We will never know. Lol. It just didn't look right the first time, so I reversed it and thought it looked better. I don't know if it really matters. Is there a front and back? I find that a little odd because these are sold for specific models of cars. I suspect that one size fits lots of different cars. And that is logical, I guess.Let's talk about straps. The straps that are attached to the cover are useless in my opinion. I had difficulty feeding the longer one under the car until I grabbed a broom handle from the garage. That worked well. The strap quality has to be the thinnest, most inexpensive strap I have worked with. Laughable. I would not trust it on a bag. With that said - it appears to be nylon which should give it some strength. I am skeptical. I had to cut the middle shorter strap to make it long enough to go under the middle of the car. I would think they would provide more versus less of this 5-cent material. A person could always cut off what they don't need or use or just tie it up.Now the good stuff. The cover actually has an elastic band in front and back that will help keep it in place. Strong winds would probably affect this. Next time I put it on my car, I will try it without the 3-cent straps. I think the elastic bands might keep it from blowing into the next neighborhood. The material is thick on most of the cover. It might help cushion the impact of normal hail. And ANY help is better than no help. I love my Chrysler and hate to leave it out of the garage, but I need that garage space mainly in the summer. I also like to drive this car in the summer so those straps might not get used often. It was easy enough to install. And to rearrange. I doubt I will be able to put it back in the storage bag effectively. But at least there is a storage bag.It happened to be 81 degrees when I installed this. And the black fabric was very noticeably hot. How can that keep the inside of the car cool. I think it might help because it does prevent direct sunlight from heating up the car. There were no instructions, but the webpage did have good instructions. It is not rocket science. The average person can fumble their way through installation. I did. I should mention that when the cover is spread out, it is surprisingly light weight. That helps a LOT with installation. It is easy to move and arrange this cover on top of the car - preventing it from getting dirty. I managed to do this without it touching the ground.Considering everything about the cover I would have to say it is worthy of 4 stars. It is obviously made from quality materials. It is well designed for a thick cushiony cover. I really like the look of it. It is understated and not obnoxious. The neighbors might not even raise an eyebrow. If my garage wasn't so well sealed, I might use it inside the garage as well. And finally - a person could certainly buy some straps to make the cover a little easier to install and secure. I would probably even buy the 45-cent straps. Lol.

This worked real well for us. Light weight. East to put on & take off. Fit perfectly.

Horrible product.Do not waste your money all the straps broke just from the wind not even a storm...... Zero Stars!!!

We had a car get damaged in a hail storm last year so I got this for my teenager's car that doesn't fit in the garage. We haven't had hail here yet this year so haven't been able to test its effectiveness but here in tornado alley it's just a matter of time before we do.I did open up the cover and test fit it to the car and it fits well on our 2013 Honda Accord. The material feels kind of like wetsuit material and is about as think. I'd say it is about a quarter of an inch think which should do a good job of preventing hail damage with up to golf ball sized hail. If you get baseball sized hail, I don't think this will prevent you from getting damage but that's pretty rare even around here.