Pinstripes aka trail rash
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03_4x4Runner
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Some of those are just dust but some will be deeper and more or less permanent. My last 4runner looked like this but my 14 I stay away from the brush.
blksubykid
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and the ones that don't buff out...embrace the battle scars
Bayou_Pro
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Wet sanding will get most I if not all of those out. Just remember you only get so many times to sand it though. I scratched the crap out of the wife's 18 Pro when it was 2 weeks old. Tried full out rubbing compound but no luck. I had to wet sand it but it came out looking better then the rest of the panels.
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MaddoxPics
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Nothing serious, mostly dust stuff. I had mine detailed before a drive across the country and without even asking them to do paint touch up or whatever they offer, they all came out mostly. Granted I have a few that are deep enough not to, but that stuff won't be much of an issue.
Lostmanifesto
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This is why I only purchased one dark colored rig many years ago. Never again.
Endlessearth
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YMMV. I had a carbon wax applied to my 4Runner a few weeks before running it pretty hard through some very tight desert trails and the scratches came out
easily. I was impressed. Carbon wax seems to provides an extra level of surface protection. In the end though,the scratches are a small price to pay for the joy of really using your truck.
easily. I was impressed. Carbon wax seems to provides an extra level of surface protection. In the end though,the scratches are a small price to pay for the joy of really using your truck.
Yea the majority of those are from our visit to Big Bend Ranch State Park last week from the typical brush on the trails. I didn't find any dents or anything that deep so I know that most will come out with a compound, but I wouldn't be surprised if a few require a wet sanding. I love black but I hate it too lol. The only way to truly guard against this is with a vinyl wrap.
phillyd2
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What you did was scratch the clear coat, not the paint. If you don’t know how to do it correctly find a guy who knows how to properly use a buffer.
Basically, you heat up the clear coat and then even it out. Just be warned that after a few more times there isn’t much clear cost left to even out.
Basically, you heat up the clear coat and then even it out. Just be warned that after a few more times there isn’t much clear cost left to even out.
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MAST4R
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You live in Lake Havasu and manage to avoid brush? What time do I sign for a clinic! My second most extensive brush experience was on Bighorn Pass, which is in KOFA. That was about 6 miles of almost nonstop brush on the southern end.
I think this thread should be merged into the one I recently started about the same issue.
I got a white 4Runner in part to prepare for this. I got severely pinstripped, headlight to taillight in less than a month of ownership due to one nightmarish half mile section of a wash. Back then the two worst spots were professionally repaired.
Two weeks ago I moved away from detailers and washes and personally washed, then clayed (with cheater Mothers 2.0 bar), then used the rubbing compound, then, not knowing any better yet, carnauba wax. Should have used synthetic. Anyway, the car looks like new when washed unless you manage to look at it at a particular angle against the sun. We have done one trail since and it did not show quite as much as previously, but it will again soon enough.
Still, I figured out that by taking care of cleaning and waxing it personally I can get it to look quite well enough.
I don't like pinstripping as honor badges though I don't mind using my front and real bumper valances for that!
MAST4R
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Wow! You ARE good!
You also beat me to the scratches. Mine had 3 weeks, you managed in 2!
Bayou_Pro
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LOL Thanks!!
Also managed to rip the running boards off on the same trip. Needed sliders anyway right?!?!
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the thin clear coats are why i haven't buffed out my scratches, i don't think the clear coat is thick enough to do it too many times so I'll wait until the day I want to sell it and do it once.
although some of mine is deep enough to scratch into the plastic on the pillars so it's definitely through the clear coat anyways
I like the meguiar's ultimate compound for light scratch removal
