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Tonneau material
pekwah1 - 4/3/26 at 04:01 PM

Hi guys,

I’ve got a striker with the usual tonneau style boot cover.
I want to get some more to fashion a removal cover for the car if I end up needing to leave it in the rain ever, but I’m struggling to actually find some tonneau sheet.

Is the material called something else and where can I get just the raw material to cut up and sew myself,

Thanks
Andy

swanny - 6/3/26 at 10:20 AM

we used stuff called ripstop. i think it gets used for boat sails?

managed to sew it with a standard sewing machine - albeit a slightly older electric hobby one.

Sanzomat - 6/3/26 at 11:57 AM

Vinyl Leatherette

This stuff?

Slimy38 - 6/3/26 at 12:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by swanny
we used stuff called ripstop. i think it gets used for boat sails?

managed to sew it with a standard sewing machine - albeit a slightly older electric hobby one.


I used the same for my cover, it kept the car dry all the way down the M5 on the back of a trailer.

Decent range of colours too, if that's your thing. For example https://fabric-direct.co.uk/?s=ripstop

Slimy38 - 6/3/26 at 12:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Sanzomat
Vinyl Leatherette

This stuff?


That's what I made my seats out of, but it's not waterproof. Or at least the one I bought wasn't waterproof.