Preventing hail damage

Auston · 05-17-2010, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

or watch weather channel and not drive ur z into severe conditions...

If you live in an apartment without a garage your car is exposed.
I've got covered parking, but when it hails at an angle or bounces you
get damage (this happened to people in Austin from last year's two
huge hail storms)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kannibul

My thought is that if you use a hail blanket,

1) You have to have it with you and your car
2) You have to put it on during the hail storm, which many times, only happens after it's already pretty damn bad out...and hail that hurts your car, will hurt you too...
3) All that water, mentioned in #2, will get all over you, and your car, since most people won't carry their hail blankets with them
4) I'm sure the hail blanket will scratch...
5) I'm sure the hail blanket, once soaked, will weigh a LOT, which means you won't be able to remove it, without scratching and getting it dirty and other crap in it.
6) While it's soaked, you won't want to put it in your Z, else it will in turn get soaked on the inside, moreso than even when you opened the rear hatch to pull out said blanket

Currently I have an old comforter and some blankets I put on the car at
the first sign of hail. I haven't had any damage with that approach, but
your left with soaked blankets. I just put them in the washing machine
and dryer. It would be cool to get one of these hail blankets because
they custom fit your car (only one blanket needed) and are designed to
minimize hail damage. But, there is no word from the company or
anybody that owns one on their washing care. If you had to dry clean
the thing it would be a pain in the butt and defeat the purpose

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