Anyone think the paint on the RA is absolutely crap? on the side of mine infront of the back wheels on the side i have multiple paint chips and the surrounding area is dull looking as if its been sand blasted slightly.
Yes i know rock chips are bound to happen hear or there but I have an excessive amount compared to my fathers F150 truck which is like 3 years old now and it has hardly any to no rockchips.

I just want your opinion on this. Am i just crazy?

 

yes Mitsubishi paint sucks.

 

So far with 5,000 miles my car's paint still looks fantastic.

 

i just barely bought my car for 2 months and i already have chips and scratches, but i'm thinking about painting it matte black though, i think itll look mad sexy then..

 

Ditto, though I only have half that mileage so far.

 

is there anything to do to prevent this from happening? extra clear coat or anything?

 

3M clear bra or Autoarmor, mudflaps.

 

I havent taken a good look at the sides of my car yet , but i do have the 3M on the front and rear sides of the car, had someone say to make it higher, bc his black EVO got a chip on the second day with the 3m on it

 

600 miles with no rock chips but i do have a small scratch but that was from some idiot who decided to park next to my car. (so wanted to just key his car but i held back) and i parked far

 

^^ Terrible luck man. I hate it when some D-Bag goes out of their way to park next to you - when you're in BFE.

1500 miles, no rock chips yet. But, my sister slipped and fell in the driveway (blame the ice) after getting out ...and her backpack zipper put a nice little scratch on my front passenger quarter panel...

 

3 rock chps @ 5k miles.



Mitsubishi paint stinks!!!

 

I can't even tell if I have rock chips or not. My car is covered in dry salt.

 

well at least im not the only one!
Does that 3M work well? If it does ill have to get all these chips fixed and get the whole dam car wrapped in the stuff! And the icing on the cake is i have a nice fat rock chip in my windscreen! anyone would think ive been doing donuts in a gravel pit!

 

Yeah it works great, not against like a huge rock , but still its better to hit the rockguard, then to get chips.. the only issue is that it may fade and turn yellowish, but clean it proper and it will last longer..there is a plastic polish that makes it shiny, and new looking...Cheaper to have 3M then to repaint your whole hood when u plan to resale etcc...

 

Exactly! Spend a little money and in the long run you'll save yourself alot of money!