Can anyone recommend a high quality car cover company? I like the kind of covers that the factory sells for its Quattroporte and GrandTourismo cars. Like the one shown here for my Quattroporte. They have a stretch nylon feel. The third photo down is the one I bought for one of my 3500's, but misses the mark. Too many stitch patches. Any Ideas greatly appreciated? Ciao, FGM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi, I bought a custom indoor cover for my former Merak SS from: Car covers | Indoor Car Covers | Outdoor Car Covers | Custom Car Covers I am planning to buy a similar cover for my Mistral when it is finished. Picture of the Merak with the cover: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Frank, I had California Car Covers make one for my Espada. It's an interior, very soft and heavy style cover. It has a good fit but I wouldn't put it outdoors where the wind could work it's magic. There's not any of that synthetic breathable crap in it either but it's not not a lightweight tight fitting cover. If you want something that's really snug and can be outdoors in good weather you might give them a call. I still have the lightweight thin cotton covers I bought from you for my Bora and Biturbo. This is softer and heavier hence more protective than those are.
My Dino came with a stretchy car cover, very soft on the inside. Let us know which company you end up using as I would like to have a cover made for the Ghibli. I like the stretchy material as it makes the cover fit snug. Ivan Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I'm with Frank. I love the "form fitting" covers! I have one of the Quattroporte and one for the Countach. Frank, I'm not sure who makes the one for the Lamborghini, but it stretches just like the one for the Quattroporte. Both babies asleep in the garage. Mike Image Unavailable, Please Login
I bought mine from California Car Covers, they have patterns for just about every car on the planet, and a wide range of materials with different properties for a wide range of use. Custom Fit Car Covers and More - California Car Cover - Free Shipping E.g. if you need an outdoor cover, they have waterproof/windproof goretex-like ones with soft non scratch undercoating, for indoor only you can get a soft stretchy microfiber version. Mine fits the QP3 perfectly, and folds up to almost nothing for easy storage in the trunk. My 2 centavos.
As far as I know if you have a car that they don't have a pattern for, they'll make one and add it to their database. Not 100% sure though... A quick email would clear that up pretty quickly though.
I have a cover for my Ghibli and Citroen SM made by the California Car Cover Company. They had patterns for both. Both of mine are indoor covers and have a very soft fleece lining that protect both cars from nicks and bumps. Very happy with the fit and quality.
The patterns that California Car Cover claims to have for older models are very hit and miss. For something relatively common like an E-type, they are accurate down to the fraction of an inch. But the cover they made for my Flaminia has about 18 inches of excess material hanging off the front of the car and looks terrible. The worst part is that they are totally unresponsive about problems with the fit. Although I really like the all-cotton material that they offer, I'll never buy from them again. Don
This was my experience exactly with California Car Covers. See the photo of my 3500 in my first post of this thread. FGM
Oops You might have mentioned something. I didn't know that. My Espada is a 71 and it was dead nuts on but it WAS also an interior cover. I think Frank wants more of a condom fit.
Shame on you yabbernman, this is a family site. No, I want an indoor stretch form fitting cover which seeems to not be available here in the USA. FGM
Based on your picture, the one for your 3500 looks to me like it is a Covercraft. I have a couple Covercraft covers that I had custom measured/made a few years ago and just bought one from Coverking (they had the pattern, but they make it upon order). The Coverking is advertised has having less seams. The one I just bought (for a series 1 E-type) has more than the three large panels/seams that they lead you to believe it will have, but it does have less panels (seams) than the Covercraft. The Covercraft material is a bit softer to the touch than the Coverking and I like the Covercraft material better because of it. However, the Coverking feels more like the factory Maserati cover than the Covercraft, so you may like the Coverking fabric just fine (they will send you samples). Fit on both is good, although the custom measured ones from Covercraft fit better (no bulges, nice and tight to the body throughout) than the Coverking for which they had the pattern (it bunches up a little towards the rear of the car where they added panels I presume to eliminate the bunching, which are still present). When I was shopping for E-type cover, the Coverking was way cheaper than the Covercraft and faster to deliver. If you want less seams, go with the Coverking, but just in case I would call them to ask specifically about the pattern they use and how many panels it has, I did not do that.
