Damage from bushes?

[Folkranger]

No longer pristine. I've just spotted paintwork damage to to areas at the rear o/s which I can only assume is from possibly tail swiping bushes on ridiculous French sites with narrow roads and tight right angled turns.
Surprised though that these can cut through paintwork to the metal.
Anyone else found this?

 

[Brains]

Every Cornish larger vehicle has these scratches.
And every Cornish body repairer can deal with them.

A Cornish 'Motorway'
(Twin lanes, grass down the middle, just like motorways elsewhere)

 

[Folkranger]

Every Cornish larger vehicle has these scratches.
And every Cornish body repairer can deal with them.

View attachment 933844
A Cornish 'Motorway'
(Twin lanes, grass down the middle, just like motorways elsewhere)

Better make a detour through Cornwall for repairs.

 

[Landy Andy]

Are you sure they are through to the metal?

Most I find will be removed with a good buffer and some cutting compound, and that’s on my Defender that I drive through tiny tiny gaps in bushes, and trees

 

[Folkranger]

Are you sure they are through to the metal?

Most I find will be removed with a good buffer and some cutting compound, and that’s on my Defender that I drive through tiny tiny gaps in bushes, and trees

Yes, the lower corner scuffs are on plastic but the higher scratches are through to bright shiny aluminium. That's what surprises me. And I was not aware of having done it.

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[BouncyBoatFolk]

Every Cornish larger vehicle has these scratches.
And every Cornish body repairer can deal with them.

View attachment 933844
A Cornish 'Motorway'
(Twin lanes, grass down the middle, just like motorways elsewhere)

Nice shot of the M30, just outside Penzance if I'm not mistaken

 

[cyberyacht]

Need to watch your roof as well with roadside foliage not being cut back.

 

[Folkranger]

Need to watch your roof as well with roadside foliage not being cut back.

And also on some campsites.

 

[CWH]

A Cornish 'Motorway'
(Twin lanes, grass down the middle, just like motorways elsewhere)

Similar here in Skye ... though we have ditches and bogs instead of stone hedges and the scratches are more likely due to hielan' coos (and the occasional bull)

 

[Whippetsontour]

No longer pristine. I've just spotted paintwork damage to to areas at the rear o/s which I can only assume is from possibly tail swiping bushes on ridiculous French sites with narrow roads and tight right angled turns.
Surprised though that these can cut through paintwork to the metal.
Anyone else found this?View attachment 933839View attachment 933840

On mine it’s usually on the windows , I polished them off with toothpaste!

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[Apacheman]

Good old Cornish roads. Start down them, no width warnings and they just get narrower and narrower. T- cut heaven.

 

[MobyDick57]

Try cartec refinish kit with a sanding pad. I was amazed at what it cleaned/repaired my van scuffs and scratches

 

[CWH]

Good old Cornish roads. Start down them, no width warnings and they just get narrower and narrower. T- cut heaven.

... and when you get into the depths of the warren, they stop putting up signposts

 

[Platelet]

Are you sure they are through to the metal?

Most I find will be removed with a good buffer and some cutting compound, and that’s on my Defender that I drive through tiny tiny gaps in bushes, and trees

Oh yes I can relate to that. My 130 has the turning circle of a barge!

 

[Platelet]

Yes, the lower corner scuffs are on plastic but the higher scratches are through to bright shiny aluminium. That's what surprises me. And I was not aware of having done it.

Usually it’s the newly cut bushes/hedges that are the culprits

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[Folkranger]

Try cartec refinish kit with a sanding pad. I was amazed at what it cleaned/repaired my van scuffs and scratches

You can't buff out scratches that are down to bare metal,

 

[Whippetsontour]

Every Cornish larger vehicle has these scratches.
And every Cornish body repairer can deal with them.

View attachment 933844
A Cornish 'Motorway'
(Twin lanes, grass down the middle, just like motorways elsewhere)

Currently in Veryan Cornwall, been here 4 nights , I enquired about the local beaches for my 2 hounds as the are getting a bit restless, ooh no not in your Moho , you’re going to be stressed!! Drove down here from Minehead and hit some tight spots, so not willing to take the risk again.

 

[Whippetsontour]

Whippets ( not on tour) atm !

 

[Apacheman]

Currently in Veryan Cornwall, been here 4 nights , I enquired about the local beaches for my 2 hounds as the are getting a bit restless, ooh no not in your Moho , you’re going to be stressed!! Drove down here from Minehead and hit some tight spots, so not willing to take the risk again.

There’s Carne Beach just down the road from you. The full size bin lorry goes down there so even if they haven’t cut the hedges it’s generally accessible in a Moho. Large National Trust car park, free to members. Nice beach. Keep straight down Pendower Road towards the sea. Turn left Carne Beach sign. Don’t be tempted to take the other route. That is very narrow.

 

[CWH]

Currently in Veryan Cornwall

Used to live just outside Veryan .....