Stone chip on front bumper
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Stone chip on front bumper
My dealer hired chipsaway to respray the front bumper. Drove 50 miles on motorway ended up with 6 chips on each side of front bumper. I was extremely careful in keeping a distance to the vehicle in front and avoid driving behind a truck. If this continue the chips on the bumper will be like pepper pot!
Called chipsaway and they blamed the bumper design, saying some bumper shape are more prone to chips.
Does your UX got lots of chips on front bumper? Mine is in metallic grey so would be hard to touch up.
Called chipsaway and they blamed the bumper design, saying some bumper shape are more prone to chips.
Does your UX got lots of chips on front bumper? Mine is in metallic grey so would be hard to touch up.
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Any bumper can be prone to chips and some OEM paints are 'softer' than others. Best bet is if you get clearbra/PPF, which I've run, typically XPEL Ultimate.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
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Any bumper can be prone to chips and some OEM paints are 'softer' than others. Best bet is if you get clearbra/PPF, which I've run, typically XPEL Ultimate.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
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Any bumper can be prone to chips and some OEM paints are 'softer' than others. Best bet is if you get clearbra/PPF, which I've run, typically XPEL Ultimate.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
Aside from that, your chipsaway buddy sounds like theyre blowing smoke a bit. Sure, more 'angular' cars can be more 'prone' to rock debris and whatever else, but any car can. So while they aren't completely lying, they also aren't giving the full truth.
To also answer you, my UX had light chips only due to heavy construction for the 3-4 months I had to take an alternate route to work. Aside from that, most of my other commute on the highway and locally, I've had very minimal, if any rock chips.
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Check out something like this.. this looks like it would be easy to install. lots of flat surfaces. not a lot of stretching and molding involved.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/26564333548...RoCErQQAvD_BwE
https://www.ebay.com/itm/26564333548...RoCErQQAvD_BwE
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