Side Panel Protection in Garage
- Thread starter DigitalDawn
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I am not familiar with what you are talking about. Are you talking about magnetic panels that stick to your car doors? Maybe I am ignorant (no wise cracks) but I have never heard of these. If the BMW is on the right, isn't the left door of concern? You said the right door. I am so confused. ![[?|]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead.gif "Bang Head [?|]")
Please explain.
BTW I don't use any protection and I have my X5 on the right, and my 330 on the left. My wife and kids know if they open a door into either vehicle or scrape one as they walk by, THEY DIE A PAINFUL DEATH.
Also, your door side moulding (which is very tough IMO) is the first thing to touch anything you open your door into. Unlike some other cars whose door edge touches first, scraping it all to hell.
Please explain.BTW I don't use any protection and I have my X5 on the right, and my 330 on the left. My wife and kids know if they open a door into either vehicle or scrape one as they walk by, THEY DIE A PAINFUL DEATH.
Also, your door side moulding (which is very tough IMO) is the first thing to touch anything you open your door into. Unlike some other cars whose door edge touches first, scraping it all to hell.
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Something I saw somewhere that looked like a good idea was to take a length of garden hose, make some holes along it through one side, and screw it into the wall where your door would contact the wall. So you'd have a rubber strip along the wall made out of the garden hose, and the screws would be 'inside' the hose so they couldn't touch the car wall. You'd make it long enough that both front and rear doors would contact it rather than the wall.
Sounds a little white-trash like, but it is just your garage after all.
Sounds a little white-trash like, but it is just your garage after all.
Yes, it's the left side of the car I'm most worried about, and believe it or not, those magnetic panels you place on the car doors work very well -- if you remember to use them.
I guess I'll have to get another pair because the Acura MDX rear doors are higher than the BMW door guard strips.
BTW here's a link for the door guards:
http://www.autoanything.com/products/product_sp.aspx?p_id=1346&se=magnetic_door_guard
Dawn
I guess I'll have to get another pair because the Acura MDX rear doors are higher than the BMW door guard strips.
BTW here's a link for the door guards:
http://www.autoanything.com/products/product_sp.aspx?p_id=1346&se=magnetic_door_guard
Dawn
This link is for wall-mounted protection that might help you as well - http://www.properautocare.com/wallguard.html
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Ghost said:
Would you be able to hang them similar to this? If you have/need more than one why not stack them or hang them next to each other?
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Now that is pretty neat mscoins. Non-invasive.
However, I cannot see hanging anything from the ceiling like Digital D and codex (codex u r killing me with the pool float idea) are talking about. It just seems like overkill and it would surely get in the way in my garage. I mean how do you comfortably walk in between the cars to go out the garage with all that hanging from the ceiling? I am just careful. Maybe u guys just use your garages for parking cars only and never go out there otherwise?
That's just me though, to each his own I guess.
However, I cannot see hanging anything from the ceiling like Digital D and codex (codex u r killing me with the pool float idea) are talking about. It just seems like overkill and it would surely get in the way in my garage. I mean how do you comfortably walk in between the cars to go out the garage with all that hanging from the ceiling? I am just careful. Maybe u guys just use your garages for parking cars only and never go out there otherwise?
That's just me though, to each his own I guess.
It's not the drivers (parents) we are worried about. Its the kids who swing doors open like crazy...or carrying there book bags between the cars...scrapping along the side of the car... That kind of stuff -- I sweat bullets about that everytime my wife and kids come home...
I'm not worried about the walls hitting my car....
I'm not worried about the walls hitting my car....
Ghost said:
Would you be able to hang them similar to this? If you have/need more than one why not stack them or hang them next to each other?
Auto Barn
Similar to the handing bumper is a handing protective barrier which is about 3 foot tall. I can't remember were I saw them but I am sure you can find them on-line.
If it is just you and your wife (no kids) you can alway park one car in frontwards and back one in so the drive doors are facing the garage walls.
If it is just you and your wife (no kids) you can alway park one car in frontwards and back one in so the drive doors are facing the garage walls.
My garage is a tight fit also. I park on the left side, head in. The wife parks her Grand Cherokee on the right side but we back it in so that the driver door doesn't bump my car. We also let the kids out of the car before we pull either vehicle into the garage. I have done this for 11 years with all my cars and have zero door dings. ![[:)]](/images/smilies/smile.png "Smile [:)]")
Yeah, looks like I'm gonna have to do that back out before passenger gets in thing too. Luckily, one side is the wall so I only have to worry about door dings from one side. It's a tandem spot and unfortunately, one of the cars parked in there was this really riced up Civic. I hope he/she is a car fan of all types and takes care not to dent my cars.