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Rear door paint chips/road rash poll
- Thread starter BreatheEasier
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difficult to see but it runs along the entire lower rockerreminding you now.
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I can report now after 4000+ additional miles since my first post, much of that highway speed, and also coastal areas with sandy roads, my fabricated front mudflaps based on the hard plastic M3 version, plus my Xpel rocker panel PPF on the lower rear portion of my rear doors, I have zero chips at all. My black plastic rockers have no rash at all, either. I also noticed that I hear less debris being pulled up into the tire wells once I switched to Vredestein Quatrac Pros, too.
I got them as well in 19". I'm really liking them and it does make a huge difference after the Ubers/P Zeros. Steering is lighter and quicker, road noise is down, ride quality a little bit smoother. Agree they pick up less debris, as well. Can't wait to try them in the snow.
redesigned MY has front mud flaps
I'd bet that gets at least as many chips and the owners simply care less. The silver should hide them decently.
gundarx
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no road rash, actually you have owners wondering why their car came with protective film in that area (which is a better problem than our thread here): Rear Door Defect?
gundarx
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Oh nice, I couldn't see film there in the picture. I have another car that has factory film in front of the back wheels in a (theoretically) high scratch & chip prone area.
Its definitely a bit of a pro/con situation, tbh. It doesn't get scratches there, but the film breaks down and gets a bit scuffed and faded looking over time. Removing it is unlikely to show pristine paint underneath, though, as they are prone to damaging the finish a bit.
Amazing how clear it is. I would say the rear-most section should extend up the arch flare. When I was feeling the texture being created from road grit it extended about 12"-14" ahead of the wheel arch trim above the rocker, another 12"-14" above the rocker along the wheel arch flare, but zero issues along the door bottom ahead of this area to the front, just some dirt.
Odd that people in different locations are experiencing different issues. I would think PUP would have more issues than non-PUP due to tire stickiness and offset, but reports are coming in from PUP and non-PUP saying they either do or do not have this issue. Anyway, so far, so good for my fix. Winter will reveal all with all the sticky grit flying everywhere.
Odd that people in different locations are experiencing different issues. I would think PUP would have more issues than non-PUP due to tire stickiness and offset, but reports are coming in from PUP and non-PUP saying they either do or do not have this issue. Anyway, so far, so good for my fix. Winter will reveal all with all the sticky grit flying everywhere.
I am also having the issue with chips on the back door. I have just over 1,000 miles on my MY and it looks like someone speckled paint all over the rear doors right in front of the rear wheels. This happened on both sides, basically identical. This is honestly a design flaw and Tesla needs to step up, recognize it, and correct it.
Wow, that is insanely bad. I had debated for a while about adding mudflaps to my M3 but decided against it because lots of them scratched the paint. I have no (noticeable) damage on my rockers despite doing tons of trips on forest roads, up the mountains for skiing, etc.View attachment 647550Noticed this after washing for the first time.
I was already planning to get PPF for the MY but I'm surprised at how much damage you have, even with mud flaps. It seems like the OEM mud flaps are designed the way they are because it needs to protrude out further to actually protect the rockers, unlike lots of the aftermarket options.
Have you tried using a clay bar on the area just to see if any of that damage is embedded and might come out? It doesn't look like it but I'm surprised at how bad that looks.
It's all paint chips down to what I'm assuming is the primer. The EV mudflaps appear to be a good design. Less than 2.5" of ground clearance and they stick out pretty far. The rear will scrape on the shorter parking curbs when you back up to some superchargers. Maybe the flaps just go flaccid in the wind at highway speeds?
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Yikes I don’t understand how you’re getting that much damage even with EV Mudflaps. Sure PPF will help but it’s not going to help the plastic trim. Not saying any of this is your fault though. Just makes me worry about my rear plastic trim if I were to make road trips.
