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Old 06-01-2013, 12:02 AM
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All this bad weather we are having made me go search for some peace of mind when I am at work am my car is setting in this weather. What i found some may have already seen....but I love the idea! What do you think?

http://www.hailprotector.com/

 
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Old 06-01-2013, 10:48 AM
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I guess as long as Indians don't attack your car you're safe!
 
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Old 06-01-2013, 03:34 PM
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...cuz it resembles a covered wagon! Why not just bubble wrap it?
 
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, NO!
I saw a cover that was made for hail and it was actually a layered thing with three layers of bubble wrap sandwiched between Kevlar type fabric layers. Is wa about 3 1/2" thick, but looked like it worked well. Only issue was storage. Rather bulky.
 
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Old 06-02-2013, 05:03 PM
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Thanks for the info. People that don't live in hail country have no idea how destructive
hail can be on their cars.

The day after I left for vacation (about two years ago), a major hailstorm came through Dallas. I had two cars sitting in the driveway. A Jag and a 3000 GT.
The GT received $2,700 in damage (convt. top), the 1999 Jag XK8 was totaled
with $9,300 in hail damage.

Dallas is full of beautiful and expensive cars, including jags. I recently walked through
a large supermarket's parking lot, having parked far from the front door. One in three
cars had hail damage of varying degree. It blew my mind. Hail repair is one of the biggest businesses in town. Imagine a car dealer with hundreds of cars sitting outdoors in his show lot.
 
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Old 06-04-2013, 11:30 PM
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It is rather bulky in the trunk and on the car. Probably not something i will purchase now.. but will be waiting for "shields" like in Batman! lol
 
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