Re: Small scratches from rocks

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

If you find a Cabriolet with the 'big bumper' kit, check out the same 
area... there's a sheet of clear plastic that you can stick on there. 
I'd either go buy one of those or just go to a sign shop and buy a piece 
of the thickest clear material they sell..


CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/spredhaus
58 Type1 Ragtop
84 Jetta uGLi
87 Foxwagen


>
>At 8:49 am -0500 10/2/99, Tyler Chamberlain wrote:
>>Is it normal to get scratches along the rear of the car because of 
what
>>I assume are rocks that are thrown up from the front tires? It seems
>>like it would be a big problem due to how much the tire sticks out. Is
>>this normal for an '87 16v? Should I put some sort of mud flaps to
>>protect against this?
>>Thanks.
>
>I get the same sort of thing - the clearcoat on the leading edge of the
>body kit at the front of each rear wheel is getting eaten away.  I 
noticed
>that some 8v cars have a piece of black plastic or something here... I
>don't know what the fix is for 16v owners.  No way in hell am I running
>mudflaps...
>
>




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