can anyone tell me why i see a few cars about painted in a sort of light brown/sand coloured powder.
It is usually over the bonnet/hood and front wings, it is even sprayed over the headlights etc
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V-Man wrote:I think there is a practical point behind this mysterious sand colour paint on most Saudi plated cars (especially Jeeps)...
I think its some kind of anti- chipping protector...when they drive fast on the long barren desert roads towards the UAE, it protects the Glass of the Front Lights and the paint from small pebbles/stones!
rudeboy wrote:it keeps the car cooler especially the intercooler and the engine. most of the cars travelling through the souring heats of saudi have it. Long drives where the temperatures goes real high.
scarlet wrote:On the road from Al Dhaid to Masafi there were many shops selling children's playsets *swings etc) These were also painted in the same sandy coloured paint. Would certainly blend in with the sand pit in the back yard.