$12 Anti Door Ding Device

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harrisonm

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Although my wife has always been careful opening the door of her car when parked next to the Barracuda in the garage, I finally decided to rig something up. It cost a total of $12. The foam 'tubes' came from Lowes; they are pipe insulators. There are 2 more foam tubes on the other side. Easy on, easy off.

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I was thinkin that would look kinda dumb duct taped to the side of the car in the walmart parkin lot. lol

That's actually a good idea.
 
A good relief for her too... You know , the broken nose and all. ;)
 
I just punched holes through the tubes and tied knots in the nylon parachute cord. Since both sides are the same, the weight balances out and you can easily adjust either side up and down. The ropes are just tossed over the car cover. I think those big swimming pool 'noodles' would work better, but I was at Lowes and saw these and the gears in my head started turning.
 
I just punched holes through the tubes and tied knots in the nylon parachute cord. Since both sides are the same, the weight balances out and you can easily adjust either side up and down. The ropes are just tossed over the car cover. I think those big swimming pool 'noodles' would work better, but I was at Lowes and saw these and the gears in my head started turning.

That happens to me all the time where I see something in a not auto related store that will solve a problem with one of the cars.
That is exactly how I ended up finding out that the shop vac replacement hoses made good defroster tubes on the A bodies.
You can even heat them with a heat gun to make them hold curves and corners for a nice clean out of the way routing of them.
 
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