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Extreme DIY Car Side Protection for Parking Lots

Zip-ties, pool noodles and patience

By Rain Noe - February 6, 2020

in Cars

For years I've bitched that car designers don't take certain aspects of real-world use into account. Case in point are these stupid aftermarket bumperguards I'd always see when I lived in New York, to avoid scuff marks from parallel-parking contact:

For suburbanites who often park in lots or garages, the damage comes from the side, as some motorists swing their doors open carelessly, dinging your car. Well, the owner of this car has apparently had enough of that, and takes the extreme step of zip-tying pipe insulation foam to his door handles:

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So get this, apparently the guy must cut the zip-ties off each time he does this. Writes the shooter of the video:

"In Kalihi, a town on the island of Hawaii, there was an SUV that pulled next to me in the parking lot. He got out and grabbed what looked to be a pipe, zip ties and magnetic mats. He then proceeded to put the mats and pipe on the doors and then zip-tied them on to the door handles then walked away."

I like how he's also added a strip of wider material in the recessed portion of the sides, to protect against the pointy ends of lower-slung cars. I wonder what that material is.

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Bruce Schneider

4 years ago

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"Case in point are these stupid aftermarket bumperguards..."

They aren't stupid if they work. They might not be attractive, but that doesn't mean they're stupid.

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Ray Jepson

4 years ago

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What I like is how people buy expensive cars, then hang all of this crud off of them. Just get a rusty Ford Escape and park it wherever you want.

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John Steiner

4 years ago

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Zip ties can be opened and reused with the help of a small screw driver. No need to cut them.

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