New Stone Chip Guard Technology
Discussion
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My car is going in for a respray on the 26th.
I'm interested, but I really need to see the finish of the paint with the stone-chip guard applied?
Are we talking about the stuff you see along the lower parts of some modern cars. It gives a fairly rippled effect to the paint, but does reduce the chance of stone chipping?
-andy-
Why are you having the respray, your car is not that old, is it ?
No its not, but if you look at the front of the car it looks 4 times its age.
The number of stone-chips is horrific. Mole Valley have seen the car and although I didn't directly ask them whether it was normal and if it could be repaired under warranty, they didn't seem that shocked. I've seen a few Tuscan's and they do chip quite readily.
I'm hoping, as was the case with my last car, that once the stone-chips have been repaired with a respray that it will resist a little better. I know that the respray I had on my last car was a lot stronger than the factory finish.
-andy-
The number of stone-chips is horrific. Mole Valley have seen the car and although I didn't directly ask them whether it was normal and if it could be repaired under warranty, they didn't seem that shocked. I've seen a few Tuscan's and they do chip quite readily.
I'm hoping, as was the case with my last car, that once the stone-chips have been repaired with a respray that it will resist a little better. I know that the respray I had on my last car was a lot stronger than the factory finish.
-andy-
quote:Do you mean this stuff?
Err maybe I'm being dim here, but I used Gravel-guard on the frontend of the beetle when I sprayed it which sounds exactly like what you have been describing. It goes under the paint and if you get it on cleanly you can't see its there... and that was a developed years ago..
MC
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quote:Do you mean this stuff?
Err maybe I'm being dim here, but I used Gravel-guard on the frontend of the beetle when I sprayed it which sounds exactly like what you have been describing. It goes under the paint and if you get it on cleanly you can't see its there... and that was a developed years ago..
MC
Err thats not it I dont think.. I think it might have been GravelGard or GravlGuard or some other spelling.. came in black tins with blue writing.. Mind you saying that, the descrption is very similar and they may have branded it a bit different in the UK..?
Cheers
Matt.
>> Edited by M@H on Wednesday 21st August 17:04
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No its not, but if you look at the front of the car it looks 4 times its age.
The number of stone-chips is horrific. Mole Valley have seen the car and although I didn't directly ask them whether it was normal and if it could be repaired under warranty, they didn't seem that shocked. I've seen a few Tuscan's and they do chip quite readily.
I'm hoping, as was the case with my last car, that once the stone-chips have been repaired with a respray that it will resist a little better. I know that the respray I had on my last car was a lot stronger than the factory finish.
-andy-
Andy,
The front of my Chim is the same, horrifically chipped. I directly asked my dealer if this was normal and got the response 'yes, it seems to be the case since they started using water based paints' so thats basically the crux of the matter.
I think its $hit personally but I'll put up with it no doubt.
Matt.
I'm paying for it...
And plotloss, that's the same response I got when I enquired about the chips on my MX-5. It's the new water-based paints that all manufacturers have to use.
Apparently bodyshops, because they do a lower volume, can get away with using Cellulose paints still. I know that the MX-5 when it was resprayed resisted chips a hell of a lot better. It too looked awful within the first 12 months on the factory finish...
-andy-
And plotloss, that's the same response I got when I enquired about the chips on my MX-5. It's the new water-based paints that all manufacturers have to use.
Apparently bodyshops, because they do a lower volume, can get away with using Cellulose paints still. I know that the MX-5 when it was resprayed resisted chips a hell of a lot better. It too looked awful within the first 12 months on the factory finish...
-andy-
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I spoke to the bodyshop chap who did my FER, and he said it is possible to put a plastciser in the top coat, which flexes rather than flakes, whn hit by stones. the downside is that you cannot get the same sort of shine to the paint, and it's quite expensive. But it does work.
Its also bloody horrible stuff, its a marvellous chemical that sticks to the inside of your lungs if you inhale it while spraying. I had an XR2 years ago and the black rubbery bits I wanted colour coded shiny black, the company I worked for did it and they were a seriously high volume bodyshop and even they said never again.
Matt.
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