Stone chips Ahoy! have you got more than this?

Post by **Welly** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:14 am

I waxed me Bonnet and noticed just how many chips there were

The whole bonnet is peppered with little chips, I don't think it was this bad when I bought the car 18 months ago, looks like it's still the original paint though.

How bad is yours?

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:55 am

Yep just as bad if not worse. You don't see them until you start washing/waxing/polishing the car... So moral of the story is: don't polish

neildavies · Post by **neildavies** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:53 pm

My old saloon had much more than that (131k on it when I got it), but it didn't bother me after a while.

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:10 pm

I polished mine a bit back and never noticed, Im sure there is some but they dont really show up on Samarkand Blue

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:13 pm

Mine's just nasty...

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:04 pm

more dents on my bonnet than anything else

muffindell · Post by **muffindell** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:13 am

You should see my front spoiler, it's not so much stone chipped but more like it's been sand blasted. The laquer doesn't shine anymore, it depresses me every time I clean the car. I was wondering if I sprayed it with a clear varnish if it would improve the way it looks or just make things worse?

PJ · Post by PJ » Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:43 am

Can't see mine for the dirt and dammed seagull droppings .

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:04 pm

My radiator grille and slam panel (bonnet lifted)

TooT · Post by **TooT** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:43 pm

Could this be the downside of slipstreaming wagons

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:29 pm

Could be, although it was nasty when I bought the car. So bad in fact that shortly after buying it I decided to get the windscreen replaced because it was so chipped it was actually opaque in direct sunlight!

ThePrisoner · Post by **ThePrisoner** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:42 pm

I got more scratches over my car than paint chips, and I put it down to the kids on my street little fuckers!

Pris.

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:12 am

Yeah my China Blue car was pretty obvious with the stone chips as they show up white on the paintwork!!!

Was originally a country car so it was kinda expected to be honest - can be quite a bit of loose gravel on some of the more rural roads around here, suppose its the same for you guys over there as well.

Don't have them anymore though, front got a respray when I ran up the back of someone!