Rock Chips on the Highway

FromG2Z · 04-05-2011, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirkster

Say bu-bye to your clear coat in that area. My wife let bird crap sit on my car for two days. Took me a long time to get the etching from the poo out of my clear coat with a PC and swirl and haze remover.

Do yourself a favor and get a bottle of detail spray and a good microfiber cloth and leave it in you car for just these emergencies.

Kirkster, I feel your pain... wife did that on our daily driver too, and though using a PC or Flex (DA) will fix it up, what it inevitably is doing is grinding downing your clear coat to the lowest point of the etching created by the doodoo in the first place. So, technically, your clear coat can only take so much etching and buffing before you totally wipe out your clear coat....

I know it sucks, but what can you do

I too have this problem. So whenever I get to my cars (leaving and arriving) in the parking lot, I always do a "walk-around", with microfiber and detail spray in hand to inspect for doodoo and door dings. OCD much? YES SIR!!!

b1adesofcha0s · 04-05-2011, 09:46 AM

Damn, it's too late now. I will go clean it up as much as I can when I leave for school soon.

elmz · 04-05-2011, 09:53 AM

That sucks, I think we can all relate. But its going to happen, it just hurts more in a Z. If it makes you feel any better, I have bigger and more chips than that =).

b1adesofcha0s · 04-05-2011, 12:53 PM

Well the bird crap was gone when I checked out the car. The microfiber towel is in the trunk now for next time

ImportConvert · 04-05-2011, 08:36 PM

I suggest some Ventureshield Ultra or similar after the touch-up paint is cured. Every area that was hit on your car is covered with a kit that will run you around $1-1200 installed. The one on my 'vette has saved me dings like that already with all the oilfield trucks we have around here. I have a few ripples in the Ventureshield (barely noticeable) that would have been gouges in the paint.

Also, it will prevent that highway "sand-blasting" that just tends to happen over time that insurance won't pick up the tab on.

04-05-2011, 09:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Damn, it's too late now. I will go clean it up as much as I can when I leave for school soon. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

04-05-2011, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 142	Well the bird crap was gone when I checked out the car. The microfiber towel is in the trunk now for next time __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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04-05-2011, 09:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
elmz Track Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 674 Drives: 2014 Porsche Boxster Rep Power: 18	That sucks, I think we can all relate. But its going to happen, it just hurts more in a Z. If it makes you feel any better, I have bigger and more chips than that =).

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ImportConvert A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SWMO Posts: 4,454 Drives: 2019 CX5 GT Reserve Rep Power: 7628	I suggest some Ventureshield Ultra or similar after the touch-up paint is cured. Every area that was hit on your car is covered with a kit that will run you around $1-1200 installed. The one on my 'vette has saved me dings like that already with all the oilfield trucks we have around here. I have a few ripples in the Ventureshield (barely noticeable) that would have been gouges in the paint. Also, it will prevent that highway "sand-blasting" that just tends to happen over time that insurance won't pick up the tab on.