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Old 09 April 2006 | 11:51 PM
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Anyone got any ideas how to beat the stone chips you get whilst driving on MOTORWAYS . I've had my bumper resprayed already , the car is only 7 months old . Would appreciate any advice.
Old 09 April 2006 | 11:52 PM
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Don't drive so close to the vehicle in front.
Old 09 April 2006 | 11:57 PM
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I have been told the paint on Subarus is weak, so its something you have to live with, unless you can afford a respary every 7 months!
you could get something called armor guard I think which is a plastic film which is applied to the front.
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I don't suffer with bumper driving syndrome , It appears there are very small stones on motorways that get flicked up by cars driving in the other direction and also cars driving in front but on another lane .


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Don't drive so close to the vehicle in front.
Old 10 April 2006 | 12:04 AM
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It's a car, live with it or cover it in armourfend, or paint shield 3m film.

WHich in turn will probably go yellow and look worse.

Only way to truely get rid of them is never to drive your car
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Originally Posted by Mjb1957
Anyone got any ideas how to beat the stone chips you get whilst driving on MOTORWAYS . I've had my bumper resprayed already , the car is only 7 months old . Would appreciate any advice.
Try www.paintshield.co.uk got it on mine and also comes with a 4 year warranty
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I had Armourfend fitted on my S1 Elise after a respray (very susceptable to chipping). In the 2 years it was on I never picked up 1 chip. As far as I could see it didn't start to yellow, but the car was yellow anyway Not cheap but very effective.
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Originally Posted by Mjb1957
Anyone got any ideas how to beat the stone chips you get whilst driving on MOTORWAYS . I've had my bumper resprayed already , the car is only 7 months old . Would appreciate any advice.
What about something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volkswagen-Gol...QQcmdZViewItem

Don;t know if you can get one for an Impreza though
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