Protecting the Car on the Drive to Socal

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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by sealandsheep
I guess the consensus here is that I'm being overly cautious and caring.

Point noted
search for Subaru and paint on this forum, you will see all of them doing the same thing haha.

We have just given up by now but I say go for it and tape the hell out of it.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 02:32 PM
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I love my car too, but they don't last forever and yeah, Subaru and paint...

Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:13 PM
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Exactly!

do it now and later on you will be like Not going to happen
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:21 PM
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"overkill"


"waaaaaaay overkill"
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sealandsheep
You have a good point

Still, paint scratches and chips make me sad regardless of whatever object occur on (particularly new things).
Still, you're driving 5 (or 101). It's not Tahoe in mid-winter with the gravel sandblasting that it'd take. Hell, you're just as likely to get a stone chip driving around normally.

I would think a bra would be liable to do a lot more damage than a pebble.

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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 10:00 PM
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No thats why you spend the money on the 3M blue painters tape.
painters tape for the win.

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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 10:11 PM
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ps unless you are rallying, rallycrossing, or offloading a drive to LA and back (~800 miles) nothing will happen.
i drive mine all over the state for work. more damage comes from gravel roads than farting down the freeway
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 10:12 PM
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ps unless you are rallying, rallycrossing, or offloading a drive to LA and back (~800 miles) nothing will happen.
i drive mine all over the state for work. more damage comes from gravel roads than farting down the freeway
You didnt know......hes taking the beach all the way there.


Old Jun 3, 2014 | 10:46 PM
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Clear bra ftw.. Worth every penny to save the paint
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 10:51 PM
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I took my BRZ down to LA less than a month after taking it home, with no tape/bra/anything, and I was fine. If I did get any chips, they were so small I didn't even notice them. The bugs that tried to make themselves a permanent part of the bumper though, that's a different story.
Old Jun 11, 2014 | 10:06 AM
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Painters Tape FTW.
I guess all you need to take is front hood/fenders like
if you would go on an AutoCross.
Old Jun 11, 2014 | 09:29 PM
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Quit *****ing and just drive the damn car. Paint doesnt last forever.
Old Jun 12, 2014 | 08:40 AM
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Quit *****ing and just drive the damn car. Paint doesnt last forever.
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Old Jun 12, 2014 | 09:25 PM
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Shutup I dont live here like you.......
Old Jun 13, 2014 | 08:19 AM
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