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Originally Posted by Z-WHIZ I also have none on my bumper and only a few on the hood. The main area is the arches/wheel well area. I'm mainly trying to

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Old 04-09-2010, 03:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I also have none on my bumper and only a few on the hood. The main area is the arches/wheel well area. I'm mainly trying to determine if that's normal and if they are worth fixing.
Of course it's normal! Don't you hear the cacophony of rocks and other crap that gets picked up and thrown at the wheel wells/rocker panels by the sticky summer tires? You seriously need to let go. This isn't a Maserati you're driving, it's a Nissan for cripe sakes. Sure, it makes sense to do all you can to keep the car looking good, but chips and scrapes are gonna happen if you drive the car.

If you really want to make your head explode look under the car closely at the rocker panels. I have about 1300 miles on my Z and mine are already chipped all to hell. Once it becomes noticeable at more than five feet away I'll just get 'em repainted.

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Old 04-09-2010, 04:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Of course it's normal! Don't you hear the cacophony of rocks and other crap that gets picked up and thrown at the wheel wells/rocker panels by the sticky summer tires? You seriously need to let go. This isn't a Maserati you're driving, it's a Nissan for cripe sakes. Sure, it makes sense to do all you can to keep the car looking good, but chips and scrapes are gonna happen if you drive the car.

If you really want to make your head explode look under the car closely at the rocker panels. I have about 1300 miles on my Z and mine are already chipped all to hell. Once it becomes noticeable at more than five feet away I'll just get 'em repainted.

Remember, everything can be fixed. Just wait until it's worth it to do the fixing!
I just love the fact that you used the word, cacophony! you word smith you! Also if you could work in the word padantic in your next post I would lose my sh*t!
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Old 04-10-2010, 12:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I just love the fact that you used the word, cacophony! you word smith you! Also if you could work in the word padantic in your next post I would lose my sh*t!
Bwahaha! I've had "cacophony" in my hip pocket for months then, BAM, I was able to whoop it out!

And not to hate, but it's "pedantic," not "padantic."

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If you really want to make your head explode look under the car closely at the rocker panels. I have about 1300 miles on my Z and mine are already chipped all to hell.
Uh oh, now you've done it.
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