Date:         Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:48:41 -0800
Reply-To:     River Clan <ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG>
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From:         River Clan <ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Sources needed - Vanagon Cover
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I just wanted to chirp in here and let you guys know about an
experience I had with a car cover.

Top of the line "stormshield" type... breathable, etc, destroyed the
paint on a restored 1952 chevrolet. It was a parade car, beautiful
low mileage restored old chevy.

Now, it did sit out a winter on the Oregon Coast, but I would have
been MUCH better off not having the cover on! It somehow trapped
moisture from dew point between the fabric and the car, and bubbled
the paint in thousand of locations all over the car.

It was a 5 year old paint job, but beautiful. It had sat outside for
a year prior with no bad effects. I thought I was protecting my car,
and I ruined it.

It made me cry. : (

Beware. And, beware.

Ri



On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:29 PM, Kim Brennan wrote:

> I got custom car covers for my Vanagons from one our online vendors
> (BusDepot, GoWesty, or Van-Cafe). I got the heavy StormShield type
> (CoverKing is the maker I believe) . Main thing to pay attention to
> if ordering a custom cover is to inform them if you have power
> mirrors or not. On one of my car covers, it was for the wrong set of
> mirrors, meaning I have to fold the mirrors in when using the cover.
> There are covers for Westys and regular Vanagons. Also, it helps if
> you have an antenna that goes all the way down (as the OEM did), a
> lot of after market ones don't. This is a real pain for custom car
> covers.
>
> I glanced over at CoverKing's web site and it looks like they have a
> newer material (StormShield was formerly their strongest). StormProof
> is there newest. These are materials that allow for breathing (i.e.
> don't trap moisture in), but keep rain, ice, snow and UV off of your
> vehicle. Expensive, but well worth it if you can't put your van in a
> garage. They'll make custom ones too, if you give them all the
> measurements, but they already have the dimensions for Westys and
> regular Vanagons.
>
>
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:24 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>
>> I need to cover my new '88 van - which is a project van - as it sits
>> outdoors.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend covers and sources??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver x2
>