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Scratched Up Front Spolier
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Scratched Up Front Spolier
OMG I know this sounds vain and makes me seem like a clean freak the bottom of my front spoiler is scratched to hell.
I know after 10000km it would start to look crap but when I decided to go underneath the front of my car to take a looks it nearly brought me to tears.
How is your paint underneath there? I know you can't see anything from the front but knowing the bottom looks crap still hurts.
Is it worth repainting? I know it wont rust as its plastic but are there any cons with leaving it like that?
Funny thing is I haven't lowered my car nor gone over any high bumps
I know after 10000km it would start to look crap but when I decided to go underneath the front of my car to take a looks it nearly brought me to tears.
How is your paint underneath there? I know you can't see anything from the front but knowing the bottom looks crap still hurts.
Is it worth repainting? I know it wont rust as its plastic but are there any cons with leaving it like that?
Funny thing is I haven't lowered my car nor gone over any high bumps
Hey, bad luck.. mine is also scraped, but I have lowered my car by 30mm..so to be expected.
I am also of the same feeling, looks bad..makes me feel bad.
So, to that end, I covered mine with some sacraficial matt black 3M vinyl, cut to shape and looks quite effective...
When that scrapes, you just replace it.
My 2c
I am also of the same feeling, looks bad..makes me feel bad.
So, to that end, I covered mine with some sacraficial matt black 3M vinyl, cut to shape and looks quite effective...
When that scrapes, you just replace it.
My 2c
- exaltd
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Gee, you think yours is bad, mine is scratched too.... both sides....
It also has a piece a little broken off (still attached on one side... because it hit a pot hole then speed bump straight away.... the suspension didn't pick it up fast enough (damn ES, too soft...) and now I have to live with that.... Did that at Docklands just outside Costco when going there.... I cried!
My car is stock height, and I considered repainting it, but I just started to live with it, it's a fact of life, for many cars nowadays....
Cheer up, we're all in the same boat!
-EXALTD-
It also has a piece a little broken off (still attached on one side... because it hit a pot hole then speed bump straight away.... the suspension didn't pick it up fast enough (damn ES, too soft...) and now I have to live with that.... Did that at Docklands just outside Costco when going there.... I cried!
My car is stock height, and I considered repainting it, but I just started to live with it, it's a fact of life, for many cars nowadays....
Cheer up, we're all in the same boat!
-EXALTD-
- scraverX
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Lol, at track day I noticed mine had two bits projecting down in front of the front wheels - like little mud flaps but in front - the bottom edge of them is all scraped up. Mine's stock height too but the first time I took it out the drive at my local repco I heard a scrape. It's a BAD driveway so now I just snake down it. Doesn't worry me though, it's just a piece of plastic and that's possibly what it's there for... to warn you by getting scraped
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scraverX wrote:Lol, at track day I noticed mine had two bits projecting down in front of the front wheels - like little mud flaps but in front - the bottom edge of them is all scraped up. Mine's stock height too but the first time I took it out the drive at my local repco I heard a scrape. It's a BAD driveway so now I just snake down it. Doesn't worry me though, it's just a piece of plastic and that's possibly what it's there for... to warn you by getting scraped
My little black flaps are shaved by at least 15mm HAHAHA
They scrape coming out of my driveway... I'm at stock height... My driveway is weird and I can't get out of it easier unfortunately.
But it is there to aid in aerodynamics! It was designed to stop air swirling up into the wheel wells, thus reducing drag.
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Yes, my front air dams are scratched underneath near the middle on both sides, despite my best attempts to avoid doing it. My CJ is also stock height still.
There is not much point repainting, as it is nearly impossible to avoid scratching it again in the future.
One day I scratched my front air dam just slowing down on a bitumen road BEFORE turning into a driveway and while still driving straight. The road had enough curvature that then driving near the left side to let traffic pass and slowing down (which lowered the front of the car further), it actually scapped on the road before turning in.
There is not much point repainting, as it is nearly impossible to avoid scratching it again in the future.
One day I scratched my front air dam just slowing down on a bitumen road BEFORE turning into a driveway and while still driving straight. The road had enough curvature that then driving near the left side to let traffic pass and slowing down (which lowered the front of the car further), it actually scapped on the road before turning in.
*phew* here i was thinking that i was a complete noob with driveway judgement... the reason i will not be getting front OR rear kits, cannot get in or out of 90% of driveways in brisbane grrr...
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Not trying to sound mean... and I know you all love your cars to death but... its no big deal, no one is going to see it and I doubt people are going to go around looking under people's fronts to check and judge your car like that lol.. Dont bother repainting it, the money can be well spent elsewhere to make up for it =). My exhaust scrapes everytime I go up my driveway unless I spend a minute going up "correctly". You learn to get used to it.
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I kinda suspect this is one possible reason why I see some cars in Canberra (fords and holdens) that are sitting lower in back.
"Duh.. I scraped my spoiler. No probs, raise the front a bit, yeah"
lol
"Duh.. I scraped my spoiler. No probs, raise the front a bit, yeah"
lol
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