When I purchased my rx7 it had paint chipping under the doors. I'm assuming this is from people dragging their shoes across it getting in and out of the car. It's gradually getting worse and would like to consider repair options and opinions. Would a blend work well here? Brush on? Any estimated repair costs? DIY?

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Matt

 

A good blend would include a larger area than the actual area that needs to be fixed in order to make it less visible to eyes. As it's a fender, repainting it fully would be a better option. Besides, blending doesn't work very well with old paint.

 

Not a fender. It's the rough looking paint surface below the doors.

 

err I don't know why I said 'fender'. The side skirt or whatever it is called )

 

I suggest having somehow smoothing area out.

Next paint some 3M door edge guards red and applying it over the area.

I had a detail guy mentioned it for my chipped edges on the door.

Would cover the missing paint and protect the are and protect it

 

That's actually not a bad idea. The edge guard would look functional and cover the bad spots :P everyone knows edge guards paint match like garbage! (At least they always stuck out to me)

I'll bring it to a shop and see what they suggest. I don't want to lose the rock guard coating, and I think a blend would work. But that would be a good "plan b"

Matt

 

What did the shop say? I guess a blend down there wouldn't be too noticeable

 

I think Dr. Colorchip can be a good solution. Just apply thin coats instead of just one heavy coat.

 

yes a blend would work there, a good body shop would have no problem blending the paint. No way on brushing anything on. Go to a body shop to get an estimate. I would not DIY unless I was good with painting/body work