Who/where can I get an affordable "dust car cover" for my 2012 Mustang?

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I just want a light weight cover to keep dust and some bugs off the car while it sets in my shop. Don't want it to me rain/water proof. Just must be made of SCRATCH-FREE material. I found a few for $189+ but I think that is a bit insane. Does anyone have any ideas where to buy one and/or how to make their own if at all possible? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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$189 is cheap IMO for a quality car cover. If you want one that won't scratch you will be paying the expense. I have heard that CoverCraft makes great car covers but that are also $200+.
 
I'm looking for my 2011 GT also! Anybody have a scratch-free car cover that they're really happy with? I have also seen the prices, but reluctant to jump on dropping that much coin without some more research and hopefully, "happy customer" input.
 
SOREBACK said:
I just want a light weight cover to keep dust and some bugs off the car while it sets in my shop. Don't want it to me rain/water proof. Just must be made of SCRATCH-FREE material. I found a few for $189+ but I think that is a bit insane. Does anyone have any ideas where to buy one and/or how to make their own if at all possible? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

THANK YOU!!
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most car covers and car wash media will be scratch-free. it is the DIRT and SAND that gets trap in the media or on the surface of the paint and then dragged around/across the paint that causes the scratches.
 
I would doubt you will be able to use a cover without scratching the car.
 
Whatever you do, don't use a tarp. Just met a guy with a 2001 Boxster and his mom did him a "favor" while he was on deployment and put a tarp on it for him. Looks like someone sanded areas of his paint now.
I used a generic cover off ebay for my STi and never noticed any marring that occurred from the cover. And it help up to rain really well too. The thing with cheaper covers is you can't leave them in the sun constantly and you have to keep them clean. I sprayed my cover with 303 when I got it and usually after it got rained on. Used it FL and VA and it never faded. If you really care about your cars finish then spend the money on something that is made for what you want out of a cover and comes with a warranty. Like anything else in life, you get what you pay for.:)
 
For indoors, it's simple, just get some lengths of tshirt fabric or fleece fabric and have them sewn into a wide enough piece. Car dust-free when you put it on, tuck it up under the wheel arches and fenders. If there's no dust under it and it doesn't get moved around on the car, it won't scratch.
 
The best thing i have found to cover inside is bed sheets. light,fold easy and can throw them in the washer. one set will cover a car. jonathan
 
ohmy34 said:
The best thing i have found to cover inside is bed sheets. light,fold easy and can throw them in the washer. one set will cover a car. jonathan
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That's what I recommend for applications like OP lists... get a clean, soft even years-old flannel bedsheet, get 2-3 or them depending upon the size of your car. place them over the painted horizontal panels and even a convertible rook if that's what you have and then hold them in place with clean rubber floor mats. As long as no one is messing with anything the rubber floor mats are heavy and flexible so they'll conform to the surface and they're heavy so they'll hold the bedsheet in place.

Like Jonathan said, with a flannel bedsheet you can easily manage it on and off the car and if there's any doubt to its cleanliness simply throw it in the washer and dryer.

You could even use small pieces of painters tape to hold them in place.


This is a picture of a 1952 DeSoto that after wetsanding, cutting, buffing and even sealing the roof with wax, it was covered with a soft flannel bedsheet to keep it dust free while we sanded and buffed the rest of the car. You can see the painters tape on the roof.


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In the same way we used the bedsheet to keep the roof clean, a person could use another one on the trunk and another one on the hood. Again, one of the benefits is one person can easily manage a large bedsheet and anytime it's dirty or you're in doubt about its cleanliness you can simply wash and dry them in your own home washer and dry.


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Living in Carlisle, PA - the car show capital of the Northeast - I know quite a few collector car guys. As one of them once quipped: "There is only one truly scratch-free car cover. It's called a garage."
 
one thing i have found to help hold the sheets in place is the magnets out of refrigator gaskets that are around the doors. they are of a soft platic like material and are in two and three foot lenghts. work quite well and reuseable. jonathan
 
HeavyMetal said:
Living in Carlisle, PA - the car show capital of the Northeast - I know quite a few collector car guys. As one of them once quipped: "There is only one truly scratch-free car cover. It's called a garage."
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I have to agree. I bought a Covercraft Noah for my 2011 Mustang GT. It was clean, the car was clean and after I used it, I had fine scratches all over my car. I did a search on the isuue, unfortunately after I used it and found that scratches go hand in hand with covers.
 
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