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GMCMAN06 Enthusiast

GMCMAN06

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Anybody forced to park outside? My truck is parked outside and sits all week. After i wash it, its nice and clean till the end of the week. All that hard work goes down the tubes. Just from sitting it gets bad. Anybody have good luck with a cover? What brands do you use?

csheatz Senior Enthusiast

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mine sits outside allmost all week at work, and most of the time at home. The only thing i found to keep it clean is a good wax! and a wash every week. The biggest thing I worry about it the fading in the sun. sitting in the lot at work all day i worry about the fading. just keep waxing thats all i think can be done!

Nick The Great Senior Enthusiast

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I left my old 99 RCSB outside throughout my last 3 years of college. It was in sun, snow, rain, hail :wtf: and other things. I washed it semi regularly and waxed it not as often as I should have. My sister drives it now and it still looks quite nice. Only a little rust on the rear wheel wells.

 

I made the decision to leave my 07 Crew Cab outside. It sits outside 9+ hours per day at work anyway. We live in an apartment now and they rent garages. The old lady has one for her car. We went on vacation last week and I put it in her garage. I literally had 3/4 inch clearance from the back of my receiver hitch to the struts on the garage door. And that was as far forward as the truck would physically go. Having a sunroof would have made my life easier to get out of the truck. :thumbs: Not something I'd want to do every day. :rolleyes:

Lincoln30 Enthusiast

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The paint will hold up well with minimal maintenance when left outside. I don't like car covers since the vehicle must be perfectly clean (no dirt or dust) when you put the cover on or you will just be grinding dirt into the paint (think swirl marks and fine scratches). The thinnest paint on the vehicle is on the corners/edges of the panels and the cover will rub these spots in the wind and over a long period of time it can wear the paint off the thinner areas.

2000DV4.8 Senior Enthusiast

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The paint will hold up well with minimal maintenance when left outside. I don't like car covers since the vehicle must be perfectly clean (no dirt or dust) when you put the cover on or you will just be grinding dirt into the paint (think swirl marks and fine scratches). The thinnest paint on the vehicle is on the corners/edges of the panels and the cover will rub these spots in the wind and over a long period of time it can wear the paint off the thinner areas.

 

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Covers are only good if the vehicle is completely clean, and in a garage or building. Covers aren't meant to protect a vehicle from the elements, they are mainly for dust. If you leave a car covered outside, the cover can trap moisture on/under the vehicle, which is obviously not a good thing.

dietz4ibanez Senior Enthusiast

dietz4ibanez

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Both of my trucks sit outside! The black truck when washed will look dirty again after a week. But the white truck looks clean even when it its dirty. I would never use a cover...

zxcv Enthusiast

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Mine sits outside all of the time. Always. The last time I washed it was a little over a month ago. It's black, so it always gets dirty no matter what. I wash it about once a month and it's fine.

 

My grandpa's car sits outside year round, and has for about 5 years. It's a Lesabre with pretty much no rust. It gets washed maybe once every 3 months...it hardly gets driven though.

 

 

The only car that sits in the garage is my '69 Cougar. I don't even have a cover for it either.

chuck16 Enthusiast

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Mine sits outside all of the time. Always. The last time I washed it was a little over a month ago. It's black, so it always gets dirty no matter what. I wash it about once a month and it's fine.

 

My grandpa's car sits outside year round, and has for about 5 years. It's a Lesabre with pretty much no rust. It gets washed maybe once every 3 months...it hardly gets driven though.

 

 

The only car that sits in the garage is my '69 Cougar. I don't even have a cover for it either.

 

Mine sit's in the garage at night and outside during the day. Stays pretty clean for the most part. Hardest things are Bird SH&T and pollen. Other than that Wax 3 times a year and wash once a week or every 2 weeks and it still looks good.

 

-Evan

 

Hey Canadian-eh guy, what part of canada???

zxcv Enthusiast

zxcv

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Mine sits outside all of the time. Always. The last time I washed it was a little over a month ago. It's black, so it always gets dirty no matter what. I wash it about once a month and it's fine.

 

My grandpa's car sits outside year round, and has for about 5 years. It's a Lesabre with pretty much no rust. It gets washed maybe once every 3 months...it hardly gets driven though.

 

 

The only car that sits in the garage is my '69 Cougar. I don't even have a cover for it either.

 

Mine sit's in the garage at night and outside during the day. Stays pretty clean for the most part. Hardest things are Bird SH&T and pollen. Other than that Wax 3 times a year and wash once a week or every 2 weeks and it still looks good.

 

-Evan

 

Hey Canadian-eh guy, what part of canada???

 

 

Ontario - country town near London - used to live up in North Bay for a bit.

Guest Riggs

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mine sits in the garage in winter and outside in summer

since we put the boat in the garage in summer and move it out during winter..

 

i say build a little building for it... couldnt cost very much less than 3,000 and it would be protected from the elements as well..

Guest Riggs

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well we have a 3,200 Sq foot garage... (2 Stories) Top is for cars bottom is for toys...

 

and we move the boat out into a different building...so i can park inside :lol:

2000DV4.8 Senior Enthusiast

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well we have a 3,200 Sq foot garage... (2 Stories) Top is for cars bottom is for toys...

 

and we move the boat out into a different building...so i can park inside :lol:

 

We need pictures of the cars on the second story of the garage. Never seen a car that can go up a staircase. :D

18702GMT900 Enthusiast

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The paint will hold up well with minimal maintenance when left outside. I don't like car covers since the vehicle must be perfectly clean (no dirt or dust) when you put the cover on or you will just be grinding dirt into the paint (think swirl marks and fine scratches). The thinnest paint on the vehicle is on the corners/edges of the panels and the cover will rub these spots in the wind and over a long period of time it can wear the paint off the thinner areas.

 

+1

 

Covers are only good if the vehicle is completely clean, and in a garage or building. Covers aren't meant to protect a vehicle from the elements, they are mainly for dust. If you leave a car covered outside, the cover can trap moisture on/under the vehicle, which is obviously not a good thing.

 

 

 

+2

 

I was considering buying a cover only to keep birds' crap off of my car because it's parked under the shade of a tree limb; my solution for that was shoot the birds with my air soft gun; BTW airsoft guns shoots plastic BBs so none of them die for those of you who are "sensitive"

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

Zembonez

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Mine stays in the garage except for the once or twice a week I drive it. No sun beating down on it sure makes it age slower.

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