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06-27-2023
Have PPF under crease of all doors as well as rockers and arches. No issues. Was starting to get chips after a few 100 miles so had it installed asap. I could hear the tires slinging up any road debris as they are like glue. (P Zero).

Idk if Michelins have the same issue.

Wife has G05 with same dimension Pirellis on the 22” bmw wheels and zero chipping issue. Never hear stuff slinging against her car.

The tire difference seems to be the ZR on the M and R on the G05.

This is sticky M summer tire issue IMO. Things are like fly paper.
06-27-2023
Dgjo2022X5MC wrote

Idk if Michelins have the same issue.
I had the P zero from Factory now on Michelin PS4S. I find the Michelins far worse for slinging grit.
06-29-2023
I am the second owner of my own vehicle and the first owner had everything installed prior to delivery of her vehicle 75 year old woman owned my car before me and put very gentle miles on it. I literally had to break the car in! Long story short, the car has 70,000 miles it’s a 2017 the car is immaculate. It has complete PPF all over the entire vehicle. Not a single Nick scratch ding dent nothing except for these issues on the bottom corners of the doors it is because of a manufacturing flaw. The tires are too wide for the vehicle. Everybody will be experiencing this once they go up in mileage, especially in the summer and or winter.- sandier areas especially more and or any road with fine sand and or silt or dust - I will include pictures of the car washed tomorrow with as a matter of fact, let me see what I have currently- this is the bottom corner of this vehicle. I’ll include other pictures. The vehicle is truly flawless and is a gorgeous car. The only flaws it has is the slight road hitting the bottom part of the PPF that’s it and there is a tiny nick in the PPF by the front door which is actually buffable I kid you not PPF is waxable, and also polishable - let me know what you think thank you everyone good luck with everything any and all comments would be appreciated and I’m more of a stick together because this problem I think we will all be seeing especially up in the north east, and or the south or California Nevada also, OK I can rifle off 10 more but this is enough lol
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07-05-2024
Alan l. wrote
Does PPF show chip marks or does it "heal" itself?
No, the PPF gets beat-to-hell too. F85 & F95, I've had both F95 is worse!
I like the car so much I think I'm going to have the whole front clip repainted rocker panels and lower doors, wheel arches too. 18,000 Miles, it kinda totally sucks to have to do this in a big way:mad0260::confused2
07-05-2024
The solution is finding some dog gone mud flaps that fits....:mad0260:
07-05-2024
I have a 2025 x5mc and am IN if someone finds a good solution! Car is getting full ppf now.
07-09-2024
It’s been echoed already in this thread that mud flaps would help to mitigate this since it would then take the impact before the sides of the vehicle (provided the offset of the wheel doesn’t poke past the flaps).
07-11-2024
So let's get some flaps!
07-27-2024
The bottom of my doors on the F95 are blasted at 40k miles, but with the truck lowered, you can only see when it is on a lift luckily. Not sure if paint correction could fix mine, probably needs a repaint...
07-27-2024
The bottoms of mine were blasted and looked terrible after 1 year. I did lower the car and add spacers so im sure that didnt help. My next one im going to PPF the high impact areas to prevent this from happening.

I ended up wrapping my car to satin dark grey because the black paint underneath was so bad on the lower doors
10-03-2025
Just discovering this thread. 21k miles and areas behind wheels are beaten to hell. Does it even make sense to get PPF now? My understanding is that the film won’t adhere to chipped areas and if it’s clear, will show through the film anyway.
04-02-2026
Just found this thread while trying to find a solution to my car.

Here are photos of XM 4000 miles. This is city driving btw. It's so bad I wasnt even sure if it was rock chips or damage (Car was in shop).

Funnily enough, based on what I can find on the internet. This doesn't seem to be a widespread problem. Even on X5's or X5M's i can't find a lot of complaints or posts about it. The occasional one on the body yes, not 1000 sandblasted onto your doors.
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04-02-2026
Sorry to spoil the VIP party, but this so called "prob" isn't exclusive to the X5. My Tesla Model S Plaid has the same issue. So does my M4. You got sexy fenders that bulge with wide tires and stickier rubber, it's going to get peppered.

Simple solution. Get it protected and keep tabs on it. Otherwise, just remain oblivious to it like 99% of other X5 owners in the wild.

The car is a consumable. Enjoy.
04-03-2026
Yupstate wrote
Mudflaps! This is what my wife's Volvo has but I don't think most folks want that on their "Sports car" (SAV).
"Rock guards and mud flaps both protect vehicle paint from debris, but differ in material, size, and coverage. Rock guards are generally smaller, rigid plastic panels designed to protect against stone chips with minimal visual impact. Mud flaps are larger, flexible, and better at shielding from mud, snow, and heavy debris."


Edit: Here's a side view, but still not very noticable.
https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31835356&postcount=49

Then here's a front/side view. They're worth saving your paint unless you go PPF.
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