Solution for small car chips

[Rick Segui]

I have a 2007 Aston Martin Vantage in onyx (metallic) black. I recently had the bonnet and front wings resprayed because of small chips. I considered the PPF film but is was as expensive as the replay.

I have done a Spain UK run and there we go.....more very small chips

Is there a magical product solution to hide the chips. I know there might be some cheeky comments but hey no harm in trying.

[GeniusOfLove]

I consider them signs of a life well lived, like smile lines on someones face.

You'll go mad or end up like the toothbrush detailing brigade if you go too far down this road. PPF is effective but as you say it's expensive, aside from that all you can do is ignore it or get the car painted periodically.

[Tommie38]

Rick Segui said:

I have a 2007 Aston Martin Vantage in onyx (metallic) black. I recently had the bonnet and front wings resprayed because of small chips. I considered the PPF film but is was as expensive as the replay.

I have done a Spain UK run and there we go.....more very small chips

Is there a magical product solution to hide the chips. I know there might be some cheeky comments but hey no harm in trying.

Appreciate this is likely to be no help at all… but how closely do you drive to other cars?

I keep a reasonable distance from the car in front, not miles but more than average on the motorway, and get very few stone chips.

[Pica-Pica]

Tommie38 said:

Rick Segui said:

I have a 2007 Aston Martin Vantage in onyx (metallic) black. I recently had the bonnet and front wings resprayed because of small chips. I considered the PPF film but is was as expensive as the replay.

I have done a Spain UK run and there we go.....more very small chips

Is there a magical product solution to hide the chips. I know there might be some cheeky comments but hey no harm in trying.

Appreciate this is likely to be no help at all… but how closely do you drive to other cars?

I keep a reasonable distance from the car in front, not miles but more than average on the motorway, and get very few stone chips.

I find that makes little difference. I believe there are more loose chippings on minor roads.

[mrbigshot]

You could try the Chipex paint chip repair system, I’ve used it recently and whilst it’s not perfect you have to get close to the paintwork to notice, I think a kit is around £40, the best tip I can give whilst using it is prep and patience, just take your time, on their website if you put in your reg number it can ID the paint code from that.

[ferret50]

mrbigshot said:

You could try the Chipex paint chip repair system, I’ve used it recently and whilst it’s not perfect you have to get close to the paintwork to notice, I think a kit is around £40, the best tip I can give whilst using it is prep and patience, just take your time, on their website if you put in your reg number it can ID the paint code from that.

Thanks for this, just ordered a kit to try on a scar on the camper!

[Longy00000]

Chipex and Dr Colorchip are excellent products for 'road rash' , those tiny little white flecks that come through your otherwise gleaming paint.

The larger the chip or battle scar the less effective they are, though still better than most off the shelf touch up paint.

My preference over the years has been Dr Colourchip. My advice is that sometimes you may need more than one coating and don't be too firm when using the solvent agent as it can just lift the paint black-out the chip. Gently does it.

As for the car......ppf every time. I got sick of spending days, yes days, sorting out my paintwork at the end of every summer before putting to bed for winter. Eventually sucked it up and just paid for a 'track pack' ppf which is basically all the forward facing areas of the car. So much easier and the quality of the film is next level compared to the stuff from just 7 or 8 years ago. Super glossy so matches perfectly with the panels it's not applied to. No damage since.
I quite literally gave it a good wash, a nice drying and parked her up in the garage on Halloween with her dust cover fitted until 01st March when I will likely put her back on the road.