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Old May 29, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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Car cover recommendations

I'm thinking about living at a place next year without covered parking. Being Texas, hail happens and I already had to have my demolished car repaired once.

Can anybody recommend a car cover that's thick enough to be hail-preventing or has a force field?
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Old May 29, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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I don't know about car covers, but if it's a force field your after you might want to try one of these:









On a side note I've used the Mitsubishi cover and I liked it. I dunno about it's response to hail though.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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get ferrari to make you one the ones that come with there f430 are 2 inches thick and heavily padded at least mine did




jk i wish i had a f430
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Old May 29, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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SRTRaceR04: Is that the OEM car cover? And does it fit with the wing? I'm also in the market for a car cover right now, and the one I currently have does NOT fit with the wing. And is the OEM car cover and outdoor car cover? And is it washable?
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Old May 29, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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SRTRaceR04: How thick is it? Is it just a thin layer?
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Old May 31, 2009 | 05:55 AM
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why not put an old comforter on the car and stretch the oem cover over it. it seems to have enough play to allow the cover to fit snugly even with the added padding. i know when it used to hail in fl when i lived there, i would grab the comforter right off of my bed and throw it over the car. never had a dent after the storm.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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1) An old comforter you dont use anymore
2) A cheap matress top matress liner to put on to with an oem cover over for water.
3) Buy a house and put it in the garage.

=)
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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http://www.calcarcover.com/

I have the Evolution, UV protection, water resistant, and breathes. As far as hail is concern poeple have listed some options. I deployed for 7 months and my car still had a smooth, clean, wax finish and it remained outdoor. The California car covers are amazing. You can always email them and see if they have some kind of thicker inner liner to fit your need. I bet you are not the first one to ask for such protection.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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Cal Cover FTW! each and every cover is hand made and fits like a glove. I've got them on all my families cars.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxKanisha
SRTRaceR04: Is that the OEM car cover? And does it fit with the wing? I'm also in the market for a car cover right now, and the one I currently have does NOT fit with the wing. And is the OEM car cover and outdoor car cover? And is it washable?

Yeah it's OEM one from Mitsubishi. I've heard very good things about the Cal Cover that other people are talking about, but my only experience is with the OEM cover.

It fits the wing great. The overall fit on the car is great.

It is a bit thin. I never had any troubles with anything landing on my car so a super thick car cover wasn't a necessity in my case.

And I don't know if its washable. Whenever mine would get dirty I just throw it in the washer on a rinse cycle. Then put it in the dryer on air dry. It held up for a long time (it's actually in one of my sheds as I don't have an Evo here right now).
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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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calcarcover.com is the only way to go. e-mail kevin@calcarcover.com. he'll probably hook you up with some sort of discount
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 04:16 PM
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I created a thread on this, i went to some extremes:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...-car-tent.html
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