Guys with lx's

BlownStangGT

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Aug 6, 2005

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I noticed that my car, behind the front/rear tires, it gets really "beat" up from normal driving, such as picking up debris and rocks and crap...the car had mud flaps on it when I baught it, i took them off, then put them back on, but they just dont look right on the notch so what I want to know is this normal, cuase Iknow the gt's gfx come down a decent amount and you dont have this....just curious what you guys do

 

MahFiVeOh

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Ontario, Canada

Aug 6, 2005

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Mine looks the same, small stone chips, etc.Mine has that rubberized stone guard stuff on the lower area below the trim but it doesnt really help much from what i can tell.I really dont know what else can be done to prevent this other than mud flaps

 

crazypete

All my crevices are greased.

Oct 22, 2004

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Arlington, MA

Aug 6, 2005

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Spray the area with header paint, the duplicolor 500 degree version. It is a ceramic compound that is pretty tough. It survives on the floorpan of mine and she's winter driven to boot. Give it a try on a test plate

 

Dean85GT

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Aug 6, 2005

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I dont think he is going to want to spray the outside of his car with headerpaint....

 

crazypete

All my crevices are greased.

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Arlington, MA

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Why not?

If the color matches, the headerpaint is quite shiny.

And it's tough as nails too. Better than spraying rubber on it.

 

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stang99x

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Yeah, mine looked like **** too

 

hllon4whls

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Aug 6, 2005

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Mine is coated in that Mickey Thompson Rubber. It is a thick protective coating. It keeps the panel very well protected. I reapply every burnout, so it stays pretty thick.

 

powertrax91

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Aug 6, 2005

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the problem only gets worse once you start putting wider tires on the car...
just as long as you use a plain black mud flap it will not look to bad IMO...

 

Modular2v

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mine has the same problem.....oh well it happens

 

old_blue

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3m makes this clear film that goes over the front of cars to protect against rocks and bugs, I would try some of that for the rear. Doesnt hurt the paint or anything. you cut it yourself to the size you need

 

BlownStangGT

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hllon4whls said:

Mine is coated in that Mickey Thompson Rubber. It is a thick protective coating. It keeps the panel very well protected. I reapply every burnout, so it stays pretty thick.

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the paint idea aint flowing with me since my car is so clean...I aint messing with that...guess the mf's will just go and ill ceal with it like eveyrone else haha. Thanks guys

 

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Kerpal

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tbadair said:

3m makes this clear film that goes over the front of cars to protect against rocks and bugs, I would try some of that for the rear. Doesnt hurt the paint or anything. you cut it yourself to the size you need

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Good idea.

I was just thinking about this the other day, after seeing an LX and a GT both with 245's parked side by side... I love how you can see way more of the tires on LX's, makes them look a lot wider than the same tires do on a GT. But of course dirt and rock chips are the downside...