We live in an area that hails frequently and you see many cars with dents all over. The car insurance companies have stopped covering this in recent years. Any suggestions for a car cover that will protect us from hail damage?

This is for when the car is parked?

Permanent fixed to the ground cover of loose throw over mobile cover?

 

Thanks AG Falco

We need a loose throw over mobile cover. 

My caravan dealer had stock damaged by hail, caravan roofs were badly damaged.

They had tried to cover them but the size and velocity overwhelmed the covers.

I think you would be better off with some form of car-port that puts an air gap between

your car and any heavy hail bearing in mind the possibility of strong winds as well.

 

There used to be "Pram Hood Style" folding car covers available  that just up and overed

to garage your car.

Edited 19 February, 20206 yr by gumdrop

What about one of those car cocoons/bouncy castle things?

Are these carcoon things not all for storing a car inside a garage/shed?  I'd think serious hail, that is serious enough to damage a car body, would not be stopped by a carcoon - not what they were designed for.

They do outdoor ones, the indoor ones will work outside until UV has its way with the plastic or cloth, the air inlets need to be shrouded or protected against driving rain.

 

They will shrug off rain, hailstones & even snow but high winds may cause them to be damaged through contact with the vehicle or vice versa.

 

I stored a Westfield outside for a couple of winters in one, some water did get in, probably vapour and it all collected into a puddle at the lower end of the slight slope but the car was always bone dry due to the airflow, I even put a piece of scrap metal freshly ground with an angle grinder on the scuttle as a witness, it was still bright and unoxidised after the winter despite the puddle of water, left outside it would have oxidised in a few hours.

Any lose throw over is gonna ruin your paintwork outside anyway. Dirt gets under it, the wind blows it, and the friction will wear the coating.

I had an idea that a Li-Lo inflatable on the car roof and a firmly anchored car cover might be better than nothing.