Car Cover
10-03-2010, 04:39 PM
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Here a link the the thread about my cover. Jason recommended it to me and I now have have two. They are awesome covers.
10-03-2010, 05:18 PM
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Did you buy the CoverCraft one?
I run my battery tender connections out the bottom-front of the cover. I would not cut the cover, if it were mine. I use the cover all the time -- even when the tender is not connected.
I run my battery tender connections out the bottom-front of the cover. I would not cut the cover, if it were mine. I use the cover all the time -- even when the tender is not connected.
10-08-2010, 01:28 PM
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That reminds me...check this out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqAZSxTdLTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqAZSxTdLTg
10-08-2010, 05:01 PM
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Jason,
Jennifer was out in the rain last summer (Hannah's graduation party required the shop be empty
). The cover did just as your video shows.
One question, what do you use to keep it from blowing off -- the factory-supplied string or something else?
Jennifer was out in the rain last summer (Hannah's graduation party required the shop be empty
). The cover did just as your video shows.One question, what do you use to keep it from blowing off -- the factory-supplied string or something else?
10-09-2010, 09:04 AM
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Are you having problems with the wind blowing it off?
10-09-2010, 09:22 AM
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We had a pretty windy rainstorm the day of Hannah's graduation party. The car was outside because we needed the shop open to handle the cookout. The cover blew off at the height of the storm. I was watching, so I ran out and grabbed it, before it blew away. I did NOT have it tied on in any way.
Mine are G3 covers too, and I suspect that size fits the 5th-gen a lot tighter -- which would hold it on better. I think that the reason mine blew off is that since it was not tied, wind got under and lifted it off.
A friend of mine recommended a long bungee cord and I might try to find one. The included string is not going to cut it
Mine are G3 covers too, and I suspect that size fits the 5th-gen a lot tighter -- which would hold it on better. I think that the reason mine blew off is that since it was not tied, wind got under and lifted it off.
A friend of mine recommended a long bungee cord and I might try to find one. The included string is not going to cut it
10-09-2010, 09:37 AM
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Yeah, a good wind will pull any car cover off.
Two things come to mind...
Keep a 50 foot hank of 550 paracord handy, it may work better than hooking a bunch of bungee cords together (risking damage to your paint if the wind makes the hooks smack your car surface). It is cheap and useful for tons of other stuff. Search online how to make a good slipknot and you are in business.
OR...find some of those clips at Bed Bath and Beyond that hold sheets into a bed. I don't know how well that will work in high wind, though. It just popped into my head.
Two things come to mind...
Keep a 50 foot hank of 550 paracord handy, it may work better than hooking a bunch of bungee cords together (risking damage to your paint if the wind makes the hooks smack your car surface). It is cheap and useful for tons of other stuff. Search online how to make a good slipknot and you are in business.
OR...find some of those clips at Bed Bath and Beyond that hold sheets into a bed. I don't know how well that will work in high wind, though. It just popped into my head.
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