'fixing' rock chips in paint?
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'fixing' rock chips in paint?
Hey guys, I got a real good rock chip from a dump truck the other day. Is there anything I can use to fill it in? I don't like touch-up paint because it fades and looks ugly over time. I've seen various color "sticks" that fill in paint chips, has anybody used them?
-Matt
-Matt
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With an actual chip in the paint there's not much you can do besides the undesired touch up paint.
The only other real option would be to get the entire front bumper repainted, but I'm sure you probably don't want to do that. - which is obviously understandable.
Maybe try touching it up then throw a bra on? Or one of the new clear protective type bras?
Hope that helps, unfortunately there's not much else out there for rock chips other then the touch up paints...
-Adam
The only other real option would be to get the entire front bumper repainted, but I'm sure you probably don't want to do that. - which is obviously understandable.
Maybe try touching it up then throw a bra on? Or one of the new clear protective type bras?
Hope that helps, unfortunately there's not much else out there for rock chips other then the touch up paints...
-Adam
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get some touch up primer http://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch_up_paint.asp
sand it down and apply touch up paint. That's pretty much it.
sand it down and apply touch up paint. That's pretty much it.
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Matt, "SurroundedBySe7ens" is correct. Short of a repaint, touching the spot up is the best you can do. Here's another touch-up paint link you might want to check out:
http://paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/log_...cgi?AFFIL=1049
And you also might want to look into Langka. It's used to "smooth" the blob of touch-up paint in the scratch to level with the body panel and make it less noticeable.
http://www.langka.com/
http://paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/log_...cgi?AFFIL=1049
And you also might want to look into Langka. It's used to "smooth" the blob of touch-up paint in the scratch to level with the body panel and make it less noticeable.
http://www.langka.com/
Last edited by SpeedKing; 10-28-04 at 09:07 PM.
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Originally Posted by SpeedKing
Matt, "SurroundedBySe7ens" is correct. Short of a repaint, touching the spot up is the best you can do. Here's another touch-up paint link you might want to check out:
http://paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/log_...cgi?AFFIL=1049
And you also might want to look into Langka. It's used to "smooth" the blob of touch-up paint in the scratch to level with the body panel and make it less noticeable.
http://www.langka.com/
http://paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/log_...cgi?AFFIL=1049
And you also might want to look into Langka. It's used to "smooth" the blob of touch-up paint in the scratch to level with the body panel and make it less noticeable.
http://www.langka.com/
p.s. ever straighten out your exhaust?
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Originally Posted by SurroundedBySe7ens
Or one of the new clear protective type bras?
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Originally Posted by moehler
p.s. ever straighten out your exhaust?
That said, I no longer have the M2 exhaust! I traded it earlier this week to a local forum member for their Racing Beat duals. "Niiice's" FD was recently involved in a rear-end collision and her M2 exhaust got tweaked. Since M2 is no longer in the RX-7 business, she wasn't able to get a new exhaust from them, so she put up a WTB posting on the forum. We ended up swapping my M2 for her RB because 1) I didn't mind having an RB, and 2) both exhausts were relatively new (each purchased recently and each had > 1000 miles). To compare the two, the RB has nicer aesthetics, but the M2 has a nicer tone; it's much more deeper and aggressive than the RB, and even the burbling at idle sounded awesome. The RB gets a lot of raves, but I think that if people could hear both, I'm sure a lot of people would opt for the M2 when shopping for a stock-looking, quiet exhaust.
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