I was wondering after having the 8 for a couple of months, how many rock chips do you have now? Every time I wash my car a new one appears (all on my hood!). Bloody Alberta roads! :mad:

I got 3, all from my trip to toronto. Besides that NONE, I don't drive on the highway much.

Certain roads in Calgary are bad if you get within 100m of any industrial vehicle. Ex: Deerfoot. And then, there is a lot of crap on the roads anyway. I've had dump-truck mudflaps and 2x4s flying into my vehicles!

I'll pass any dirty/industrial vehicle and risk a ticket, rather than be near them.

I had one significant one, in the top of the bumper, not the hood, and a few that might just be really hard to remove specks of something (won't know until I clay bar it). Of course that was before I drove almost 1500 km yesterday, all highway, and I haven't checked the car today, so there could easily be a few more, but I hope not.

No rock chips so far at 8200 km (knock on wood). Then again, I had the XPEL 3M clear bra installed in July - there's one or two spots on it where I know there'd be a chunk of paint missing if not for the clear bra.

Regards,
Gordon

Got one on the hood and 2 more on the bumper... 8600km on it.

*sigh*

My frickin' cars are stone magnets. So far I have only minor chips, but at this rate I am sure a major one is on the way. Heck, I had a boulder-sized rock hit my windshield the first day I had the car; although I was lucky it did not crack the windshield, it left a very noticeable pit. :mad:

Originally posted by 73JPS
*sigh*

My frickin' cars are stone magnets. So far I have only minor chips, but at this rate I am sure a major one is on the way. Heck, I had a boulder-sized rock hit my windshield the first day I had the car; although I was lucky it did not crack the windshield, it left a very noticeable pit. :mad: Maybe the "titanium" attracts rocks! I have a horrible crack on my windshield but it'll be fixed tomorrow.

I have a very nast set of pits in my windshield, passenger side, and one mean scratch on the hood, same side. All of a result of highway driving while passing a salt truck. Must get the scratch fixed, any suggestions?

Euh.... use a winter car? :-) only kidding...

Originally posted by f1michel
Euh.... use a winter car? :-) only kidding... That's what I'm using. But I miss the RX too much!

Me too, had to take it out on Xmas eve.. it was raining so my stock tires were fine.

Take your car to Ming. They can fix the paint chips and apply the clear vinyl coating for a reasonable cost.

Don't let me drive your car. When my Pathfinder was 1 week old I got 3 chips in the windshield. This fall, got a real good one on the edge of the shield - and the crack has grown 2 feet! Then last week on the Whitemud I got a chip from a truck underneath the wiper, and that crack went up just above the wiper then across the bottom of the shield and back down. Luckly I was holding off replacing the windshield until this spring!

My RX is still chip free (knock on wood). Maybe it's too low to catch the rocks - I've seen several fly overhead.

Originally posted by RX-8 friend
Take your car to Ming. They can fix the paint chips and apply the clear vinyl coating for a reasonable cost.

Don't let me drive your car. When my Pathfinder was 1 week old I got 3 chips in the windshield. This fall, got a real good one on the edge of the shield - and the crack has grown 2 feet! Then last week on the Whitemud I got a chip from a truck underneath the wiper, and that crack went up just above the wiper then across the bottom of the shield and back down. Luckly I was holding off replacing the windshield until this spring!

My RX is still chip free (knock on wood). Maybe it's too low to catch the rocks - I've seen several fly overhead. My Civic's shield is busted up pretty bad too. I just attract rocks. I'm not a big fan of the clear vinyl coating, its just too noticeable for me. I'll just have to risk it and enjoy the ride (drive)!