Does anyone else have a lot of rock chips?
Does anyone else have a lot of rock chips? I have a black 97WS6 and the guy who had it before me sure put a lot of rock chips on it for only having 15,000 miles 
Now it's got 39000 miles and theres probably 2 more chips on the hood now since I bought it but I drive REAL carefully. I had the bumper repainted when I got it and that does have some chips but that's probably because the repaint wasn't as durable as the factory paint.
I was just wondering how many miles your cars have and how the paint is holding up against chips and things like that.
It bugs me that my car has low miles and a decent amount of rock chips but then I see other cars with lots of miles and hardly any rock chips.
Now it's got 39000 miles and theres probably 2 more chips on the hood now since I bought it but I drive REAL carefully. I had the bumper repainted when I got it and that does have some chips but that's probably because the repaint wasn't as durable as the factory paint.I was just wondering how many miles your cars have and how the paint is holding up against chips and things like that.
It bugs me that my car has low miles and a decent amount of rock chips but then I see other cars with lots of miles and hardly any rock chips.
Just shy of 100K miles here. . .lucky and light on the rock chips. . .but my Silver Z on the other hand. . .poor paint job about 2 years ago. . .'crater-central'! ! !
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almost 70k. Not to man chips at the 4 year old repaint other than when i pulled into my garage to far and accidently chipped it.
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The front of my car looks like it went through a war zone. But, ...... the other night i come home to find that the neighbor backed over my front end with his toyota tundra and now I will be having the front end repainted. So, bye bye rock chips. At first I was pissed off, but then I realized that my front end would be painted for free so now I am happy.
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From: Fredericksburg Va
The 2002 transam that is a daily driver on interstate, with about 60,000 has some chips on the front. The hawk has none, thanks to the Colgan bra, I take it off every other weekend and clean the front of the car. Hawk only has 9,000 miles, but I have been behind big dump trucks and had a large piece of wood once hit the front and only scuff the bra. Once I even had a person spin his tires in front of me and rocks hit the front like a rain storm, no marks thanks to the bra.I have seen what a bra on the front of a car that doesn't fit properly and isn't properly taken care of can do to the paint 
, more damage than the chips. After 30 yrs of driving, I'll keep the bra.
, more damage than the chips. After 30 yrs of driving, I'll keep the bra. 
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From: San Diego/Schertz,Texas
I had my car in San Diego for about a year and a half and only had a couple rock chips. I moved to San Antonio about 9 months ago, now my whole front end and windshield is littered with chips. There are way more trucks on the highways here.
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Originally Posted by Roadhouse
Mine is pretty rough too. In a similar post, someone posted this link . Does anyone have any experience with this stuff?
However, I couldn't get it to work for me on the front of my car with the small chips (like little dots all over). It wouldn't go into them because they are too small. It did work pretty well for me though on other parts of the car with bigger chips/scratches.
This was on my black car. They will custom make your kit to match the color of your car.
Originally Posted by BlackHawk T/A
I tried it...it basically colors the white in the chips a black or grey so they are less visible. They tend to "hide" better from a distance but they are still there. It doesn't fill in the chips, it only paints the white part darker with a very thin layer so they are semi-camoflauged. It's a good fix for the price and is pretty easy to use.
However, I couldn't get it to work for me on the front of my car with the small chips (like little dots all over). It wouldn't go into them because they are too small. It did work pretty well for me though on other parts of the car with bigger chips/scratches.
This was on my black car. They will custom make your kit to match the color of your car.
However, I couldn't get it to work for me on the front of my car with the small chips (like little dots all over). It wouldn't go into them because they are too small. It did work pretty well for me though on other parts of the car with bigger chips/scratches.
This was on my black car. They will custom make your kit to match the color of your car.
Originally Posted by multiplicityZ
my 98 Z has 122k miles on it, has ONE very small rock chip at the base of the hood....very lucky.
my 99 SS has probly 5 on the hood, and they are all decent sized, and i despise them all, but ill have the hood repainted soon.
i even drive it more carefully than the Z, as it is a weekend cruiser
my 99 SS has probly 5 on the hood, and they are all decent sized, and i despise them all, but ill have the hood repainted soon.
i even drive it more carefully than the Z, as it is a weekend cruiser
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Yeah the nose and hood of my car are covered with tiny little chips. They are super tiny but there are so many of them it looks like somebody got overspray on my car. I put the PC to my car yesterday but it didnt do much, I got some of the swirls out but all the teeny tiny little pocks in the clear are still there, taunting me, enraging me, infuriating me, raising my blood pressure, and so forth. Now that its not a daily driver anymore I can just stuff it in the garage and forget about it for a while. lol