White AC + rick chips

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76er
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The front of my grill is taking beating.the 166km daily highway trips arent helping with rocks coming at high speeds

Anyone else feeling similar pain?


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Beak
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Car: 08 Coupe VQ
Location: Texas

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ya dude rock chips all over the front end

The_alchemist
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Car: 09 Winter Frost 3.5SE CVT

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fortunately I don't have any nicks on the front just a cpl on my rims from rocks , did your car come with the clear bra on the front? On a side note, Beak do you have your tails tinted? I'v seen a white coupe around my area and wondering who it could be

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76er
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The_alchemist wrote:fortunately I don't have any nicks on the front just a cpl on my rims from rocks , did your car come with the clear bra on the front? On a side note, Beak do you have your tails tinted? I'v seen a white coupe around my area and wondering who it could be
no bra, wish it hadits a wasted cause now....with a white AC, the chips show up as black/metallic, so its so noticeable

The_alchemist
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76er wrote:
no bra, wish it hadits a wasted cause now....with a white AC, the chips show up as black/metallic, so its so noticeable
ouch well don't feel to bad cause even with the bra,on the side by the tires and that square hitch thing in the front dirt gets in the edges of the bra and leaves a pretty noticeable black outline

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Beak
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nahh mine in dark slate and debadged

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jaxcoupe
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yes.. I feel your pain. my side mirrors are pretty banged up too. I'm so happy they've been doing road construction on the major highway that connects the beach to the interstate here for approximately 5 years, or since whenever it was we had the superbowl. and that I have to drive on it everyday.

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losenone
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Driving 100+ miles a day is rough. I feel your pain, im in desperate need of a detail job

gearhead05
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I definetly feel your pain. My car is black, but it still has little dings/chips all over the front bumper that are pretty noticeable.

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bembol
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After the first year/Winter, my 3.5SE's front bumper looked worst than my '02 Acura RSX Premium which I had for 7 years.

I b****ed about it, they said they couldn't do anything. What pissed me off more was Nissan WANTED $200+ because it's Premium Color/White, some bulls***?!?!

I wonder how Infiniti's (G37) paint quality compares? They are finding ways to cut cost and SCREW buyers!!!


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Rob.Vegan
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I have a ton of rock chips all over my Stillen Fascia due to some canyon runs with a lot of debris. It bugs the hell out of me, but whenever I get my bumper repainted it should be back to looking beautiful

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DaCoupe
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yep it looks like someone dripped white all over my hood, i know its all the highway driving at the new job but i make sure i never get to close to other cars and trucks so i dont know how.

Oh well im gonna get the cf hood anyway and it wont show rock chips

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IBCoupe
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I've got a couple of noticable chips down to the metal on the front edge of my hood, and then a scratch on the bumper down to black. Besides that, I've been pretty lucky as far as flying rocks.

I'm counting my blessings, as I drive between 500 and 600 miles per week.


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