Temporary Carport

beetleboy88 Officially Full-On Dubber

255 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 31 Oct 2009, 12:34 am

#744216

Just wondering if anyone has used those temporary carports that you can buy from super cheap auto and places like that. those ones that are fully enclosed with 3 walls and a fold down door.

Our carport only fits one car (reserved for mum's Toyota Yaris) undercover and I'm almost certain the wet season will kick in within a couple of weeks and would like to keep the bug as dry as possible.

Cheers guys,
Quin

1973 Super Beetle

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 31 Oct 2009, 7:16 am

#744222

they work... but for a limited time. I had one out the back for the dub as a temporary spray booth. be sure to fasten down the sides with rope and tent pegs... they like to get airborn...., even a few buckets with sand as weights...

but they are really ONLY temporary, took 6 months before the plastic tarp got rotten. You can replacements though.

They'd be no good in hail though, and are very noisy at night in the slightest breeze.

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ang3lsholocaust Custom Title Time!

1,014 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 1 Nov 2009, 12:16 am

#744413

bajachris88 wrote:They'd be no good in hail though, and are very noisy at night in the slightest breeze.

Yup. They are no good for hail. No mach for golf balls coming through either. as Chris and i found out while i trying to spray his baja 🙁

Jace

beetleboy88 Officially Full-On Dubber

255 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 1 Nov 2009, 2:08 pm

#744495

haha all good. we get no hail up in Cairns lol. We get rain and sun and the odd cyclone 😂

1973 Super Beetle

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 1 Nov 2009, 2:28 pm

#744501

gaff it to the house.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 1 Nov 2009, 4:22 pm

#744518

😂 i still don't know who the prick was hahaha.

Since work has ceased for a while for the last 6 months out the back, i don't see any more golf balls any more :P.

ang3lsholocaust wrote:
bajachris88 wrote:They'd be no good in hail though, and are very noisy at night in the slightest breeze.
Yup. They are no good for hail. No mach for golf balls coming through either. as Chris and i found out while i trying to spray his baja 🙁

Jace

(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

Wannavee Insano Dub Head

729 posts · joined Sep 2008 · 1 Nov 2009, 8:19 pm

#744570

Mate,ive had one up for nearly 2 years and has been great.
The Poly tarp goes hard after a while n falls apart.The windows have just started falling apart after all this time in the sun and rain.
I lined the roof with old alsynite sheets,lined the walls with colourbond 1800mm lengths and its watertight.
Screwing the colourbond sheets to the poles help keep it flying away too.
It is a 'temporary structure' and isnt cemented to the ground,only tent pegged through the pole bases so the councils cant do a damn thing about it.
You can legally put the poles into a bucket of cement.
That was quoted by a council inspector that tried to bust me for it too! Sucker