cover for outdoor storage
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Le Mans Master
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From: Texas-out west
cover for outdoor storage
need a cover that will stand up to high wind without ripping/shredding in west texas aread.....any recommendations???? indoor storage is not an option. thanks
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The canopy does relatively well with winds, but it must be placed along side a building.
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What about a portable garage.
If you're looking for something semi-permanent, check out HF. I've had this portable garage for a couple of years now. Held up to Michigan summers and winters. I think it runs about 159.00. They also sell replacement covers for about 60.00. I just replaced my cover for the first time this fall.
They don't give you lots of room to work, but I've been able to do most everything short of bodywork & paint while the car was inside of it.
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=
They don't give you lots of room to work, but I've been able to do most everything short of bodywork & paint while the car was inside of it.
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=
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In my experience, that shelter will not hold up to strong winds. I used to have one for another car a few years ago. I came home one day and found the car sitting there on the side of the house and the shelter laying in a mangled mess in the backyard. The wind picked it up and threw it over the house! I liked the shelter otherwise, but the thing acts like a kite in high winds.
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In my experience, that shelter will not hold up to strong winds. I used to have one for another car a few years ago. I came home one day and found the car sitting there on the side of the house and the shelter laying in a mangled mess in the backyard. The wind picked it up and threw it over the house! I liked the shelter otherwise, but the thing acts like a kite in high winds.
) Dug holes, put concrete in holes, placed eye bolt in the hole upside down let set. Put J bolt throught the eye and run throught the pre-drilled holes along the bottom of the structures sides. Hasn't been moved by winds up to 80mph over the last few years. Or mabye the wind storms in Michigan just aren't as fierce as in the rest of the world. 
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Rain soaks through and onto the paint on horizontal surfaces. Dirt carried in with the rain puts a dirty film on the paint surface. Car is waxed and dirt wipes off with Quick Detailer. Cover has also ripped in several places from high wind.
I would not recommend this cover and I am looking to buy something rain resistant.
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In my experience, that shelter will not hold up to strong winds. I used to have one for another car a few years ago. I came home one day and found the car sitting there on the side of the house and the shelter laying in a mangled mess in the backyard. The wind picked it up and threw it over the house! I liked the shelter otherwise, but the thing acts like a kite in high winds.
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From: www.Z16.org North/West Pennsylvania
Find some indoor storage.....you don't ever want to store any car outside...you WILL get some type of deterioration. A car cover will whip around in the wind no mater how tight you think you have it and there goes your paint.