Car Covers - Any Real Concerns To Think ABout?

[M3ac]

Hi Guys, This seems to be kinda trivial, but its been bugging me for quite sometime. Picture this, going overseas for a week plus leaving your ride at home collecting dust and water marks and acid rain residue....this ain't a pretty sight after your week + overseas trip. Has any of you had issues with car covers with the intention of protecting the body paint? You see, I have had conflicting views on this and here's rhe negative ones:1)The standard polyester type (silverish colour) car covers, eg. you can get it from GS Auto in Jln 222 (apparently made in Japan) may cause some permanent damage to the car. In certain condition, where moist/water and heat combined may cause the car cover silverish colour residue to be infused onto the car paint. Apparently, even Meguiar's US experts came down to KL sometime back to look at one case and they could not repair the damage with any car care products, the only solution was to respray that section. 2)The car covers may scratch the body paint cuase by the wind blowing th car covers.3)Some say, cover the car with a car cover made of mitt material as layer one, then cover it with the polyester one as 2nd layer for the water proofing purposes...but the problem is, where to find the mitt car cover in the first place? AM not sure how true these stories are but would like to hear from you guys if you have experience where car covers caused some body paint/scratch issues? So there is nothing to be concerned about, what type will be a good choice and where to get it in KL/PJ area?Appreciate your thoughts on this one. Many thanks. Cheers.

 

[Ade]

What u can do is to cover the car with a big piece of cotton bedsheet then use the car cover on top of it..cheap and good solution.

 

[BenMohdWahid]

What u can do is to cover the car with a big piece of cotton bedsheet then use the car cover on top of it..cheap and good solution.

Ade; you idea suits mine as I did the same method since the day my was "whacked" by putting the polyester cover sheet to cover my car sometime ago for a month during my outstation trip. It costed me to repaint my car just to cover my "sakit hati" what the polyester had done to my beautiful paint job on E34 which I had just bought at that time. Geram betul.... this polyester cover sheet; they never warn the consumer about the danger of putting on this cover sheet " It is full of SHIT"

 

[M3ac]

Thans Ade for the tip. Sounds logical and practical.

Hi Ben, sorry to hear about your situation. That must have hurt for some time, not only your pocket but also heartache....could you share the impact of the damage done by the polyester car cover? I have not seen the damage before, care to elaborate. Appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[Ade]

I heard about it also, hence the 1st layer cotton cover...the tip was from a very unusual source..my mom..hahaha

 

[Maniac]

Guys, check out this thread:
http://www.bmwclubmalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36947

Saw the thread by chance while searching the forum and it has some pretty insightful input - and pictures. A while back when visiting us, my dad asked me to cover the car to avoid unnecessary attention, but seeing how badly paint can be damaged by moisture caught in between, got put off.
The bedsheet trick sounds like a good one, though, bro Ade - might give it a go if going on a long trip away.

 

[B33mEr]

I heard about it also, hence the 1st layer cotton cover...the tip was from a very unusual source..my mom..hahaha

Thanks for sharing the tips bro ... :top:

 

[M3ac]

Hahaha, Ade, I must say, must thank your mum, truly wise. Pls thank her on behalf of all of us.

Thanks to Maniac for the thread where KC managed to help the poor souls 330. KC is truly the man! Thanks again so much everyone. :rock: