is everyone getting these suverly from rocks and people getting in and out(under the door and under the side scoops) door frame in front of side scoops chip really bad is this very normal??????
is everyone getting side skirt scratches
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doesn't sound normal to me. I haven't ever had this problem. maybe more will chime in. beats me though.
Yep, side skirts/ rocker panels are getting lit up.
Yes, all you have listed are getting beaten to death. My car is a daily driver, but still is taken care of well, no offroad rallying of any kind. I got mad at my wife because I thought the scratches were from her boots, but turns out rocks conveniently fly up against the rockers.
Just about every car with wide, sticky tires will have this. It's the unfortunate price you pay for performance. Try some of that 3M clear protective tape or splash guards.
mines zinc yellow and it really shows
yea. got em. got em within the first 6 months of ownership. drivers side only. looks like tiny holes. taking all painting gripes in to the dealer at once.
Yep, sonic blue here and got them big time.
the pea gravel in a gravel trap at Road America is ankle deep. yeah, you could say they're scratched from rocks....
and yeah the scoops take a beating
and yeah the scoops take a beating
Yep, gottum big time. Sucks. :cryying:
on my car, I have the 3M stuff behind both wheels but the problem is mostly limited to the rocker and the bottom leading edge of the side scoop. I have 29,000 miles and the rockers have a lot of these, progressively worse as it gets towards the rear of the doors. I attribute them mostly to the crap that stays on the road until may from all the winter sanding / salting.
A common problem, especially if you do a lot of highway driving. Especially common up here in the northeast in the Spring because of the left-over sand on the roads. It like sandblasting your trim. Invisible Shield does help.
Got them bad. It realy shows on a black car too. The previous owner was in alaska and I heard the roads up there are atrocious. Both sides of side skirts, scoops, and the bottom 6" of the door. I was quoted around $2k in paint repair but was warned that since the tires are huge and are the culprit, it would happen again.
I too have the 3M on the backside fender, I just end up washing it away...but I do have scuffs on my side skirts probably from ppl gettin in and out. Fortunetly I just got mine out the paint/body shop so they gave me a nice little bottle of my paint...just got to touch it all up. JT
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