![]() ![]() If you are very worried about keeping your car very shiny and new-like, I think you should just plan on doing this anyway or at least getting it all buffed and shined, and then you don't need to worry about scuffs.just plan on taking care of them. So, yeah, I would sum them up as a curiosity, and I agree that they will draw unwanted attention to your car, whether or not they live up to their claims.Īnd my new car that got keyed.I left it that way for a year or so (probably not a good idea in retrospect for the rust danger, but I lucked out), and then got it repainted. I saw a lot of cars with the products in Manhattan (UES) and a lot of people poking them. My point is that there are a lot of things besides scuffs to worry about, that neither of these products will help you with, that you cannot predict or protect against. Every single panel of every single car's passenger side on the street, as far as I could tell. The last new car that lived in a city with me and was parallel-parked on the street was in the row of parallel-parked cars on my street that were all keyed along the passenger side door. Rubber marks will just rub right off with tyre mark remover and leave the paint well alone. Minimal (sometimes not really noticeable) cosmetic hit for great assistance. You may have to get a bodyshop or graphics specialist (vinyl sticker suppliers that specialise in vehicle wraps are likely your best bet) and get as much of the paint covered as you are happy with. I'd be more tempted to go with something that uses Heli tape and put this over the corners of your bumper. I agree that people will be more inclined to physically touch your car to aid their parking if you have one, which could be problematic. I'd not put one of those hideous things on my car, though, and it only protects one end, which seems stupid. ![]() It'd be cheaper to just hunt nightly for the bigger spots/end spots that only leave one end of your car exposed. OP, you're fine caring about how your car looks, but you need to stop taking cabs to avoid driving your car. Yes, bumpers are for bumping, but they are also things that need to look 'less than shit' and scratched and scrapes will do that. Posted by Scientist at 9:49 AM on August 7, 2012 It's not worth spending a bunch of money and mental effort on. It's not worth taking it to a shop every time something like this happens - cars just get scratched up, and all the bumper bullies and magic erasers in the world can only delay this process, not stop it. Someday, probably quite soon, somebody is going to ding your car's door in a parking lot or put a scratch in the paint with their car or their bike, or you're going to rub your hubcap on a curb, or brush up against a bollard or streetlamp or fire hydrant, or a piece of road debris is going to impact your hood or windshield while you're on the highway. Or you could just not worry about it, which I nearly guarantee is what is going to happen after six months or so anyway. Or you could just keep a Magic Eraser in your car to clean scuff marks off your bumpers. ![]() Looking at those bumper protection devices, it seems to me that it would be just as effective (and just as attractive) to just hang some carpet scraps over your bumpers by closing your trunk/hood on top of them.
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