Paint & Body Work Custom Painting | Panel Repairs & Replacement

Can car covers cause scratches?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 05-04-2007, 03:51 PM
  #1  
Launching!
Thread Starter
 
vipert/a's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 291
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Can car covers cause scratches?

can car covers cause scratches?
Old 05-04-2007, 03:58 PM
  #2  
TECH Senior Member
iTrader: (42)
 
Brian2006's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tomball/Nacogdoches TX
Posts: 5,063
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Yes. Actually the majority of them do
Old 05-04-2007, 09:53 PM
  #3  
TECH Apprentice
iTrader: (4)
 
vetman1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Charleston, IL
Posts: 319
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I had one that was for one of my C3 vettes that did not. It was double lined and made for that particular car. I think that if they have a lot of slack in them the can move and shif easier and rub the paint, leaving minor surface abrasions.
Old 05-04-2007, 10:01 PM
  #4  
Launching!
iTrader: (48)
 
Wolfgang427's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 275
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Default

The problem is not the cover, but any dirt that gets caught in it. If you leave a cover on for a while the outside gets dirty and when you take it off you either have to roll it up or fold it up and the dirty side gets blended with the clean side. When you go put it back on some of the inside of the cover is dirty now.
Old 05-04-2007, 10:34 PM
  #5  
TECH Resident
iTrader: (165)
 
boondiggys's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NNJ
Posts: 799
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Default

good question!
Old 05-05-2007, 07:40 PM
  #6  
Launching!
Thread Starter
 
vipert/a's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 291
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

recommend any good brands? how often do use it?
Old 05-06-2007, 05:31 PM
  #7  
TECH Addict
iTrader: (17)
 
parbreak's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Hanover, MD
Posts: 2,190
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Default

Covercraft Stormweave. Mine was $275 and worth EVERY penny.
Old 05-07-2007, 09:16 AM
  #8  
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (1)
 
99HorseSlayer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Land of the Old
Posts: 669
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I def recommend not using one witha car on a trailer
it'll beat the **** out of your paint
had a buddy get a nice ding and paint rub off cause off the cover flapping and beating it
Old 05-07-2007, 10:08 AM
  #9  
On The Tree
 
LSfast1's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: arkansas
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

yeah my friends dad has a car cover on his viper it has swirls everywhere now.



Quick Reply: Can car covers cause scratches?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:53 AM.