How many of you already have dings?

[Danger Ranger 09]

anyone else notice there is almost like dings or stress marks in the metal where a panel has creases stamped into it.

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[SubVet]

5000 miles owned 16 months no dings (garaged)

Hate dings...I bought wide running boards and a Bug Deflector II to keep the leading edge of the hood protected

 

[dtech]

With about 2.5k miles, the sides have multiple scratches from pine trees on tight trails and dented skid plates.

Doesn't bother me, I have a 350z I'm trying to make into my garage queen.

yeah I'm headed up to Northfork Reservoir in a couple of weeks and that trail is 10 miles of rocks and a lot of willows crowding the road. Was talking to a friend considering a Ford Ranger or a Tacoma, he wouldn't consider a full size pickup as the extra width wouldn't let him drive on some very narrow roads. The skid plates dent pretty easily ?

 

[l0rdv8r]

10k miles (2k are mine) and already has a ding that I don’t know where it came from. Possibly camping but I’m not sure. Oh well, it’s a truck right?

 

[Lost19Ranger]

7,677k miles and this paint just scuffs up easy. But god I love this truck.

 

[PeterPotatoes]

yeah I'm headed up to Northfork Reservoir in a couple of weeks and that trail is 10 miles of rocks and a lot of willows crowding the road. Was talking to a friend considering a Ford Ranger or a Tacoma, he wouldn't consider a full size pickup as the extra width wouldn't let him drive on some very narrow roads. The skid plates dent pretty easily ?

Not really, I've hit it pretty good a few times and you cant really see anything till you get down and look close.

 

[Banner]

Count me in. Minor dings on both driver’s side doors. Didn’t even make it to the first oil change

 

[AzScorpion]

Coming up on 1 year now and not one scratch or ding. But I'm super OCD and park way out away from everyone. Even when we go off road I try and stay away from really scrubby areas and I carry clippers and a saw. I know it's a truck but there's no way I could beat mine up like some do. There's nothing wrong with that but it would make me sick if mine was all dinged and dented up. Crap maybe I shouldn't have responded to this,I hope I didn't just curse myself now. lol

 

[RedlandRanger]

I washed mine a couple days ago and found a chip on the TOP of the cab! I have no idea how that happened....

My truck has a few small chips here and there, and one dent I did myself but otherwise in good shape after 15 months of ownership. And I haven't babied it.

 

[Jon Olivier]

No dings, but I recently noticed the start of some Sierra Pinstriping above the rear right wheel. The brush up here is not forgiving at all. Also found a nick on the left rear wheel. Must have rubbed against a rock on one of the trails.

 

[DIYAndy]

After one year and one half - ZERO but the careless door dingers many.

 

[JaysOnTheEDGE]

No dings, the doors are fairly solid on mine, but the paint chips like hell, luckily they are not that noticeable with the ingot silver.

 

[JLS80]

Helped a buddy move some furniture, scratches on the spray in bedliner. But it's a truck, so it's inevitable.

 

[jsphlynch]

Only 3k miles so far (thanks COVID). I gave my self a pretty good scare within the first couple hundred miles when opened the driver door into some crap I had leaning against the wall in the garage, and immediately saw the giant "scratch" it left. Upon closer inspection, it turned out it was just a rub mark that waxed right out. Phew!

I've got some pretty good scuffs in the bed. I'm not so worried about those because 1) it's a truck that I bought for doing truck things with, and doing truck things puts scuffs in the bed; and 2) at some point I'll be getting LineX sprayed in.

Did get a very minor scratch on the passenger side that I think came from a kid (not sure if my own or one of the neighbors they play with) brushing against it with their bike. Barely visible and I don't think it even penetrates all the way through the clearcoat.

 

[SubVet]

Do you have pics of your side moldings ?

These are mine plus 6" runners

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