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Best way to protect car from bug stains and rock chips?

Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:11 am
Posted by Ramblin Wreck
Member since Aug 2011
3898 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:11 am
When I graduated from college years ago, I moved to the gulf coast along the interstate 10 corridor and have been here ever since. A nuance of living along the gulf coast in industrial areas is the combination of rock chips on the roads from pickups with wide tread tires that routinely park in gravel lots for work that sling rock chips as they drive on the roads and the large population of bugs. Every vehicle that I have purchased has looked terrible after a year of ownership. I've accepted the fact that I'm always going to have a chipped windshield as long as I live in an industrial area. I keep my cars washed but unless you wash your car every day, it is going to end up with places where bugs create a permanent stain. I keep bug remover in my vehicles and clean the front of them while pumping gas and bought a membership to one of the car washes to try to keep them protected. My cars still look bad. What makes it worse is that car manufacturers have gone out of their way to make most of the new ones white.

Any suggestions on a coating or application that I can apply to the front of my vehicles to improve the protection from rocks and bugs? Is there any type of professionally applied coatings that are worth the money?
Posted by AlumneyeJ93
Member since Apr 2022
621 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:14 am to
Get a clear paint protection film, clear wrap.

You can target specific areas you want to protect.
This post was edited on 3/3/24 at 8:17 am
Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
21748 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:17 am to
Ceramic coating. Spend the money, it’s worth it
Posted by PaBon
UPT 17th W/D
Member since Sep 2014
1890 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:46 am to
Posted by WM_Tiger
NELA
Member since May 2017
1573 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 8:52 am to
Ceramic protects against hard water, bug damage, and other acidic substances that could damage your clear coat. However it does not protect against rock chips. If anyone tells you this they’re lying. Coming from someone who has installed 1,000’s of coatings.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118965 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:00 am to
Car bra bruh
Posted by WM88
West Monroe
Member since Aug 2004
1580 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:18 am to
Google Car Bra

It's really a thing. It was very hip in the 80s and 90s
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13516 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:25 am to
Car bra - awesome to have during love bug season
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65535 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:25 am to
Drive in reverse half of the time.

That way half of the bug stains and rock chips will be located on the aft leading edges.

Modern problems require complex solutions.
This post was edited on 3/3/24 at 9:26 am
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
38943 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:27 am to
How is Pascagoula?
Posted by The Scofflaw
Metairie, LA
Member since Sep 2014
961 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 9:35 am to
Why did these go out of style again?

Posted by weaveballs1
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
3037 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 10:51 am to
Oh man I had one of those on my Explorer in HS. I feel like I haven't seen one in years. I'm not sure if mine ever deflected anything
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26449 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 11:45 am to
quote:

rock chips


Never get behind gravel and dump trucks.

or don't drive, cause they usually come out of nowhere.
Posted by Wildcat98USA
Member since Nov 2023
149 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 11:48 am to
Tesla Cybertruck steel
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20068 posts
Posted on 3/3/24 at 11:50 am to
I hear ya but I took a different approach. It is a depreciating asset. It will get nicked. I Just roll with it and let it happen.
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