Cybertruck Cyberhiking - narrow trails with branches scraping my paint - or not ;-)

[Ixthus777]

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[GmP]

I did something similar during an off-road trip and while there are no visible scratches on the Stainless Steel, my mirror housing did not escape scratch-less. Yours?

“it is a truck”

 

[Kryptek]

Mine is scratched up from an Alaskan bush ride through alders last summer, it’s pretty significant at angles and proper lighting. It’s ok everything I own is a little fugly like me can’t have anything real nice it either breaks or I loose it if not

 

[HaulingAss]

I did something similar during an off-road trip and while there are no visible scratches on the Stainless Steel, my mirror housing did not escape scratch-less. Yours?

“it is a truck”

Over more than two years I've done a lot of bushwhacking through heavier (larger) brush than depicted above numerous times and my mirrors look like they would polish up just fine. The plastic does get scratches but the plastic is really hard so the scratches are not deep, just enough to change the way the light reflects. Some of the "scratch" is generally just color transfer from the branches acting like crayon. Three weeks ago I hit the side of a white painted garage door while pulling in and it left a bright white color transfer on the outside leading edge. It's been bothering me (due to how bright white it is). It was really on there, my fingernail couldn't scrape it off, so yesterday I took some 220 sandpaper and sanded the paint off. I followed up with some 600 grit but then got distracted with other projects. I'll hit it with some 1000 grit and probably polish it with a Dremel to get it to match. This is what it looks like in it's current state after two years of abuse:

Wait, let me wipe the rain off so you can see what it looks like dry:

Yeah, that sanded area sticks out like a sore thumb until I get around to polishing it, but most of the scratches I thought I had from all the bushwhacking have diminished or disappeared. I do see a couple of prominent ones. Keep in mind I have never done anything with my mirrors besides wash them with soap and water. Here's the left mirror (without wiping it off):

And after a quick wipe with a microfiber:

Nothing a light buffing couldn't take care of.

For reference, here's a video of the kind of bushwhacking I normally find myself in:



As others have noted "It's a truck". While I haven't done it yet, I will buff them out some day (probably only take 30 minutes) and I'm sure they will look perfect again.

Nothing like having a truck that you don't have to cringe over when the going gets a little rough!

 

[Oden's Beast]

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[Eka]

Somebody needs to make stainless steel mirror covers.

 

[HaulingAss]

Somebody needs to make stainless steel mirror covers.

That might be hard to make in black (and I like the black plastic). They are really nice looking mirrors compared to the black plastic ones on my old F-150. I think the plastic on the Cybertruck mirrors is a bit tougher (and the design is head and shoulders above the ugly, rounded rectangular F-150 mirrors).

 

[Cybergirl]

I took my mirrors off. Only the wheel flares show damage now.

 

[Cactusrick]

FSD that trail was easy enough just keep it high and not off road and it would drive that road

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