I know how you feel with this winter and rust, thankfully I was able to spot the bare metal chips before they rusted...for now

First picture is from the front fender.
Second is from the roof.

-alex

Soo quick update on this, went to a few different body/detail shops around my area and was appalled to learn that a proper fix for both those chips would be around 1,000 bucks!!! Because of the white being a 3 stage, they'd have to paint the entire fender and roof.

Obviously, that's steep but that's to get it back to perfect. I'm broke ass so I ordered the touch up paint and I'll see how I can manage. Might post pics of the finished result if I don't muck it up too bad.

Think twice before winter driving a pearl car with weak ass paint!!!

Or invest in paint protection film. For just about the same as they are quoting you to paint all of those panels, you could have had the full front bumper, full fenders, full hood, both mirrors, and half the roof done. I know you said you don't have the cash for it, but it maybe something you want to look into in the future. It really does help and work!

The following parts don't rust.

Hood (aluminum)
Bumper (plastic)

For some reason, I thought the roof was aluminum. It doesn't appear to be seeing the rust spot in pic 2.

You'll want to be proactive in finding paint chips as they'll eventually turn into rust. I'd suggest doing a complete paint inspection before and after each winter.

"White bitch."? You don't happen to own the Lakers?

It doesn't look like paint protection film would have covered the lip under the fender where it looks like the side marker pushed up into the fender (probably from hitting a snow bank - you guys have those in Canadia, right?). Besides, the force from the side marker pushing up looks to have caused the paint to crack/peel away from the surface of the fender, not something hitting the side of the car. How would clear bra have saved the paint from delaminating from the fender?

The 2nd spot looks to be at the leading edge of the roof. AFAIK, clear bra installers wouldn't extend the clear bra all the way to the very edge of the roof to butt up against the windshield. I could be wrong, but it just doesn't seem like clear bra would have helped in either of these cases.

Depending on the installer and how good they are at tucking and using a razor for their cuts, absolutely both areas could have been protected. Now if the OP did hit something, and it forced the side marker into the fender, perhaps PPF would not have helped. Although it still might have since there would be a bit of film to protect. In any case, he said they were stone chips. That being the case, it would have more than likely looked better than it does now.

I can't believe its rusting already! I don't have the film on mine, and I did just DD it through the gnarly Chicago winter we just had (bought my car in December of 2012); no rust other than surface on the exhaust. I garage keep it and my garage has a dehumidifier built in, plus I would rinse the salt off the car (including underbody) once a week. Is the white paint somehow more prone to damage than blue?

I did notice more swirlies in the paint lately, but that's nothing some quality time with the claybar or a good detail every couple years can't take care of.

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I had 3M paint film on 3 cars, S2000, Accord, and Lotus. And it was so expensive that after it was damaged, cut or holes poked through it wound up be cheaper to re-spray the bumpers, fenders and hood. When someone clipped the front of my accord not only did I have to pay to repaint the friggin bumper then had to have the film re applied. Total waste.

For this car forget it nothing exotic.

Take a look at your subframe braces and suspension by the summer, will have rust all over. I did one winter with the car and was done the salt mix they use is so caustic here now. My underbody looks like a 5 year old car.

I was under there the other day and it looked a little worn but normal, but I have the JDM undertray so maybe that's keeping some of the crap out. This will be my 2nd winter with it, but this last winter was much worse than 2012 so I'll keep at eye on it. Thanks for the tip!

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I visited a couple places and only managed to find partial hood, partial fenders, full bumper, headlights for $800. If I wanted roof, a pillars and full hood it was over $1200

I don't see spending $1200 for full protection as a significant amount to keep the car looking great, and not having to worry about repainting down the road. It was an amazing investment for me, seeing as I DD the car all winter (2nd winter now), and I still have a spotless front bumper, fenders, hood, etc.