What two and a half years living on gravel roads does to a new Ranger

[MountainGoat]

Guess I shoulda got it in white...

I don't see a real solution for this outside of a expensive and ugly line-x coating or maybe I will try doing a strip of plasti-dip. Chips through the 3M strip and even if I got it repainted under warranty it would just chip again with this thin eco-paint.
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[AzScorpion]

I don't think the factory film is all that thick. If you do get it painted again you could always PPF it with a better quality one. You'd have to keep an eye on it and probably redo it every few years but it's still better (and cheaper) than having to repaint it. Or add the Rock Blokz flaps?

 

[TXRangerTim]

Definitely need to get mud flaps.

 

[Fawnbuster]

Guess I shoulda got it in white...

I don't see a real solution for this outside of a expensive and ugly line-x coating or maybe I will try doing a strip of plasti-dip. Chips through the 3M strip and even if I got it repainted under warranty it would just chip again with this thin eco-paint.
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They sell wide clear peel and stick stuff, JC Whitney used to sell it in a 6 inch roll , it was just under 1/8 " , I had it on the lower rockers of my Bronco for 15+ years, no chips and stayed put.

Amazon has it

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[MountainGoat]

I don't think the factory film is all that thick. If you do get it painted again you could always PPF it with a better quality one. You'd have to keep an eye on it and probably redo it every few years but it's still better (and cheaper) than having to repaint it. Or add the Rock Blokz flaps?

They sell wide clear peel and stick stuff, JC Whitney used to sell it in a 6 inch roll , it was just under 1/8 " , I had it on the lower rockers of my Bronco for 15+ years, no chips and stayed put.

Amazon has it

ARMOR UP 12”x72” Clear Paint Protection Film for Cars, Trucks 8 mil(0.008") Polyurethane Automotive Protector Wrap for Rockers, Hood, Headlamps - Non-Yellowing, Self-Healing, Gloss Top Coat https://a.co/d/53KPPWl

I bought it but didn't put it on. Too many horror stories of it peeling off even more paint when you go to replace it. Plus another member here used it and it chipped right through his too.

Definitely need to get mud flaps.

I bought em early on, Weather Techs. The Rock Blokz that much better?

 

[TXRangerTim]

You bought PPF and mud flaps but did not install either?

 

[MountainGoat]

You bought PPF and mud flaps but did not install either?

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/paint-chips-on-lower-front-doors.21075/

I bought and installed the flaps, didn't do the PPF after some research. It wouldn't work on gravel roads and when you peel it off takes swathes of paint off possibly. Bigger than any chip.

 

[TXRangerTim]

There are no mud flaps installed in your pictures.

 

[MountainGoat]

There are no mud flaps installed in your pictures.

You're looking at it backwards lol

 

[RedDakooter05]

There are no mud flaps installed in your pictures.

Pics show the front of his tires, where you would not mount flaps.

 

[TXRangerTim]

Since that is the front of the rear wheels then only option is PPF or trade in for a white or silver ranger.

 

[AzScorpion]

There are no mud flaps installed in your pictures.

You're looking at it backwards lol

So was I!

 

[TXRangerTim]

So was I!

See? It wasn't just me & Jim Beam not seeing things correctly.

 

[Wes Siler]

Look like stock wheels. You running spacers?

 

[Fordup]

We had that happen to my wife's new focus on the way home from picking it up. Ford put mud flaps on it and painted the areas with a very heavy slightly rough color matched rubbery protector film and never had the problem again.

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