I may not be the first person to do this, but thought I would share this scheme for protecting from door dings in my garage. I installed a very cheap solution to protect the doors on two cars in my garage ... they park side by side and opening the door on one will strike the door on the other. I used a piece of foam pipe insulation as I had some pieces in my garage. You could also use one of those pool noodles ... those polystyrene sleeves with hollow center. I threaded a broomstick inside and drilled a hole through the foam insulation and broomstick to thread a cord through. Tied a knot so it would not slip out the hole that I just drilled. Tied other end of the cord to couple eyelets I placed in the garage ceiling to hang this between the two cars. This solution works great. Cost me virtually nothing. I have seen similar "devices" that cost $20 to $100 or more on the web. I would guess there any number of easy solution one could use for this, but I wanted something simple to hang between the two cars. Steve Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Too Much! LOL. Thats a good idea!! Dang- shoulda had that when the kids banged the Red Alfa's door into the new black BMW's side ............sheesh.
Might be better to have a foam rectangular panel hanging to compensate for any error in hitting it just right?
That would provide additional margin of error, but when correctly positioned the round foam pad works fine and is easy to reinforce with the broomstick. A rectangular foam panel may be problematic to reinforce. Steve
How's this? Wrapped the poles in boat rope. Has saved me countless times. Image Unavailable, Please Login
A friend of mine built a little wood frame about 4' long with short legs that go under his car. He used a 1x6" piece across the top, and carpeted both sides. When he parks his car, he slides the legs under so the carpeted cross-piece is up against his door. That way when his wife opens the door to her car, she no longer makes lasting impressions in the door of his beautiful Jaguar XKE.
OK, for the best all around, foolproof protection, gotta be an old queen size mattress placed longways. a litle thick, but better for "speed" door opening.
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