Stone chips

[Helz]

I've spent a bit of time today polishing my car up properly and already the stone chips have started Though I think I'm noticing them more because they show up against the colour. Has anyone else been suffering with all the gritters flying round at the moment? Their timetable always means I end up behind one on my way home from work :bang:

 

[PNL]

Yep they are a right pain but with weather conditions as they are a necessity Coming back from Oswestrey the other sunday we hit one on the A470 bag there it was spreading its load every where :bang: just couldnt avoid it the damn thing peppered us but Ime glad to say that on checking theres not a chip anywhere Phew thank god for that hope yours is Ok to Helz :wave:

 

[faster4_tec]

yup it sucks, especially when you have spent a lot of time, or money on new paint or bumpers.

Like with mine, the very same day that I put them on I drove home, coming the other way on the 595 was a gritter, I got a feeling about it, pulled right over into the verge and stopped, few cars went past me, then it hit, BANG BANG SMASh, took three massive chips ou of windscreen and several HUNDRED chips out of bonnet, BOTH FRONT wings, my new bumpers the ROOF, and BOTH A pillars.


I got very very pissed off and complained to the council wherupon I got a normal 'wear and tear; type letter written back. now have to put up with holes in windscreen and a few rust holes on bonnet (as I couldn't find my ouch up paint_)

 

[Helz]

coming the other way on the 595 was a gritter,

Guess which road I drive home along

 

[arc]

you can get clear protector jobbies to stick to the front of cars to protect the paint can't you?

 

[Koa]

There's a few roads local to me that seem to have a large quantity of houses that have gravel driveways, these driveways are very nice but after a while those stones get all over the surrounding roads. Since having the Stilo I have had to drive at a maximum of 15mph down these roads to avoid the stones chipping the crap out of my paintwork

Do you think if I phoned the council they would get these roads swept ?

 

[gaz.d]

you can get clear protector jobbies to stick to the front of cars to protect the paint can't you?

yeah, tweeks have got it in there catalogue, im guessing it a like the stuff you used to cover your school books in but low tack

clingfilm worked on mine but it started melting

 

[arc]

Do you think if I phoned the council they would get these roads swept ?

no, councils hate motorists unless they're getting money from them.

 

[faster4_tec]

yeah like car tax. On older cars a 1.6litre car pays the same tax as a funking 7.2litre TVR speed 12, now how the funk is that fair?

 

[helpimonfire]

i was following a gritter a few nights ago, and a block of "grit" i suppose you'd call it... fell out of the back and cracked my bumper and knocked my fog light outta place hate gritters

 

[dave]

paint protect stuff http://www.xpeleu.com/

man from chips away just rang me up, he said if there is loads of them i best off getting whole bonnet sprayed as they might not get them all right, some may still show up white, but he still having a word with his boss and ringing back with a quote