Highway DD Cars?
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Highway DD Cars?
Since Ive started driving my car ~60 miles or so a day on the interstate/highway the front of the car is just getting bombarded. chipped and screwed up.
I know the most obvious option is to not drive the car and get something else to use but that isnt an option right now.
So does anyone drive on the Highway a lot? get a lot of nicks and chips? what are you doing about it?
I claybared the front and it really helped the car out a lot. most really wasnt too bad. but I can easily see the problems forming from this routine.
So those of you (if there are any) who are driving highway/interstates daily.. what do you do? what are you doing to prevent this? black might not be the best color for this either :/
I know the most obvious option is to not drive the car and get something else to use but that isnt an option right now.
So does anyone drive on the Highway a lot? get a lot of nicks and chips? what are you doing about it?
I claybared the front and it really helped the car out a lot. most really wasnt too bad. but I can easily see the problems forming from this routine.
So those of you (if there are any) who are driving highway/interstates daily.. what do you do? what are you doing to prevent this? black might not be the best color for this either :/
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I drive 150 miles from cleveland to toledo and back between school and home every few weekends, and over the years mine has gotten bad too. Some tint shops do a clear protective coating they can put on the front of your car. My buddy has it on his jeep srt8, you can tell its there when you look closely (you see the line where it ends), but other than that it looks good and works.
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Though the clear bra does seem like a good option, when I had my altima a lot of the guys on the nissan forums swear by them because apparently nissan cheaps out on the nose paint
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Maybe my front wasnt painted well this second time around. I had some paint work done and it looks great. I just have all these little chips and such in the bumper and it kills me.
I try to distance myself from others. Now that I think about it this isnt bug marks lol unless they have a hard rock/coating :p.. Ill look into the clear bra.. I really wouldnt mind getting one. I keep the car pretty clean as is and this is why it bothers me.
I try to distance myself from others. Now that I think about it this isnt bug marks lol unless they have a hard rock/coating :p.. Ill look into the clear bra.. I really wouldnt mind getting one. I keep the car pretty clean as is and this is why it bothers me.
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Clear bra and it won't trap moisture if it is done right. 3M is what I went with after I painted it. Love it and if you get a good shop they will mold the hood at a convex or concave angle however you prefer. On a side note if you get chips on the hood all the way to the metal put some clear nail polish on to keep it from rusting.
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Son of a...your headlights look like **** in that pic lol My car kinda looks the same from the front, and it didnt help that some dumb *** lady backed up into me. Chipping the paint just above the grille area. I hate how it looks with all the rock chips on the hood & front bumper but i just went ahead and gave up lol once im done paying this car off. Its getting a new paint job lol
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Son of a...your headlights look like **** in that pic lol My car kinda looks the same from the front, and it didnt help that some dumb *** lady backed up into me. Chipping the paint just above the grille area. I hate how it looks with all the rock chips on the hood & front bumper but i just went ahead and gave up lol once im done paying this car off. Its getting a new paint job lol