FORD GT, KEEPING YOUR HIGHWAYS CLEAN SINCE 2017


texas mongrel

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
May 3, 2009
1,677
Houston Texas
This is ridonkulous! A few days worth of sucked-up crap. Going to try running without screens for a while and see how the double wrap handles it.
 

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Sinovac

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 18, 2006
5,862
Largo, Florida
Brave man.
 

Awsum GT

GT Owner '18
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 17, 2005
3,999
Carmel & Cntrl Ca
Wow! OEM tires or aftermarket?
 

Sinovac

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 18, 2006
5,862
Largo, Florida
The stock Michelins are very sticky.
 

Awsum GT

GT Owner '18
Mark IV Lifetime
Sep 17, 2005
3,999
Carmel & Cntrl Ca
understood, I removed mine and have aftermarket tires... not seeing that much garbage in my screens with the other tires
 

GTJack

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Oct 1, 2006
1,729
Saddlebrooke, MO
Yikes! Thank goodness for the screens. Assume you will report how double PPF layer will hold up to Texas gravel, sand, acorns, nuts, bolts, screws, empty shell casings...…..
 

Iconic GT

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Dec 30, 2017
708
New Braunfels, Texas
I’d say it’s NUTS, but all I see is the shells to nuts..... looking forward to hearing of your wrap results....
 

Stef

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 5, 2009
1,112
Southern California
The stock Michelins are very sticky.

They sure are, super sticky!
When K019 was delivered to me it was cold and had been for several days prior, so my cement driveway had no heat in it at all. Not that back east kind of cold, but still almost unbelievable how much grit right off the truck cold tires picked up in a 100ft driveway and cold.
 

roketman

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Oct 24, 2005
8,095
ma.
understood, I removed mine and have aftermarket tires... not seeing that much garbage in my screens with the other tires
I’m curious what you are using for aftermarket tires
Also how you like them
Dave want to hear please how the film holds up
Cheers
 
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ByeEnzo

GT
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Dec 10, 2005
2,302
Fort Worth, TX
I blow out the screens after a good drive. I use my shop vac running it in reverse. Cleans all the grit and rocks out.
 

Brombear

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
May 16, 2013
1,406
Frankfurt Area, Germany
Glad you didn‘t pick up any priuses :willy
 

AJB

GT
Mark II Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Jun 28, 2006
2,976
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
--I blow mine out with the portable blower.
--in 4000 miles I collected enough gravel to repave my driveway.
andy (ajb)
 

THamonGT

GT
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Amen Brothers, the double wrap can’t handle the crap the tires pick up! Put too many layers on the bottom of the doors and you can’t close the doors! All you guys with lightweights will pick so much gravel your ride won’t be considered a lightweight! I’m changing the tires soon!
 

MJSFRX

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 26, 2010
827
Carlsbad, CA
That’s a lot of stuff, wouldn’t have imagined.
 

Ed Sims

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Apr 7, 2006
7,926
NorCal
I plan on getting the hardest tires & putting something on them to make them really slick. That should keep those pesky little stones out of my screens!

Ed
 

Xcentric

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 9, 2012
5,213
Myakka City, Florida
You guys wrap your cars top and bottom, but don't bother to wrap your tires? Sheesh. I'll bet you forgot to wrap the brake rotors and pads too.
 

Biginch Blake

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Nov 4, 2008
993
Rockville, Indiana
I run Notto tires in cold weather and still collect all kinds of goodies. I added caned air to my car show cleaning bag, like you clean your computer with, you can blow out 90% if the collection with it. A really hard break check unloads most of it too. Always use the screens except on the track.
 

Specracer

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Nov 28, 2005
7,162
MA
As Blake said, I have used the brake pedal many times to dump a lot out. I tell the passenger "rock dump" and hit it.
 

roketman

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Oct 24, 2005
8,095
ma.
What are you guys using for aftermarket tires?
 

TO AWSUM

Ford GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 4, 2007
1,512
Niceville FL
Soon we'll be seeing them wrapped around telephone poles, bridges, etc. with hard tires just like we saw with some 05 GTs. Hope not, but you guys need to be more careful with those harder tires.