Are these cars rock/debris magnets?
 

Seriously, does the body create some sort of super-vortex that draws in road debris? I've had a few Miatas and never experienced anything like this. I'll be lucky to have any paint (or unscathed windshield) left after another year of DD duty. Is it just me?

Not sure where you are driving it, but I haven't noticed anything different then any other car I have owned. No excessive wear or anything like that. Maybe analyze your routes and weather and figure out the best way to handle it. I would suggest looking into a clear 3M bra or something to help protect.

i already have 4 dent/scratches on my front bumper from debris... :(

i had clear bra installed on the front bumper, headlights, fog lights and side mirrors 2 days after i bought the car, based on what i had seen on my previous car (front air dam looked like the milky way after 10 years of daily driving). clear bar is totally worthit IMHO.

No... Just Subaru oem paint blows donkey....

This! The paint sucks! I got three little rock chips in the first week. I drive REALLY far back from other cars. Just nature of the beast, I guess. Oh well :burnrubber:

I got long Scratches about an inch from driving where debris hit the side. the paint on this car scratch to easily my 240sx has tougher paint than this.

My car had two big chip the second day of owning it even though I stayed as far back as possible from cars in front of me. I highly recommend you get a clear bra if you want the car to retain that new look.

I use to drive an 06 TSX and the front bumper eventually had a lot of silver dots all over the front bumper and eventually started to show rust on the fender and hood area. I didnt want my new baby to suffer like what my previous one had to suffer, that was my motivation to get the clear bra....

I've got the clear bra (all of them). It's probably already paid for itself. I've gotten 3 chips in the windshield this week already. Unfortunately the only other route to work would add another 30 minutes.

The paint does seem incredibly shitty.

How much did the clear bra cost you guys to get put on?

I bought the car used with low-miles. It's got more bra than Christina Hendricks

Nope. Been through a harsh 6 month winter and my paint is looking like new.

It's not just these, it's most all cars these days. New paint systems to keep down the VOCs, both saving the environment and saving costs, don't do much for saving our cars.

Our 08 Corolla with 50K+ miles still looked pristine at trade-in time while our 2011 Corolla (same silver) is covered with chips at 6K miles. And being retired now, we don't even drive the 11 in crappy weather.

When a gnat's exoskeleton is harder than your car's paint, you can't win.

just drive and repaint

My front bumper is a mess after a year of DD duty, and the hood has a couple of chips too. I'll just get it repainted next year.

The nose of my last car (RSX) looks like it was sand blasted from DDing.
Allready the FRS is getting the treatment.
I drive mostly on NY expressways and thruways.

My plan is to replace the nose with a carbon fiber one unpainted (another reason I choose Asphalt). I almost did it to the RSX and im glad I didn't.

i luckily don't have anything (at least that i can see) yet. it's only a matter of time though as there's literally garbage flying around the streets on my way to work. i had to swerve around a huge box that was laying flat on the ground and got picked up in the wind and opened up right in line with my hood/windshield. i need to find a job in a better neighborhood lol

12k miles and 7 months of driving and I already have a bunch, I'm kicking myself for not spending the 1k on the clear bra I got quoted for. That was the entire front coverage (bumper, hood, fender, A pillars, and mirrors).

I didn't! It doesn't cover the entire area, only sections and its nto all that good. Honestly a waste of $1100. I can get the bumper painted twice for that price!

This is truth

It's hard because the cars are so low that they're like right at the apex of rock throwing :(.

Clear bra is a good suggestion, or driving like a grandma.

I traded in a Miata that had 38,000 miles on it and the front looked like it had been sand blasted (just a slight exaggeration). My FR-S has 8,000 miles and so far not a mark on it. My driving habits and where I drive haven't changed. I think luck has a lot to do with it but I sure can't knock the quality of paint that's been put on.

My mechanics son had the same 04 RSX. The nose on his car got the same sand blasting. He had it painted and within a year it was bad again! The cars were both black and from what ive read; Black Acura paint chips easily. Actually the ONLY cars ive ever owned that had exceptionally strong paint were Mercedes.

Ouch. I get some of my damage on I20. There's a stretch of I26 that's horrible that I have to take to and from work :(

This was the entire surface area of the front, not a cookie cutter kit. There was literally no paint exposed from the front view aside from above the windshield I suppose. Also since I have chips in all those areas already I doubt I can get it repainted for close to that price unless I just want a Maaco respray


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I have 3 deep scratches on my passenger side door thanks to rocks.

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