To Cover or Not to Cover?

**American Muscle** · 06-03-2006, 10:54 PM

My Magnum is being transported to Atlanta this week and I am debating on dropping some cash for a car cover. I am pretty sure that it is a open car transporter and have some concerns about road debris amongst other things, like someone trying to yank my wheels. But this will probably be the ONLY time I would ever use the cover.

Now the other thing to think about is that the car is fully insured while it is in transport so if anything bad does happen it will be taken care of. Granted after miles of red tape but I know how to get things like that taken care of.

So what would you do?

**wheelife** · 06-03-2006, 10:56 PM

Cover it!!!!

**GoofyTimL** · 06-03-2006, 10:56 PM

Definitely cover if you're not gonna ride with it.

**MattRobertson** · 06-03-2006, 11:15 PM

if you cover it make sure the cover is secure from blowing off while on the back of the truck. I recently sprang the big bucks for a car cover at Costco ($29.95... yeah I know). In a good wind it pops off unless I use the cable to secure it. I prolly need to add some grommet holes in the front and back to help secure it with something non-abrasive on the ends (I wrap the cable with a microfiber towel on each side where it contacts the rocker panel).

**Charg-um** · 06-03-2006, 11:22 PM

Speaking as a painter.. I would be nervous of sand or other particles working their way loose or being blown under the cover. If that happens, it will be like taking a scotchbrite pad to the areas where the cover is moving back and forth from the wind.

If I had to suggest anything at all, it would be the sticky film they use from the factory to dealer to prevent nicks and scratches (which we all know doesnt always work either).

The only factor is really how far your baby is going.

Hope my input was usefull.

**Hurst Equipped** · 06-03-2006, 11:23 PM

i wouldn't cover it. the cover blowing in the high speed wind may cause more damage than no cover at all. maybe some white pvc wrap on the leading edges, but i wouldn't use a car cover for transport.

**American Muscle** · 06-03-2006, 11:53 PM

Man I didn't even think about the cover flapping against my paint for 780 miles. Hmmm, maybe this is an easier decision than I thought.

**MattRobertson** · 06-04-2006, 12:01 AM

Wow good points. I change my vote. Instead, do what fatchance did with his front end on the way to AZ: Cover the thing in blue painter's tape.

'atsa lotta tape for the whole car. Maybe you can get away with just the forward-facing surfaces. The front end (all of it, like in the picture), the A-pillars, the leading edges of the roof line (front, right and left). I have a lot of scratches on the right/left edges of the roofline so don't overlook it.

(pic stolen from bobf)

**American Muscle** · 06-04-2006, 12:07 AM

That's a good idea. I will have to see which way they load it. I may tell them I want it on facing backwards. That way less curves to tape up.

**wheelife** · 06-04-2006, 02:40 AM

Me too, i change my vote, i like the tape idea better.

**SDMagnumRT** · 06-04-2006, 02:42 AM

We shipped my buddy's 69 cutlass from pennsylvania to south carolina on a open car transport and what actually worked real well was a really thick coat of wax of the front, hood and windshield. It will get a bunch of road grime on it but it will wash right off with a pressure washer