tiny paint chips
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 763
From: PA
omg I'm so **** about my car as I wash and was, yes wax, it every week spending at least 5hrs on the exterior alone. I don't have a garage and keeping the deep impact blue clean and shiny is pretty tough, and I currently have 11 chips in the 6 month old vehicle that drive me bonkers as I can spot them from 10 feet away.
I've tried touching up chips in the past with the small brush method but it always comes out horrible like a big bubble or doesn't fill it in all the way and looks out of place. Anyone have experience with the drchipcolor stuff? Is it as easy as their video shows and does it come out looking good?
I've tried touching up chips in the past with the small brush method but it always comes out horrible like a big bubble or doesn't fill it in all the way and looks out of place. Anyone have experience with the drchipcolor stuff? Is it as easy as their video shows and does it come out looking good?
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 348
From: CA
I have used Dr Colorchip. It works well, the hardest part is using the solvent they supply. Don't wait long enough and you remove the paint, wait too long and the paint is harder to blend. I mentioned a razor blade process that I have used for a few years now; an old body guy showed it to me. It's mentioned above, however my instructions may not be crystal clear without pictures.
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,952
From: Clermont, FL
i bought my car brand new off the factory and even though its getting old i try to maintain it like new and honestly i plan to keep it for the rest of my life.
im starting to notice i got some paint chips around the car that im assuming are from pebbles and etc on the road, like 10 all together, they are the side of tiny cookie crumbs and i doubt anyone else but me would notice but they are bothering the hell out of me lol.
im starting to notice i got some paint chips around the car that im assuming are from pebbles and etc on the road, like 10 all together, they are the side of tiny cookie crumbs and i doubt anyone else but me would notice but they are bothering the hell out of me lol.
I just got my mustang few weeks ago and I am thinking about getting new headlights.
The 2 I'm looking at are
1. http://www.americanmuscle.com/2010-h...lack-0509.html LED halo
2. http://www.americanmuscle.com/smoked...ghts-0509.html CCFL halo, but bigger
Idk though, I want a halo style to look more modern, and sometimes they look good and other times they look kinda odd to me... I may just keep my stock headlights and call it "Retro" Lol. What do you guys like?
The 2 I'm looking at are
1. http://www.americanmuscle.com/2010-h...lack-0509.html LED halo
2. http://www.americanmuscle.com/smoked...ghts-0509.html CCFL halo, but bigger
Idk though, I want a halo style to look more modern, and sometimes they look good and other times they look kinda odd to me... I may just keep my stock headlights and call it "Retro" Lol. What do you guys like?
So which is it? did you just get the mustang in Dec 2014 or brand new off the showroom floor. Cause there aint no way in hell you bought a brand new, never titled 2005 OR 2012 mustang (if you even have the v6) last Dec.
Why are you lying about stuff like this?
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 628
From: Eastern Tennessee
i bought my car brand new off the factory and even though its getting old i try to maintain it like new and honestly i plan to keep it for the rest of my life.
im starting to notice i got some paint chips around the car that im assuming are from pebbles and etc on the road, like 10 all together, they are the side of tiny cookie crumbs and i doubt anyone else but me would notice but they are bothering the hell out of me lol.
do you guys have rock chips? i looked up a few "guides" online and on youtube on using touch up paint - but honestly when i look at the before and after pic it looks like **** after they use touch up paint (reminds me of putting toilet paper on shaving cuts) and i dont think its worth repainting the call to "do it right" - so should i just leave them?
in the end paint doesn't really affect anything but resale value right? i used to be even crazier when i first got the car and I would wash the car every few days, dust it every night and replaced the garage flooring of my old place with marble and...ya...
but im getting older and dont care as much just want to enjoy it and keep it nice. i still maintain like crazy but now i just mostly do touch less washing, so it should be okay right?
im starting to notice i got some paint chips around the car that im assuming are from pebbles and etc on the road, like 10 all together, they are the side of tiny cookie crumbs and i doubt anyone else but me would notice but they are bothering the hell out of me lol.
do you guys have rock chips? i looked up a few "guides" online and on youtube on using touch up paint - but honestly when i look at the before and after pic it looks like **** after they use touch up paint (reminds me of putting toilet paper on shaving cuts) and i dont think its worth repainting the call to "do it right" - so should i just leave them?
in the end paint doesn't really affect anything but resale value right? i used to be even crazier when i first got the car and I would wash the car every few days, dust it every night and replaced the garage flooring of my old place with marble and...ya...
but im getting older and dont care as much just want to enjoy it and keep it nice. i still maintain like crazy but now i just mostly do touch less washing, so it should be okay right?
It's a tradeoff....
4th Gear Member
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 1,128
From: sweden
i keep mine the same.
but mine has about 4 tiny stone chips..i never ever drive on motorways and never drive close to other cars..i also have on tiny chip on the windscreen..
mine has gone 12k miles..i have been waxing it almost every week through the winter aswell lol...cant wait to wheel it out the garage soon and see the shine..
but mine has about 4 tiny stone chips..i never ever drive on motorways and never drive close to other cars..i also have on tiny chip on the windscreen..
mine has gone 12k miles..i have been waxing it almost every week through the winter aswell lol...cant wait to wheel it out the garage soon and see the shine..
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 12
From: Florida
Not sure what's going on between you and the OP, but you sure have been making a lot of angry posts...Did he break up with you or something?
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Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 874
From: Massachusetts
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 406
From: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Don't know anything about the OP .... but a trick I was shown many many years ago with touchup paint is tear a match out of a book of matches and use the torn end as the brush.
I guess you can still buy matches .... we have a big box of books.
I guess you can still buy matches .... we have a big box of books.