Swamp RX-7

OK. I just finished polishing and waxing my FD, it looks great, but, as soon as the temp drops when the sun goes down, dew forms all over the car, and the next morning it will have water spots all over it!! Aurghhhhhh!! So, does anyone know if car covers prevent this dew ****? I don't want to do the dew!

Jetlag

I have the Evolution 3 fabric and it works great.

DK

iTrader: (5)

Where does dew come from? It comes from condensation of the moisture in the atmosphere on cooler surfaces. Can the atmosphere moisture get under the car cover? It's not a car "cover" if it can. You may get dew on the cover, though -- it depends on the material.

RonKMiller

Sure it will! Just make sure you get one that breathes. There is nothing worse than condensation BETWEEN the cover and paint. It also keeps off polutants, bird ****, UV rays and dust. I've always been amazed how few people will not take the extra 30 seconds it takes to cover their beautiful paint when leaving their car outside! ..even for a few hours.

I've used a car cover religiously since I bought my Rex new in 1993. And my VR paint looks mahvelous dahling.........

Sure, it's a PIA - on-off-on-off... but it becomes a good habit. A couple of things to watch for:
Do not ever put it on a dirty car! If the wind starts to blow the grit on your paint will act like fine sandpaper and ruin your finish real fast -even to the point of scratching your clear coat permanently. Even on a clean car the interior of the fabric will pick up fine dust eventually. You can wash it in one of the big commercial washing machines at a laundromat for a few bucks. Be careful drying it though - a lot of the synthetic fibers (like those used in the Evolution 3 fabric) will melt at the extremely high temps these dryers use on the "hot" setting.
(I know from experience )
The cheapy covers are worthless - it's the same old thing - you get what you pay for. You can be really thrifty and buy a generic
Evolution 3 cover for around $40 and then have it tailored to fit your Rex like a glove by a friend with a sewing machine, or you can spend several hundred for one that is already fitted. I have found that the tighter it fits the better - it barely flaps at all when the wind blows.

Probably one of the best reasons for using the heavier fabric is that it will also resist door dings, although the light stuff is fine for long term interior storage.

Too prevent your cover from walking off in the middle of the night you might want to spray paint your license plate number and "Mazda" on all four sides with black spraypaint and some cardboard number/letter templates you can buy at an art store. Just don't do it with the cover on the car!
I don't think I would put "RX7" on it though. It could be an invitation to thieves to check it out a little more closely!

5inchfatlip

car cover is the best investment i ever made- even cover it in the garage- you will never need a car duster, and it always look clean when you take it out....

Toadman

Something I learned the hard way. Be careful when pulling a car cover over a hot exhaust tip. My borla cat-back heats up like a dirt-bike pipe, stings to the touch, and cools down slowly. It partly melted right thru the EV3 cover one time.

RonKMiller

Yeah buddy -BTDT too.... it took me an hour to scrape the goo off my pipe with a credit card. I sewed in a piece of Nomex down there (it's a highly heat resistant fabric that race suits are made of) and that cured the problem. Ugly for sure, but I can put it on when it's red hot and fuggehdaboudit. Later.