Why do I always hear rocks hitting my car?!

[Welker2]

Originally Posted by bandit38

Those look real good on your car and blend in well, you can't even really tell they are there !


Where did you get those ?

That's what I like about them, can't really even see them unless you are right up on the car. I picked them from RPI Designs ...

https://www.rpidesigns.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1815

[bandit38]

Originally Posted by Welker2

That's what I like about them, can't really even see them unless you are right up on the car. I picked them from RPI Designs ...

https://www.rpidesigns.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=1815

Thanks, I am going to consider those for sure !

[myold88]

Originally Posted by bandit38

Those look real good on your car and blend in well, you can't even really tell they are there !


Where did you get those ?

Here's a photo I took yesterday of the front end of my early '10 SS. For some
reason after 8 years and over 48,000 miles this car has very few paint chips.
There's one on the edge of the hood and 2 gouge like chips on the front facia
and thats it. Absolutely none anywhere else including the gills. With all of the
complaints about paint chips here on camaro5, it's hard to explain why, but
believe me I'm not complaining.
Taken AM 8/21/17:

[J35Y2]

Sorry for thread grave-digging... I have been having what sounds like loose rocks rattling somewhere on my SS coupe. I have checked almost everything from underneath the car, and even around the fuel tank. Are there conspicuous areas, besides the heat shields underneath, that I might have to remove, to find out?

I was driving along a huge gravel road once, and I started having the sound issue afterward, so I find that to be a coincidence. However, it's been over a year and a half, and the sound pretty much comes up every time I go over a speed bump or a decent dip in the road/ground surface I'm driving on.

It sounds like it's smallish, loose gravel hitting something clearly made from solid metal. It's not hollow-sounding when the gravel or rocks hit whatever it's stuck in/around. I really need help diagnosing this, because it drives me nuts and makes my car sound broken every time the car remotely goes over any sort of bumps.

[myold88]

Originally Posted by J35Y2

Sorry for thread grave-digging... I have been having what sounds like loose rocks rattling somewhere on my SS coupe. I have checked almost everything from underneath the car, and even around the fuel tank. Are there conspicuous areas, besides the heat shields underneath, that I might have to remove, to find out?

I was driving along a huge gravel road once, and I started having the sound issue afterward, so I find that to be a coincidence. However, it's been over a year and a half, and the sound pretty much comes up every time I go over a speed bump or a decent dip in the road/ground surface I'm driving on.

It sounds like it's smallish, loose gravel hitting something clearly made from solid metal. It's not hollow-sounding when the gravel or rocks hit whatever it's stuck in/around. I really need help diagnosing this, because it drives me nuts and makes my car sound broken every time the car remotely goes over any sort of bumps.

Interesting. Thanks for reviving. Still no new paint chips on my early '10 SS after 15+ years and 73,00+ miles. Not complaining . Also I guess I'm the only one who put Dynamite on my unibody. Up and down the East Coast, Indiana, Canada and mines so quiet even with my muffler delete Solo exhaust.
I find it interesting to read these early threads from time to time.

[J35Y2]

Originally Posted by myold88

Interesting. Thanks for reviving. Still no new paint chips on my early '10 SS after 15+ years and 73,00+ miles. Not complaining . Also I guess I'm the only one who put Dynamite on my unibody. Up and down the East Coast, Indiana, Canada and mines so quiet even with my muffler delete Solo exhaust.
I find it interesting to read these early threads from time to time.

My car came with PPF on the front end, mostly from the front bumper, halfway to the front fenders, and then on the side mirrors, but that's it. I think the PPF is well over 9-10 years old as well, as my car was a garage kept collector's vehicle.

I don't know when the PPF is going to fully harden, as I plan to probably remove it when it gets really damaged. There's tons of spots where it's saved my front front bumper from rock ships and a bunch of other scratches and deep gouges/knicks. There's also swirls in it, way worse than the paint surprisingly, but there's really no way to cut and polish it, like I can do with the paint itself.