Car cover for winter. Will this work?
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Car cover for winter. Will this work?
Ok, so I only have a 1 car garage and it is being used. I'm not daily driving my car anymore and would like a nice car cover for the New York winters here. Not sure which one to buy but I got a great deal thats kind of in the works for an oem Lexus one from a fellow CL member; the problem is, these covers aren't snow/ice repellant. My question is, why can't I just use a thin plastic painters tarp underneath this Lexus cover? I would think the Lexus cover will keep a lot of the stuff out and when it thaws from snow/ice, instead of seeping through to car's paint it will hit the plastic painters tarp and all will be well. What do you think?
This is a big PITA to find a good all weather cover, some say they are yet reviews say they all suck. please lmk guys. Thx
ThisWill
This is a big PITA to find a good all weather cover, some say they are yet reviews say they all suck. please lmk guys. Thx
ThisWill
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Ya I think the tarp over the Lexus cover is better too, use the nice lexus car cover to protect the paint and the tarp to keep snow off of the cover... If that makes sense. If it was the other way around I think the tarp could scratch the paint (especially if it has the metal eyelets) and the cover would be like a wet blanket over the top.
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i dont think between the car's paint/tarp it will have breathing room,u want the underside to be breathable so to say or else you are going to ruin that paint underneath their. Rock look over this list
http://www.empirecovers.com/lexus/gs...-undefined.htm
and in Ny from what i remember when i had family friends there, i think if the car is on the street the tag still needs to be viewable so make sure it has a tag area built in the cover
http://www.empirecovers.com/lexus/gs...-undefined.htm
and in Ny from what i remember when i had family friends there, i think if the car is on the street the tag still needs to be viewable so make sure it has a tag area built in the cover
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i dont think between the car's paint/tarp it will have breathing room,u want the underside to be breathable so to say or else you are going to ruin that paint underneath their. Rock look over this list
http://www.empirecovers.com/lexus/gs...-undefined.htm
and in Ny from what i remember when i had family friends there, i think if the car is on the street the tag still needs to be viewable so make sure it has a tag area built in the cover
http://www.empirecovers.com/lexus/gs...-undefined.htm
and in Ny from what i remember when i had family friends there, i think if the car is on the street the tag still needs to be viewable so make sure it has a tag area built in the cover
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Not at that point yet. Still need to do paint work, install my SC kit and other items...trying to do all in the Spring. So, next winter will be more of a concern to me. I'm just trying to not make the paint any worse sitting outside in the winter for this year. Once I make it like show quality I will think of storage options later down the road.
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Here are pics of a couple years ago with my old car
If your paint is nice and smooth the snow or ice if it's frozen will sometimes slide right off by itself.
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