[Zhangster]

Sorry to see that accim.. think you will definately need to get some form of  mudflaps as soon as possible...

hey... that wont help...   i got em on.. and i have same problem

[penak]

Mudflaps AND the 3M Scotchgard Paint Protection on critical places is the friend of your car's paintwork.

This is a very common problem in modern cars, and several manufacturers do apply the protection film right at the factory, like KIA seems to do for Cee'd.

The mudflaps btw. are standard equipment in i30's here in Finland. But the protection film is not, which means I have to apply it myself to our i30CW.

Had very similar problem in my Fiat Stilo MW, after repairing the eroded paintwork in the problem locations, I applied the film, and after 4 years and 170 000 km's the problem has not reappeared.