04-21-2015, 01:28 AM | #1 |
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Please help!
As you can see from picture, after i ran my car through automated "touchless" carwash, i see this chip right above left grille... I am not sure if it is from wash or it happened while i was driving. Anyways, what can I do to make this go away? Any comment is appreciated.
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Your options are fairly limited. If the chip is simply in the clear coat, you may be able to buff the area with a cutting pad and an abrasive polish. This will smooth out the damaged clear coat and make the chip less noticeable. If the chip is deeper or through the clear or the color coat, you're pretty much out of luck. You're going to have to fill the chip with paint/clear coat. Do a search for "Chip Repair" places in your area. My dealer had a guy who would come on-site to repair chips. He would fill the chip with touch-up paint and then wetsand the area to get the touch up paint level with the original paint. Then he would polish the area with a buffer and you could hardly notice anything was done. If you feel up to it, you may be able to take on wetsanding yourself, but if done wrong you can turn that very minor chip into an expensive bumper respray |
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Also might as well just call off whole xpel thing, now that I got a chip already.. |
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04-21-2015, 04:21 AM | #4 |
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this chip came from the road and not the wash. I know the feeling that sucks. I just saw a guy that got his car on a Friday and went to drop off at a place to do the bra and the windshield protectant and he got a chip in the windshield on the way to drop off his car (not an M4).
I already ordered my color match stuff and it is sitting in my garage (grill, markers, etc.) now if they'd just unload my car off the boat already! Already have a slightly flexible apt for a clear bra. I may just have the dealer NOT take off the plastic. the dealer is .4 miles away from the clear bra place. It seems you are upset about the chip and well, I would be too. but calling off xpel? really? So you are ok with another 2 dozen chips in the front over the next year or so? It's a dark color, chips will show. Ask the xpel installer to get the chip fixed for you. If it is clear coat, the xpel dealer can probably fix it. If below clear, they probably know someone who can fill and wet sand. Then they put the xpel on. with your dark car, with a reasonably good repair person, it will be very very difficult to see the repair. use a heat gun on the front reflectors. rears are easy. some fishing string or do the tape off and plastic pry. |
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04-21-2015, 06:09 AM | #5 |
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The first one is always the toughest. Grab a bottle of touch up paint and clear from the dealer and being it with you to hand to your xpel guy. Go back a day out two later and enjoy your car again
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04-26-2015, 03:18 PM | #8 |
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Dr colorchip works fantastic. If you apply it a few times you can build it up a little.
Just be sure and wait at least a week before installing a clear bra over it as it has to cure. I used dr colorchip on my wife's red Benz, then had Xpel installed two days later. Now there are tiny bubbles where dr colorchip is. They recommend two weeks before applying wax. Last edited by AYTifosi; 04-26-2015 at 07:23 PM.. |
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