The 15 Essential Car Interior Parts You Need to Know

There are many car interior parts (as well as Chevy, Mopar, and Ford truck parts) including steering wheel, car seats, carpet, headliner, door panels, dashboards, and electrical components.

Many of these parts are able to be upgraded further such as adding custom LED light options, tactical seat covers, modern gauges, and a device to make driving more enjoyable or upgrade your vehicle’s interior look.

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Car interior parts

#1. Floor Carpet.

Dirt from our shoes can accumulate in the car creating an unhygienic environment that leads to bad scents. Good flooring can prevent the build-up of dirt and water in the cabin.

#2. Hard Floor.

An innovative product, hard flooring uses hard wood instead of style carpet, and is able to bring the feel of home into the cabin.

#3. Tibia Pad.

This polystyrene resin product is placed on the floor of the vehicle between the car floor and the carpet. If there is an accident, it acts as an energy-absorbing body to absorb the impact on the occupants’ legs.

Today, some tibial pads also use sound absorb/disturbing properties.

#4. Headliner.

A headliner is a cover over the ceiling in a car. In recent years, this area (of the car) has been loaded with functions and modularized. Here is how to repair a car headliner?

#5. Door Trim and Inner trim over the door.

The inner trim attaches to the inside of the door. This part improves the car interior appearance.

However, it is an important module part to provide a more enjoyable interior by providing a great number of equipment and functions.

#6. Door opening trim.

The cover is connected along the outer edge of the body around the door area providing many functions such as the control of shock and vibration, sealing the interior and decorative purposes.

#7. Door Weather Strip.

This covers the two sides of the door window (picture left shows strip for the inside) and keeps the rain out when the window goes up and down. It is connected firmly to the door trim and foam partition and has a function of keeping the window pane from vibrating during travel.

#8. Scuff Plate Ornament.

The ornamental piece covers the steel plate of the step area for the bench or front row of seating. The design of this part has become more elaborate in recent years, and some have even incorporated illumination of the name of vehicle.

#9. Injection Molded Baffle.

Spaces around pillars in the body have been filled with foam and thus chase away or simplify the noise allowing for a quieter cabin of the vehicle.

#10. Assist Grip.

Attached to areas other than the driver’s seat, this product supports vehicle occupants by offering a handhold when entering/exiting the vehicle and when the vehicle is jolting.

#11. Sun Visor.

Some recent models are involved noise absorption as they mainly function as sun visors like the low-tech model. Pretending that the road is not amplification as they push when iterations of the sun set.

#12. Seat Fabric.

Your car has fabric seats that are probably nylon or polyester. Nylon and fabric exist because of their durability and designers’ intentions, many use them based on their aesthetic and not necessarily usefulness. This is positive experiences for anyone having children or pets that cause havoc to car interiors.

#13. Tonneau Cover.

A tonneau cover will save you money from low gas mileage (dropped cargo), lost cargo (they can take it!), theft to some extent (can you afford it?) to protect the bed of your truck from all types of weather-related damage, severe damage that requires repairs.

But if you ever resell your truck the bed will be in much better shape if it had cover. Here is How to Improve gas mileage?

#14. Luggage Trim.

A cover for the sides of the luggage area.

#15. Rear Shelf.

A tray the specifically goes between the rear seats and rear window in a passenger vehicle. In some case speakers are mounted onto the tray.

#16. Tool Box.

Molded plastic toolbox that takes advantage of space at the sides of the luggage area.

#17. Box for Under Floor Storage.

Molded plastic box was designed for the under-luggage mat. The box holds any tools and other small item, and it acts as a box cover for your spare tire.

#18. Dashboard Silencer.

This product is mounted between the steel plate of the body and the dashboard. Here it acts as a noise deadener, heat insulator, and suppresses vibrational noise.

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