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Yes, this is quite normal. The Falcon Wing doors actually flares out so it's a direct trajectory of whatever the front tires throw at them.
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Must wrap areas on MX
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Yes, this is quite normal. The Falcon Wing doors actually flares out so it's a direct trajectory of whatever the front tires throw at them.
Sure, but the picture sure made it seem like he drove through a gravel road at high speeds or something. Normally, there aren't that many rocks on the road to cause that many chips.
That being said, when they repave roads, they do have a lot of loose gravel, and I can see that wrecking havoc on the doors. Definitely something to consider.
Look what I saw at the Kelowna supercharger. Beautiful blue X with the paint decimated by road wash. It just happens over time. Unavoidable if you do highway driving at high speed. Wrap your doors unless you only drive in the city.
Ok, desicion has been made to wrap the whole car. Now the vendor has offered me to use satin film instead of glossy. Anybody with a transparent satin over white paint? Thanks!
aesculus
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CommackRoss
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I'm getting SunTek on my entire car. Going in to be done on Monday (I think it takes maybe 4 days). I was thinking of adding ceramic coating to glass. Any thoughts on glass coatings?
GOPJEW
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I had the coating put on my glass - NOT worth it in my opinion...but it is worth covering the wrap with it...
It’s not dirt. The entire car was clean.
My doors have the same issue, but to a much lesser extent. The doors are flared, and any amount of highway driving exposes the doors to flying road grit. I see that on a lot of Xs that haven’t been wrapped.
EV-lutioin
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EV-lutioin
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aesculus
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Wow. I've had those same spray patterns driving on snow and sanded roads dozens of times but nothing that would penetrate the paint I would think. I have my doors wrapped and if that happened to me I would distraught.
I have a few tiny chips that penetrated the hood wrap near the leading edge but that is it so far. You have to get right up to the hood to see them and I need to get some touch-up paint to use with my new painting pen.
Wow. I've had those same spray patterns driving on snow and sanded roads dozens of times but nothing that would penetrate the paint I would think. I have my doors wrapped and if that happened to me I would distraught.
I have a few tiny chips that penetrated the hood wrap near the leading edge but that is it so far. You have to get right up to the hood to see them and I need to get some touch-up paint to use with my new painting pen.
Trust me. It definitely penetrated the paint.
EV-lutioin
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Wow. I've had those same spray patterns driving on snow and sanded roads dozens of times but nothing that would penetrate the paint I would think. I have my doors wrapped and if that happened to me I would distraught.
I have a few tiny chips that penetrated the hood wrap near the leading edge but that is it so far. You have to get right up to the hood to see them and I need to get some touch-up paint to use with my new painting pen.
I was definitely distraught when it happened to my MX!
It's all repainted and wrapped now
EV-lutioin
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Tesla paint is very fragile... known issue. Since I repainted and wrapped over a year ago, I've had no damage.
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