stupid rocks
09-14-2009, 08:55 PM
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stupid rocks
gah. so i have an 07 vista blue car. daily driver, but i love the thing. the other day a rock came up and hit the side of my car. it took off the dern paint about the size of a dime near the door handle right where the driver's door meets the rear quarter panel, down to the metal. sticks out like a sore thumb. no dent, just chipped the paint. worth fixing or am i just letting it drive me crazy??
09-14-2009, 09:09 PM
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Yeah it would drive me crazy too. I would get it taken care of before it starts to rust. A lot of your local used car dealers use mobile car repairs. Try one of those or take it to a body shop.
09-14-2009, 09:52 PM
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Get some good touch up paint (good color match). Just fill it in. It won't be perfect, but it won't stick out like a sore thumb either.
I have a dime sized dent in my front pillar on the driver sides. Rock on the freeway. It chipped down to the metal AND dented it. I filled it in with some touch up paint from a body shop (ford and autozone paint DOES NOT MATCH for me) and I barely even notice it now. Before it was visible from 15' away.
I have a dime sized dent in my front pillar on the driver sides. Rock on the freeway. It chipped down to the metal AND dented it. I filled it in with some touch up paint from a body shop (ford and autozone paint DOES NOT MATCH for me) and I barely even notice it now. Before it was visible from 15' away.
09-14-2009, 11:34 PM
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get the touch-up paint and do it in very very slight stages.
apply a feather-thin coat.
allow to dry.
repeat until you've re-built the paint thickness up. if you are patient and neat, the spot will be pretty easy to cover-up and almost be invisible. be in a hurry and it will look like crap
apply a feather-thin coat.
allow to dry.
repeat until you've re-built the paint thickness up. if you are patient and neat, the spot will be pretty easy to cover-up and almost be invisible. be in a hurry and it will look like crap
09-15-2009, 08:40 AM
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That stinks. I had something similar and I was told they would have to paint the entire panel to do it right. I used touch up paint and it came out okay. Waiting to get another dent or chip somewhere on the panel to make it worth repainting.
