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Old May 28, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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Is it me or am i just driving in the wrong places. I've barely put 400km since i've got it and i have already 5-6 brand new stone chips. I bought touch up paint to cover it up but are these stone chips because the paint is easy to come off? or is it because the car sits low to the ground??? It's beyond my comprehension to be quite honest. Anyone else having issues with these stone chips???
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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in general, the paint on these cars and most hondas is cheap as crap. also the car sitting lower then average contributes as well

so just try and stay far back from trucks and stuff on the highway
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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^what he said
Also it could be that your driving alot in construction zones
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:23 PM
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yeah that might be it cause all the friggen hwys this time of the year are getting redone. I have alot of touching up to do
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Old May 28, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by paul__chen,May 28 2009, 07:03 PM
in general, the paint on these cars and most hondas is cheap as crap. also the car sitting lower then average contributes as well

so just try and stay far back from trucks and stuff on the highway
100% and with a BB its worse as the primer is light colored so any chip shows right up.
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Old May 28, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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dude, come see the front of my s2k and you'll feel 110% better about yours lol.

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Old May 28, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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Old May 29, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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damn tell me about it...tons of stone chips after only a few hundred km...oh well what can you do
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Old May 29, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by starchland,May 29 2009, 04:09 PM
damn tell me about it...tons of stone chips after only a few hundred km...oh well what can you do
blue painter's tape is your friend
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Old May 30, 2009 | 03:15 AM
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My front bumpers been fine and I drive on the Hwy everyday to work. Definately avoid trucks and stay a clear distance from RWD cars as they kcik up stone chips as well. The original paint from Honda is bad, but if the front bumper was repainted at all then it could be worst depending on the qualtiy of the paintjob.
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