Paint wearing off under hood?

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kad

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Anyone else have the paint wearing off on the underside of the front corners of the hood? It looks like it's rubbing on the radiator shroud. Same spot, both sides. I noticed it last night. Cleaned the area and applied touch up paint this morning, once that's dry I'll put a piece of 3M paint protection film over each spot. Not a difficult fix, but I found it odd. I'm wondering if it's from the hood flexing downward in the corners at speed? There is already a piece of protective film on the hood where the actual rubber bump stops are, but these are further towards the outer edges of the hood.

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I haven't seen this yet but I am betting it's from the flimsy shroud lifting in the wind to rub on the hood and not the hood flexing.
 

Mineralram

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Common issue, all 3 of my past 4th gen rams had the issue

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Luckily the hood is aluminum (at least it is on the '17s) so it won't rust
 
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