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Offline snapey

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Best way to protect against stone chips
« on: November 26, 2011, 05:14:24 pm »
Evening guys,

With Winter fast approaching, whats the best way to reduce/mitigate the amount of stone chips that I'm liable to pick up? Cars currently a rising blue scirocco and it already seems pretty susceptible to chipping. Ideally I wouldn't want to run a bra or film so any suggestions are much appreciated.

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Re: Best way to protect against stone chips
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2011, 05:26:18 pm »
 Dont drive too close to the vehicle in front :happy2:
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Re: Best way to protect against stone chips
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2011, 05:27:19 pm »
Not sure what else. There's no product that's bulletproof. Stone chips are caused by stones being forced against the paintwork at speed, so a barrier is going to be your best bet (eg bra, film). No sealant/wax etc is going to stop stone chips.
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Re: Best way to protect against stone chips
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2011, 08:27:53 pm »
The best option would be to have a protective paint film applied to the bumper,arches,bonnet
This will protect from the majority of chips and a few years down the line you can just replace the film
However I have found that the film depending on quality does start to loose it's clarity and go a bit murky/yellow over time

Hope this helps  :happy2:
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