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Originally Posted by MuttGrunt
^ no scratches AND doesn't look bad either!
The EPA has nothing to do with this. Anyone that has some background in paint work knows this to be true. Maybe the EPA has something to due with the less than stellar amount of orange peel on the factory spec jobs, but it has nothing to do with chipping. Rock chips have plagued cars forever, and it will continue to do so. There are steps to fighting them - paint protection film AKA clear-bras, fender covers like the post above, and using harder clear-coats from the factory (exactly what Ferrari and Lamborghini now do: PPG's Cerami-Clear).
The design of the car with the rear fenders sticking out is the culprit. Much like a beautiful woman: so sexy...so annoying.
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I definately have to agree. I think they didn't clear coat the cars or if they did it was a very very thin clear coat. I know the EPA probably limits the kind of paint they can use, probably water based, however you put a 1/8 inch clear coat over any paint, problem solved... If I can get them to repaint mine i'm going straight to a paint shop to get a better clear coat, shouldn't be that much being they clear coat every car they paint.