I have a black 97 TA with 30500 miles and since it's black, I can notice every little spec on the front end that comes from stones and driving and for the miles, it seems like I have quite a few of them. I drive very carefully too.

Do they come from driving in the rain or on the highway or what because I never see or hear any stones hitting the car.

Am I the only one that has this problem?

 

You are not alone...
Black is the absolute worse to show too, but hey - it is still the best looking when it's clean!

I have found nothing to even help out a little bit with them...
I drive carefully as well, and I have come to the consensus that if you drive it, it's gonna happen. Our cars just sit to low and there's a lot of contact area for rocks to hit, so it just sucks.

Just so you know - that "Turtle Wax paint chip stick" does nothing - even if you weren't wondering.

 

Common problem

My yellow SS was recently damaged by a lawn mower and while in the repair shop I had them redo the front... it was only a year old paint job too.

If you drive the car you're going to have some chips on the front... no way around it unless you want to have a bra on the car all the time

 

If my car was brand new, I'd use that 3M clear stuff that covers the paint, but there is no point in using it now.

 

Yes, I have them too. The only way you won't get them is if you don't drive it.

 

I've got 150K+ miles and it shows..
Even a couple on the hood in the stripes.. : /
It's almost time for a total re-paint.
And yes. I'm going to keep it black.. (not sure about keeping the same stripes)
It's just beautiful when done right.

 

lots and lots

 

I do. I figure on getting it repainted as soon as I get an SS hood... then I'll just have them painted at the same time.

I found that putting 5 or 6 layers of wax on the front end makes them a lot less noticeable... still there, they just dont stand out as much.

 

I have a red z and have the same problem ( damn trucks on the highway) I use turtle wax color cure, makes the stone chips disappear then I rewax with a synthetic wax, when it cures is like adding a clear coat over the top. The only two synthetic waxes I know of that are any good is zaino or Liquid Glass.

 

buy this http://www.spyeng.com/clearbra.asp

 

I have them too I probably have more than 100 small chips on the front of the car. I finally decided to put a car bra on the front to cover them up. The car bra doesn't look good, but it sure looks better than all the paint chips

 

i HAD them on my old hood so bad, that it looked like **** when clean I need something like that clear bra posted to protect the front end and hood now that i have the flames, because that seems like a tough and expesive task to touch up in the future

 

I have a couple of tiny rocks chips on my 02 and they have to go. The hawk is going in the shop next week for a touch-up, having the brake calipers powdercoated too. You seem to get rock chips from driving behind big wheels on the highway or if you tail-gate someone. With fast cars like ours it's easy to get too close to someone. I'd consider buying a bra for my formula firehawk but I've only seen them for the Trans Am model. I think a bra is a must have for long trips or stay off someone's butt if you don't want rock chips.