Not me, the car. I have about 3500 miles on the car and I have never seen as many paint chips as I have seen on this car, especially with this few miles. Im in Florida and the roads are decent here. The lower door and the panel right in front of the rear wheel are horribly chipped up. I am going to have to put vinyl on the lower part of the doors, remove the factory vinyl on the body panel in front of the rear wheel, and cover the whole panel with vinyl. This paint seems very thin/delicate.

Anyone else noticing a lot of chips?

 

fort lauderdale - 4200 miles -paint perfect - no xpel or anything...

 

I haven't yet but I am only at 765 miles.
Do you have the splash guards yet? I installed them on mine today, I hope these will help some.





Factory provides no protection;

 

I thought maybe you had a rash on your ***** or something... GM could care less when they design these cars maybe some clear bra stuff in the general area its like gold bond for your fenders!

 

 

Sucks that you have that many paint chips with so few miles. Get some good protective film installed all along the side of the car, front fascia and up the hood a ways and it should help out a lot. I have the 3M clear bra on my '03 and it really does keep the chips down.

 

I have clear bra on my car, it's the first thing I do with all of my cars. I also have the splash guards.

I have clear bra also along the side skirts. The car comes with clear protection in front of the rear wheel. But since that body panel is angled outward the whole piece is getting chipped to ****. That and the bottom 5 inches of the door. I'll have this whole car vinyled soon.

 

If the car is used regularly on the highway, it's going to get rock chips; every car does. Install Xpel and those splash guards above look very nice so I'd install them too.

 

Two words, slash guards. I got mine for $120 from Gene and installed them as soon as they arrived. I live on the west coast of Florida and drive on I75 daily, yet not the paint chipping you have.

 

Yes, the protective film in front of the rear wheels are terribly pitted, as well as a bit above them. There's a lot of gravel and dirt around here. My '09 C6 didn't suffer as much pitting as this C7 does. I've installed the splash guards, but the damage is done. I do think the C7 clearcoat/paint is somewhat fragile, much more than the C6. It is very prone to micro scratches.

 

Exactly what color do you have? My C6 had paint exposed right behind the front wheels and after 12,000+ miles there was not a chip of paint missing. I did drive this car in winter when the roads were dry, there was always some anti-skid material still on the road edges that could of chipped paint. My color was Victory Red. I would discuss with your dealer, warranty? If you don't ask, not going to happen.

 

Mine is Crystal Red...

I understand every car gets rock chips... but this seems excessive for such a short period of time.

I do have the splash guards. Ill be going next week to get vinyl over those areas also.