[itlives]

So, that's how it's going to be, eh? I hate when things turn out like this. The story starts last Thanksgiving when I went camping in Oklahoma. I get back and saw how much mud was thrown into the radiator.
So, I order the Fender Extender to keep said mud accumulation at a minimum..
I didn't put it on until this weekend -right after I painted the scoot.
The first time I come home, I drive down my 300' gravel driveway and pick up a rock that rolls all they way from the back of tire to the front in between the tire and the fender. I don't know how deep the cracks in the fender are but it cracked the paint -DANGIT!
I'll leave it until this paint cures then fix it.
Wouldn't have happened if I didn't paint it -I'm sure of it!

 

[ghuseman]

How do you think the fender extender contributed to the incident?

George

 

[DoubleJ]

Got to blame something Eh! Had one on since 2007 and zero issues.

 

[fernando]

just bad luck man, walk through your driveway and make sure you remove those big rocks, I tell you these rocks, can cause more damage than that, and not only in the fender.

 

[itlives]

The 300' driveway is ALL rocks. I know it's part of the game and I'm leaving the fender extender on. I do like it.
I was just venting because I just painted the scoot.
Notice the rocks.... I'm sure it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't painted it - lol. On the other hand, without the fender extender the rock may have damaged the radiator which would have been more expensive to fix.

Color is 2014 Ford Sunset-

 

[valkyrie]

Wow paint looks awesome good job!

 

[model28a]

Nice paint job! Sorry about your fender. I agree it probably wouldn't have happened if you hadn't just painted it. That's the way my luck goes also.

 

[itlives]

Thanks for the commiseration model28a. -Ha hA! I'll fix it after my "The great trip"

 

[ghuseman]

Paint job looks great.

I too have just installed a fender extender so that is why I wondered if you thought it contributed to the incident.

Whenever something like that happens to me I usually think: "No good deed goes unpunished".

Hope it doesn't take too much to make your ride whole again.

George

 

[itlives]

ghuseman - Yeah, it did. I just flipped a rock backwards and the fender extender caught it and it rolled all the way around and spit out the front.
Like others have said, they've used the fenexten for a while with no problems. I just happen to have a 300 foot long 2" gravel (the rocks they put on railroad tracks) driveway.
It's just my luck that it happened after I paint it!