Car Covers?

Bansh88

Bansh88

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Our newer 2500 sits for weeks on end, full sun.  I think I'd like to cover it.  

Anyone have brands they like or hate when it comes to car covers?  Don't want cheap China Amazon but not looking for the highest end.  

I've got a serious rodent problem that seems to be mitigated at the moment.  But I want something easily removable to check on things. 

 
I have several from car covers.com and they have been pretty good. 

 
I have a seal skin waterproof on my cadillac. I would not recommend. It tears very easily. Those ‘63 fins went right through it within days

 
Don't waste your time or money..  You'll put it on once or twice., then it will be in a pile on the garage floor. 

Drive it, rinse it off when you can..

 
I have used Budge covers for years. Cheap and they hold up great. 
Budgecovers.com or Amazon 

 
Car covers are a rodent's bestest friend in the whole world.  Avoid at all costs if you have a problem with them.

I've just started putting bait in the windshield wiper cowl and other places, plus a bait station near where it's parked (with a heavy block of concrete on top to keep the dogs from getting into it).

 
i think depends on where you live. im in palm springs, my truck is basically a glamis tow rig. so i cover it up in the summer. i have got the cheap covers for $100-150 and then little more expensive $250, the cheaper ones last one summer. the little more expensive i could use another summer but it was still pretty beat up.  the sun out here just kills them, but better to kill the cover than the truck. i cover the truck and the tires. 

 
Maybe look into the inexpensive galvanized pipe and mesh covers you can park under. Would keep the sun off and still be easy to access without anything a rodent could crawl on. 

 
I’ve never used a cover outside, but as far as the rodents, I’ve had neighbors  up north in the forest buy a solar string of small led lights and place them under the vehicles or toyhaulers….

the lights are supposed to make the mice not be attracted to the area

 
For rodents, I've got solar lights, traps and lots of bait stations.  Daily and weekly checks/refills.   It's a labor but I have it under control, more or less.

The sun is brutal and a dirt road easement right behind me covers the truck in dust.

 
The problem with covers as mentioned above is they scratch the paint. 

Even if the car is clean before its covered, any wind slaps the cover around and creates scratches.  

I have a cover for my 2500 and i used it twice. 

 
Why not just let the dust be the protective barrier from the sun. 
 

 
When they built aloha stadium they convinced the city a layer of rust would protect the structure better than paint or any kind of finish.....  lmao 

 
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