Need advice for protecting stang during long distance move

[Oko3612]

What [MENTION=19677]Road Dog[/MENTION] said. Insane amount of mustangs down here. Where in Florida you headed?

Id assume west coast by the most beautiful beaches comment

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[TruBlue16]

OP, what about a good car cover? Can't you just purchase a good one and secure it to the car safely? Seems like less of a headache than all of the other options.

I read that no matter how good and secure a car cover is that wind will still get under there causing it to shift around possible causing damage to the paint. I'd not want to take that chance.

What [MENTION=19677]Road Dog[/MENTION] said. Insane amount of mustangs down here. Where in Florida you headed?

Id assume west coast by the most beautiful beaches comment

Yeah gonna have to get used to being much less exclusive with the stang down there for sure. Oh well will be worth the nicer weather. We are moving just south of Tampa to Parrish.

 

[None2Slow]

You don't want to put a car cover on because it will flap and beat on the car. You need something tight to prevent it from doing this. That's why they use the sticky plastic.

 

[Quackfoo]

Bubble wrap it!

 

[BoostedCanadianPoney]

I have tried paint protection tape and my advice is this:
Don't apply it horizontally , do it vertically in the direction of the wind. Not even for one strip , trust me any horizontal will be taken out by the wind
Take your time during the application because if it is not on there properly the wind will detach it

 

[z06psi]

Sam's club or Costco and get a 2000' roll of 20" width plastic wrap for about $17. Wrap car 8 times LOL

What is it that they use on boats when they move them? Looks like it gets heated with a heat gun and shrinks around the boat. Maybe look at a marine supply store.

here you go....
http://www.shrinkwrapcontainments.com/p-16-heat-shrink-boat-wrap-and-packaging-film.aspx

Bad idea guys. I have seen that stuff bake into the paint.

 

[TruBlue16]

I have tried paint protection tape and my advice is this:
Don't apply it horizontally , do it vertically in the direction of the wind. Not even for one strip , trust me any horizontal will be taken out by the wind
Take your time during the application because if it is not on there properly the wind will detach it

Most I've read say do it horizontally and over lap from the back going forward on the car facing the wind. If it's vertical all it takes is one flap coming up in the front of that vertical strip and it all comes off.

 

[martin]

Why don't you just drive the Mustang?

 

[Road Dog]

Oh Parrish, well you're in for it then. All that boring ass sunshine day after day, almost no real traffic to distract you unless you have to drive to Tampa or Sarasota. Your poor wife will have to deal with living within a 3 hour drive of four great Cruise terminals. All your winter clothes will get dusty hanging in the closet. You'll have to get used to dressing in shorts and t-shirts almost every day (less if you actually have a job you have to show up for). Sunglasses will be as indispensable as electricity. And you'll have to study up on the differences between Redneck, Dog, Tourist and Natural Beaches.

Even worse you will not be allowed to contribute 3.75% of your net income to the State Dept of Revenue each year.

But all that pales in comparison to the scorn and ridicule you will experience each time a Friend or Family member calls you to report the cumulative snowfall last night or the number of degrees below zero they are experiencing only to find you are out in the backyard grilling a couple steaks while sitting by the Pool.

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[Charles147]

Just put it on the trailer and go!

 

[PJR202]

Well it wouldn't be but it's easy & cheap insurance to prevent damage to the car during transport.

My point is..If you were driving it instead of trailering it you wouldn't cover it or wrap it in tape, correct? Why worry any more when it's on the trailer? If anything significant happens to it while on the trailer it's nothing that a cover would have prevented. It would likely be upside down or scraped up against someting. I wouldn't waste money on a cover or time and money on painter's tape, ya know?

I guess maybe you could kick up a rock from the uhaul?

 

[z06psi]

Just put it on the trailer and go!

Yup. I tranported my Z06 from Augusta, GA to Washington D.C. with no issues in December.

 

[TruBlue16]

Oh Parrish, well you're in for it then. All that boring ass sunshine day after day, almost no real traffic to distract you unless you have to drive to Tampa or Sarasota. Your poor wife will have to deal with living within a 3 hour drive of four great Cruise terminals. All your winter clothes will get dusty hanging in the closet. You'll have to get used to dressing in shorts and t-shirts almost every day (less if you actually have a job you have to show up for). Sunglasses will be as indispensable as electricity. And you'll have to study up on the differences between Redneck, Dog, Tourist and Natural Beaches.

Even worse you will not be allowed to contribute 3.75% of your net income to the State Dept of Revenue each year.

But all that pales in comparison to the scorn and ridicule you will experience each time a Friend or Family member calls you to report the cumulative snowfall last night or the number of degrees below zero they are experiencing only to find you are out in the backyard grilling a couple steaks while sitting by the Pool.

Welcome.

Damn that sounds horrible! Think I'm gonna cancel the contract on the new house and stay in Chicago :lol:

My point is..If you were driving it instead of trailering it you wouldn't cover it or wrap it in tape, correct? Why worry any more when it's on the trailer? If anything significant happens to it while on the trailer it's nothing that a cover would have prevented. It would likely be upside down or scraped up against someting. I wouldn't waste money on a cover or time and money on painter's tape, ya know?

I guess maybe you could kick up a rock from the uhaul?

Rocks can fly up from any of the million cars that will be passing me since I will be doing around the speed limit or less probably. If I'm gonna get rock chips on the car I at least want to be driving and enjoying the car at the time!

 

[GTbryan]

Painters tape, start high work low. I've done 2 long road trips in a camaro I use to have with the front taped off with painters tape. Got to my destination pealed off the tape no chips no bugs.

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