Anyone else getting a ton of hood chips? Car has only been on the road since January 3rd and I have at least 14 chips in my hood already. I was wondering if anyone else was having the same issue?

 

I have a few but do a lot of freeway and its no where near that many. Where are you located? I know when I was in Arizona I got a lot more then here in California.

 

Toronto Canada. I will need to get some paint I guess. I do about 50/50 freeway/city driving.

 

There is a film cover you can get that lays over almost like a bra but is almost invisible. If your getting a lot of chips I would see if there is anyone in your area that can do it especially since your going to pay for paint anyways

 

next best thing, is going with a invisibra. I have too many hood chips to even care, i'll just get another hood lol

 

Ya, you might want to consider the chip guard for that. What's your mileage now? I'm not chipping that badly and I have about 11k on mine.

 

I have it. It's okay, but definitely better than chips

 

I'll probably get it on my new one. Current tC doesn't have it and wish I did it.

 

I am thinking down the road ill get a new hood. At the moment I can't even afford fog lights!

Sittin at 4,500km. I am driving a lot less then I was before, only doing about 24,000km a year at this rate.

 

im under 1k miles and i already got like 5-6 here in phoenix...

 

Either increase your following distance and avoid cruising behind trucks or keep the car in the garage, chips are inevitable with use.

 

Thats why large trucks generally have a sign on the back of them that say "stay back a minimum of 100ft." Saving on gas mileage by riding so close is not as effecient as saving money repairing dings and chips.

 

Yeah I do keep a good distance back. My old Camry did not have this issue but it had a bug deflector on it.

 

I have the same issue and it stinks man the car only has 3k on it and i got a few chips alrdy im thinking of getting the clear bra for it but when you stand next to the car you see the outline of it correct?

 

yea you can see the outline. just get the whole front bumper and the whole hood done lol!

 

I have a pretty nasty one that looks like a big squished bug D:

 

No thats to much man its fine ill get it re painteded

 

i had a bunch on my hood before i hit 1k... i was going to order the film, but then i have to fix all those chips before install, im thinkin about getting a CF hood later on and getting that completely covered. and as far as seeing the film, i guess it depends on the color of your car, but my buddy has a silver F-150 with the film and i never noticed it in 4 months unil he told me about it.

 

Hood chips are how you know you truly own a tC...Kinda like jeep wranglers fall apart so you know its a wrangler but still love it. If you didn't have a hood chip yet, then it wouldn't be a tC.