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stone chips

Postby honeymilky » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:59 am

Hope this is the right section to post this topic, but I was just wondering if anyone knows what can be done about stone chips? My mum has a black 2010 ES that she bought new last year and now, just over a year on, the paint looks like it's been totally ass whipped by stone chips. We live in Wollongong and she really only drives it on sealed roads so it's rather strange because before this she had a black celica and it never had this problem for the 6 years she drove it.

Is there a way to touch up stone chips or would it require a full repaint? And how can you prevent this... I have a 4 month old black lancer and if the paint looks like my mums after a year i think im gonna cry!

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Postby Striker82 » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:09 am

Hi Amy I think that the paint on all the newer lancers arent that crash hot they dont seem to have a decent amount of paint on them at all. What has been suggested to me is go to your local paint and panel shop and ask them to mix you up a small tin of touch up paint you will need to give them the paint code of course. you can apply the paint to the stone chips a number of different way I use a tooth pick! Just something I learnt off my Pop when he used to spray hope this helps.

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Postby milobob » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:59 am

The paint on mitsubishis is really thin, to avoid stone chips, you can't drive to close to the car infront on country roads. I know this because I drive country everyday.

Plus with the rain that screwd up alot of the roads, there are heaps of potholes and repaired surfaces with lose gravel everywhere, the new ones are the worse. I'd imagine most of the roads in and around Wollongong will be the sealed compacted dirt bitumen (very course and tends to erode after lots of rain). The worst roads ever made! The newer rubberized layered roads (in the major cities) are much smoother and quieter and last heaps longer.
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Postby honeymilky » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:09 pm

Damn Wollongong haha. I might try touching them up for her with a toothpick then and seeing how it turns out... cause no doubt ill be doing the same to mine -_- Thanks!

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Postby milobob » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:54 pm

Yea, you'll get over it soon. Trucks are your worst enemy. And cars with no mudflaps :P
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Postby Mizta B » Sun Jul 17, 2011 6:59 pm

Hi Amy
Stone chips are a sad fact of life with our crap roads and thin paint
I also touch my car up with cotton buds soaked in body colour that helps too,its not quite as messy
If you respray the car 3M has a clear stone shield protective covering that is clear and can be applied to the affected areas to prevent further damage to the new finish
I have seen it on a mates car - it works pretty well
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Postby Striker82 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:18 am

Mizta B wrote:Hi Amy Stone chips are a sad fact of life with our crap roads and thin paint I also touch my car up with cotton buds soaked in body colour that helps too,its not quite as messy If you respray the car 3M has a clear stone shield protective covering that is clear and can be applied to the affected areas to prevent further damage to the new finish I have seen it on a mates car - it works pretty well Cheers Chris.... :D
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Another good bit of advise the only thing to watch for is the fibers coming off the cotton bud and I prefer to try and match the level of the paint with a tooth pic rather then just dabbing paint on which leaves the paint chips cracked edges still visible this can be difficult to do but if you put to much paint on it can always be buffed out.

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Postby whitenight » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:20 pm

having the same problem has anyone used the touch up guys mobile stone chip repairs going to give them a go in the next couple of weeks so i will let you guys know how i go and cost.


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