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Paint Chip from Highway driving. The doors are aluminum on the JL? Do you guys find such paint chips on your jeep?

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Got this ugly looking chip this morning on the driver side door.
Not sure how the rock got up so high but definitely unsightly to look at everyday.

Are the doors aluminum on the JL so it won’t rust?

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Maybe once winter is over I can get to touching it up but for now we got snow so just not great timing.
 

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You mean that paint surrounding the chip will get damaged over time?
 

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You mean that paint surrounding the chip will get damaged over time?
yes that exposed aluminum will oxidize, and the oxidation will get under the paint at it's edges and work it's way under the paint. Here's what 16 years of rock chips and oxidation did to the aluminum doors on our bus. You can see all the bubbled paint that the oxidation got under, and then where I sanded it off and you can see the areas where there was paint, had white oxidation under it.

Jeep Wrangler JL Paint Chip from Highway driving. The doors are aluminum on the JL? Do you guys find such paint chips on your jeep? 20221105_123843


Jeep Wrangler JL Paint Chip from Highway driving. The doors are aluminum on the JL? Do you guys find such paint chips on your jeep? 20221105_123956
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