Fastfwd

I had a sunfire for 7 years and the paint was still of in front, the bumper is at a sharp angle.

I've had the A4 for 3 months and the bumber was repainted at the dealer before I bought. I already see a lot of spots where the paint is gone!

It looks like I'll have to repaint the bumber every spring.

ex-quattro PETE

It's got a few tiny rock chips, but nothing that would make me want to repaint it. The front of the hood is another story - a bunch of big and nasty rock chips. :-(

husky

stone chip on the hood and bumper are very ugly,,want to paint mine

GrizzQuattro

across america... does a lot of damage.

Jon

Jretal

But it all depends on where you drive I guess. Now that I moved down to VA Beach, I notice I'm getting more stone chips than I did up north... then again, all I do is highway driving here vs. the country back roads up home.

I'm gonna put a newer age bumper on my car though, so the streak is gonna end. I'm thinking I might put the 3M business on it to protect it a bit... but we'll see. If I get the hood done I'm def doing the clear bra business.

Also, the quality of the paint job will depict how much chipping it does. If the re-paint was done properly, it won't chip as much as it would if it were not done properly. My trunk was a good example of that. Got it repainted and when the salt trucks at school salted my driveway... it chipped the paint off the lid.

Silver Streakin'

After this happened during the CrabFest 2003 drive in MD:

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once...

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Jretal

or doesn't that count =P

btw, where did you get the clear bra? and where did you get it installed?

Silver Streakin'

which it needed because the first shop did a terrible shop on the new cover and refunded the costs to have it painted some place else, which I did after the tree branch issue that my insurance co. paid for. So, I feel it's a wash after paying my deductible twice.

Rich @ The Tint Shop in Edison, NJ is the closest StonGard retailer/installer.

Let him cut costom pieces. It's cheaper and covers more area.

If you use him, tell him that I sent you. I told him that I'd point business his way....not that we really have a choice since he's the only guy in the area that I could find via StonGard's customer service #.

You might find some cheap pre-cut pieces on clearance at<ul><li><a href="http://www.stongard.com">http://www.stongard.com</a</li></ul>

Jretal

I'm possibly having my hood repainted when I put on my new bumper cover... totally depends on cost I guess. But I've been getting so many chips on the hood driving down here (when I actually had/drove my own car here =P) that I wanna protect it a bit. I haven't had the time though to run the car by the body shop to see how much $$ it's gonna cost to do it.

Did you put the stongard on the bumper too? Or just the hood.

SFexBOY

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