Hey guys, I got a real good rock chip from a dump truck the other day. Is there anything I can use to fill it in? I don't like touch-up paint because it fades and looks ugly over time. I've seen various color "sticks" that fill in paint chips, has anybody used them?

-Matt

 

With an actual chip in the paint there's not much you can do besides the undesired touch up paint.

The only other real option would be to get the entire front bumper repainted, but I'm sure you probably don't want to do that. - which is obviously understandable.

Maybe try touching it up then throw a bra on? Or one of the new clear protective type bras?

Hope that helps, unfortunately there's not much else out there for rock chips other then the touch up paints...

-Adam

 

Thanks for the reply . Actualy it's not on the front bumper. The rock came from the side and hit my car on my rear hatch! I was hoping there is some sort of "filler" or something.

 

get some touch up primer http://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch_up_paint.asp

sand it down and apply touch up paint. That's pretty much it.

 

^ Thanks for the link! .

 

Matt, "SurroundedBySe7ens" is correct. Short of a repaint, touching the spot up is the best you can do. Here's another touch-up paint link you might want to check out:

http://paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/log_...cgi?AFFIL=1049

And you also might want to look into Langka. It's used to "smooth" the blob of touch-up paint in the scratch to level with the body panel and make it less noticeable.

http://www.langka.com/

 

or touch up paint ??

 

Thanks for the info, SpeedKing .

p.s. ever straighten out your exhaust?

 

I heard that 3M makes a special protective layer that you can put over your bumper (maybe other parts) to prevent rock chips in the event you do decide to repaint. Unfortunately I believe that it was rather pricey.

 

Hey Matt, the exhaust wasn't as bad as I made it out to be. The tips lined up with the "arch" underneath the bumper perfectly, but it looked a little off when compared to something level and straight like the ground or the bumper. It all depended on the angle you were looking at the car, and I was being more nitpicky than anything else.

That said, I no longer have the M2 exhaust! I traded it earlier this week to a local forum member for their Racing Beat duals. "Niiice's" FD was recently involved in a rear-end collision and her M2 exhaust got tweaked. Since M2 is no longer in the RX-7 business, she wasn't able to get a new exhaust from them, so she put up a WTB posting on the forum. We ended up swapping my M2 for her RB because 1) I didn't mind having an RB, and 2) both exhausts were relatively new (each purchased recently and each had > 1000 miles). To compare the two, the RB has nicer aesthetics, but the M2 has a nicer tone; it's much more deeper and aggressive than the RB, and even the burbling at idle sounded awesome. The RB gets a lot of raves, but I think that if people could hear both, I'm sure a lot of people would opt for the M2 when shopping for a stock-looking, quiet exhaust.