxes, windshields, body trim, tires, wheels, lights, and mud flaps.

While Canada does not figure prominently in the manufacturing of automobiles the country does have artists who are enthusiastic about automobile subject matter.

One of these is Paul Chenard. Paul graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design with a BComDes. Graphic Design in 1983. He is now employed by Communications Nova Scotia, as a graphic designer. Communications Nova Scotia is a government relations industry whose mission is to project the image of Nova Scotia to the world. However, cars have been his passion since childhood. He spent innumerable hours drawing any object mounted on wheels. He collected toy cars and even melted them down to create new ones. Paul still collects toy racecars, racing board games, vintage magazines, and history books about racing. His art specializes in the history of racing particularly Grand Prix Sports and GT. While, like most automotive artists, he supplies enough detail to identify the car and the race, his ultimate aim is to depict the feeling of competition that the spectator watching the race experiences. Paul’s artwork has its whimsical side as well. He also creates usable art such as greeting cards and T-shirts. Racecar driver Phil Hill is a favorite subject and Paul has not only pictured Hill in his winning Ferraris on greeting cards but has honored his racing success with a series of archival prints.

Gordon Drysdale is another Canadian devoted to automotive art. Gordon was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and his artistic talent and love of automobiles were evident in his early childhood.

In 1988, Gordon decided to devote his energies full time to art. He first worked in oils but then changed to acrylics. He has also worked in other media including watercolor, conte and pen and ink. Gordon’s style is realistic as he endeavors to capture the nostalgic and historical appeal of the automobile. Many of his pictures show vintage autos in period scenes. His works have been purchasing by corporate clients and two of his paintings are displayed in the permanent collection of the Province of Ontario. In 1999 Gordon won national first place in the Art of the Automobile competition sponsored by the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada. Then in 2000 he won national third and national second in 2002.

Chris Phillips is another prize winning Canadian automotive artist. He was actually born in England but his parents immigrated to Canada when Chris was a teenager and he still lives there. Chris first worked for an advertising agency but when the agency closed he accepted a job in a service station. Later Chris decided to return to school and obtain a degree. After graduating with a BA and MA in history, he was employed by a community college first as an instructor, and later as an administrator. After ten years, he decided to launch a full time art career. Chris devotes himself exclusively to painting antique, classic, sports racing cars, Formula 1 and Indy cars. He received an Award of Merit at the 1996-97 Art of the Automobile Competition sponsored by the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada.