Custom Speedster Car Cover $115 Shipped (pics)

Thanks for the heads-up! I may need to replace my old cover soon! 

I've been thinking about getting an outdoor cover for Carlisle.

 

I have been wondering what to do about mirror pockets. Can I tell them where to locate the pockets? What is the best way to describe the locations.

 

I have an indoor cover I got decades ago with my CMC kit with no pockets. I thought about indicating mirror locations on it with a marker and sending it to them for a guide.

Mike, I think they were around $200, but 5 of us(Angela Lane included) bought custom covers at Carlisle and had them shipped to our home addresses later. Mine fits the Spyder really well. They don't come with a duffel/stuff sack, but $10 later I had one from a local camping store.Lenny and I got Spyder ones, Angela got one for her Dad's Monte Carlo and a couple Speedster guys bought them, can't rightly remember who though.

Danny, thanks for your reply.

 

It sounds like you are talking about buying a cover at Carlisle.

 

I want to buy one before Carlisle so I can use it there.

If you have the standard Speedster mirrors, in the standard locations, most covers come with mirror pockets already in place.

 

I have ordered one from Car Cover World, and am having it shipped to Carlisle.

 

 

Bob, thanks for your reply.

 

I do have the typical Speedster mirrors.

 

On original Speedsters the mirrors were dealer installed and the location could differ from car to car.

 

With our replicas some are on the door in various locations and angles and some on the fenders.

 

If the pockets are on the doors and big enough maybe the precise location doesn't matter.

When I ordered mine, I specified no mirror pockets, as my car has different mirrors.  I have Raydyot mirrors, which are smaller, and I figure the cover will go over them just fine.

 

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You can probably specify where you want the mirror pockets on yours.  Take a look at the photos above that Christian posted, and see if that is where your mirrors are.

I ordere mine from California car cover without mirrors pockets because I have the gt mirror.  On my last speedster I ordered with one pocket for the driver side mirror and to be honest the car covers are usually big enough that you don't need it.  At least in the case of my first one.  It was more of a hassle to 

find the mirror and get it in the pocket and it really did nothing.  Just my experience!

Agreed.  The mirror pockets can be more hassle than they are worth.  With them, that's where you have to start putting the cover on - plus the aerial hole if you have one - and then stretch it front and back.

 

Probably easier to do without them, in my experience with my previous cars.

No pockets on mine, either. All they do is mess up your mirror adjustment putting them on and taking them off.

 

This is one place my tendency to over-kill does NOT apply. A cover that is tight as a drum looks kind've cool, but defeats the purpose somewhat, and you are left with the question-- top up, or top down? If a cover is tight enough that the mirror pockets really make sense, then it'll be tight enough to make a difference if your car has a low bow top, a high-bow top, is a narrow body, California body, or super-wide body. It'll be tight enough to risk a scratch every time you pull it on.

 

When I got mine 10 years ago, I just ordered one for a "356"-- coupe, cab, speedster... they really didn't care. It fits "OK" with the top up-- but is nice and thick, is loose enough to put on without scratching anything. It's worlds better than nothing.

 

Perhaps one day I'll go all OCD on this too (goodness knows I do it on everything else), but for now, it's fine as-is.

Yeah, we don't have any options on the Spyder cover. I haven't tried it with the top on, but think it would fit. It is semi-loose over the cockpit.

 

So did anybody get what Mike was saying? Is he really DRIVING his Speedster this year???

Sounds like ordering without mirrors is the way to go. Any suggestions from Beck owners that have a cover?

Cheap cover I use for storage.  Otherwise, I close the tonneau in the garage & dust it off with a California Car Duster & occasionally wipe it down with Speed Shine.