3 years, 32,240 miles = 32,240 chips.

 

^ +5 that is going to be me !!! do you guys wanna post pics to cheer up the people who just get their frist scuffs?

i am

 

Don't drive behind dump trucks either!

 

ive got paint chipping away on my front bumper sucky.......

 

So FLA is just full on them man, but also pick up trucks

 

It hurts when I can actually hear rocks hitting the front end of my car.

 

The chips makes me sick when I wash/wax. But normally they make me tilt my head down with sad face and walk real slow draging my feet. I could pretend not to care but I hate them chips. Oh well.

 

yeah it funny how you can hear them hit the alum... "bonk"

 

i hate that! and i live in the trucking capitol of the US and home of the sh!ttiest roads as well! driving through tar and chipped areas are great! this is the only state i ever lived in where they don't pave the roads to fix them. no, they just throw some gravel ontop of some hot tar so you can get chips and road tar all at the same time!

 

Every car suffers the same fate. A thick coat of wax can help against smaller stuff like someone said, but the big ones will still happen. I had my front bumper repainted and it was only a few days before I got my first chip on that coat. Highway driving definitely accelerates the process. Stay far behind cars on the highway.

 

Thanks man I'll try. The problem for me is that I worked in an industrial area for the 1st year I had the car. Those 18 wheelers are always either kicking up or tracking crap onto the roads. With every new chip a little piece of me dies inside.

 

Very funny!!!!

 

Easiest way is keeping your distance from anyone driving, especially on the highway. Also keep an eye out for big rigs; if you see one coming either speed up or let him pass quickly. Those suckas always throw huge rocks

 

I have a freaking chip on my ROOF

the paint sucks

 

Wrong.

If there are contanments in the paint, Aluminum will get rust. (Re: Ford's alum hoos on the Explorers/Freestyles)

P.S. For those of you who are paint savy (re: can paint cars), I'm buying my sealer/base/clear from a shop I used to work at who uses a company called "BASF" (Re: overhauling) and it's only costing me ~$500. If you want a cheaper paintjob, Shopline (also known as Omni) is a good paint company too, and really cheap. I don't know how durable the Shopline is though, but I've painted 2 completes with it, and the cars still look good to this day (1 is two years old, the other is 1 month old). The Shopline is alot cheaper than the BASF - running you about 3-400 for a gallon of blackbase, and clear. Of course, you'll have to prime it too.