As promised.. Stone chips - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Hawaiian · 03-31-2013, 02:05 PM

I borrowed the girlfriends DSLR and washed, and photoed my baby for your requests. This is after almost 20k miles of hard Chicago driving dealing with road debris, and winter salt can really do a number.

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Originally Posted by shawnperolis

Disgusting. I'd rather have stone chips.

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Originally Posted by chenshuo

There's this thing called clear bra. Best of both worlds. No ugly kinky leather shit for your car's face, and no stone chips.

Just make sure it's complete protection. Check my last photo.

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Originally Posted by Dake

Rock chips and bugs just means you drive your car. Tiny badges of honor.

I've got a million badges!

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Originally Posted by tracerit

lets see some pictures of stone chip damages. keep reading that the paint is thin

You can see both the orange peel and stone chips in some of the photos

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Originally Posted by suaveflooder

Looking forward to pics! I have 3 so far. I've had the car for two months. Too much fun to park and avoid the chips

I feel the same way, and now for the CARnage.

A little orange peel, and stone chips.

Please note, the car was just washed.

There are a few deep ones on the nose.

Factory clear bra didn't save me from this guy. It is all the way to the metal.

Cheers guys!

powerj2 · 03-31-2013, 02:35 PM

so glad i have a silver car! hahah

dem00n · 03-31-2013, 02:39 PM

I can beat that...

Be right back.

Edit: Well, maybe mine is just a bad, fair draw?

I used a point and shoot cam cam, don't have a DSLR.

Its kinda dark in New York right now.

And yes, the car is clean.

All those little white dots you see are rock chips.

Oh and someone said it won't be that bad on Silver?

Ha, it'll be just as bad...

BlaineWasHere · 03-31-2013, 02:44 PM

I have rock chips on my roof!!!

Melody · 03-31-2013, 02:52 PM

ouch :[

I have only two chips I've noticed, but they're annoying. I should go take photos.

bimmerboy · 03-31-2013, 02:57 PM

Now that winter is over, I'm interested to see pics from people who jumped on the OptiCoat wagon. I wonder how much of a difference it really made in real world testing... Anyone?

Hawaiian · 03-31-2013, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dem00n

I can beat that...

Be right back.

Edit: Well, maybe mine is just a bad, fair draw?

I used a point and shoot cam cam, don't have a DSLR.

Its kinda dark in New York right now.

And yes, the car is clean.
All those little white dots you see are rock chips.

Oh and someone said it won't be that bad on Silver?

Ha, it'll be just as bad...

Nice color choice

hobojoker · 03-31-2013, 03:00 PM

My car has 1500 miles and I have this...and my car is opticoated.

dem00n · 03-31-2013, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bimmerboy

Now that winter is over, I'm interested to see pics from people who jumped on the OptiCoat wagon. I wonder how much of a difference it really made in real world testing... Anyone?

Opti coat has said time and time again that Opti Coat won't prevent rock chips.

Though i would love to see a comparison.

Car has to have around 10K+ plus miles though...

Hawaiian · 03-31-2013, 03:30 PM

I'm not entirely sure why this was moved to Cosmetic Maintenance. Yes, it is dealing with a cosmetic issue, but it was more an answer to a general question requesting photos of the stone chips. There's nothing here about maintaining it, or cleaning it up. It's just being informative.

Oh well.

husker741 · 03-31-2013, 03:33 PM

Well now I know that I am adding the clear bra to the bumper and not just the hood.

DRACHENV6 · 03-31-2013, 03:47 PM

whats the cost of a clear bra vs a fresh repaint of the bumper?

husker741 · 03-31-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DRACHENV6

whats the cost of a clear bra vs a fresh repaint of the bumper?

The factory Scion clear bra is like $375 for the hood and $600 for the bumper. I bet you could get your dealer to put 3M clear bra on there for much cheaper.

FRiSson · 03-31-2013, 04:05 PM

The number of airborne objects ejected by a car in front of you decreases radically with distance. So if you are in the habit of driving 20 feet from the car in front of you at highway speed, you will garner many times the number of impacts to you car that you would if you kept a greater distance. It probably decreases by a factor of ten if you double the distance to the car in front. In addition, try to stay out of the right lane, which tends to have a greater accumulation of debris and sand on the right margin. Lastly, maintain extra clearance from trucks and construction vehicles. In this case, tailgaters do get bad paint karma.

03-31-2013, 02:39 PM	#3
dem00n Member of the year - 2016 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Thanks: 788 Thanked 2,427 Times in 1,111 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I can beat that... Be right back. Edit: Well, maybe mine is just a bad, fair draw? I used a point and shoot cam cam, don't have a DSLR. Its kinda dark in New York right now. And yes, the car is clean. All those little white dots you see are rock chips. Oh and someone said it won't be that bad on Silver? Ha, it'll be just as bad... __________________ Friends don't let friends Plastidip Last edited by dem00n; 03-31-2013 at 02:57 PM.

03-31-2013, 02:44 PM	#4
BlaineWasHere Grip>Drift Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: FRS Location: NorCal Posts: 3,472 Thanks: 782 Thanked 1,749 Times in 918 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I have rock chips on my roof!!! __________________ My FR-S Build Thread!

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Hawaiian That guy Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: Ultramarine mt FR-S Location: chicago Posts: 2,370 Thanks: 692 Thanked 1,389 Times in 730 Posts Mentioned: 71 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm not entirely sure why this was moved to Cosmetic Maintenance. Yes, it is dealing with a cosmetic issue, but it was more an answer to a general question requesting photos of the stone chips. There's nothing here about maintaining it, or cleaning it up. It's just being informative. Oh well. __________________ Ultramarine mt FR-S P&L stage 1 turbo Prime Motoring Flex fuel Jr Tuned 506whp @17psi (e73)

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FRiSson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: FR-S MT Location: New England Posts: 1,081 Thanks: 118 Thanked 483 Times in 241 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The number of airborne objects ejected by a car in front of you decreases radically with distance. So if you are in the habit of driving 20 feet from the car in front of you at highway speed, you will garner many times the number of impacts to you car that you would if you kept a greater distance. It probably decreases by a factor of ten if you double the distance to the car in front. In addition, try to stay out of the right lane, which tends to have a greater accumulation of debris and sand on the right margin. Lastly, maintain extra clearance from trucks and construction vehicles. In this case, tailgaters do get bad paint karma.

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