Paint wahhhaaahhhhhhhhhhh (stone chips) - Page 4

Topcat · 28th February 2008, 19:59

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Originally Posted by dragonglance

i am starting to wonder whether i should of asked to get the diamond brite treatment done to my car now, how much protection that would offer i dont know.

It wont protect against chips or scratches

dragonglance · 29th February 2008, 01:48

are there any other dieas people have as a retail buy to protect against stone chips, i mean i guess we are all looking for something here a bit similar to the concept of putting vaseline on a boxers eyebrow to cause the opponents glove to slip off on impact. Cool thing about that comparison is it makes us the boxer

dmacg69 · 2nd March 2008, 08:16

I picked up my new Type R in Milano Red yesterday, left the dealers and went a run to Pitlochry. Imagine how I felt after getting out to admire my new car in the sun and noticing 6 stone chips after only 68 miles.... was totally deflated and p***ed off so headed home gave the car a wash and found another 3 all on the bonnet, 9 chips in total in the space of 114 miles. Our 2 year old Mazda has covered the same journey many times and has over 12,000 miles and has 1 stone chip.

I couldn't believe it as I left plenty space between myself and other vehicles as had previously been reading this thread and never heard anything of any significance smacking off the car.

Think I'll be popping back to dealer on Monday to get pait thickness checked.

Does this make me the proud owner of "The Most Stone Chips in the Least amount of Time" award

FWH · 2nd March 2008, 08:22

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Originally Posted by dmacg69

Does this make me the proud owner of "The Most Stone Chips in the Least amount of Time" award

Most of us get chips, but not this bad.
I think you win.

brawnr · 2nd March 2008, 13:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmacg69

I picked up my new Type R in Milano Red yesterday, left the dealers and went a run to Pitlochry. Imagine how I felt after getting out to admire my new car in the sun and noticing 6 stone chips after only 68 miles.... was totally deflated and p***ed off so headed home gave the car a wash and found another 3 all on the bonnet, 9 chips in total in the space of 114 miles.

You must be gutted...my car is about 5 months old, and I have one stone chip for each month. I'm doing well by your standards!

Let us how how you get on at the dealers.

Honda need to do something about their paint. It's the one and only factor that would seriously put me off buying another Honda.

Munro · 2nd March 2008, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmacg69

I picked up my new Type R in Milano Red yesterday, left the dealers and went a run to Pitlochry. Imagine how I felt after getting out to admire my new car in the sun and noticing 6 stone chips after only 68 miles.... was totally deflated and p***ed off so headed home gave the car a wash and found another 3 all on the bonnet, 9 chips in total in the space of 114 miles. Our 2 year old Mazda has covered the same journey many times and has over 12,000 miles and has 1 stone chip.

I couldn't believe it as I left plenty space between myself and other vehicles as had previously been reading this thread and never heard anything of any significance smacking off the car.

Think I'll be popping back to dealer on Monday to get pait thickness checked.

Does this make me the proud owner of "The Most Stone Chips in the Least amount of Time" award

I have done 7000 miles now and collected a couple of stone chips - no more than you would expect. There are a couple of people on here that have had obviously poor quality paint - Topcat was one I think. May be worth a look at their posts for how they got the problem sorted. Hope you are enjoying the car otherwise.

Dimplyred · 2nd March 2008, 19:44

There is little that p***es you off more than getting your first stone chip on a new car.

But nine in such a short time of owning the car.

dragonglance · 3rd March 2008, 01:27

i dont know if anyone else has noticed this maybe it is just me because i have slated them so much, but i always hear the wack of a stone chip against my car or screen when i have a Fiesta infront of me lol

type s boy · 22nd April 2008, 17:32

got a vivid blue type s 6000 miles got 7 chips on it, costing £500 to get the whole bonnet rubbed down & re-sprayed to blend in with the wings. this is the only 1 of 2 faults with an otherwise luvly car, the other fault is they have stopped colour coding the all round trims !!! grrrrrrr

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29th February 2008, 01:48	#62 (permalink)
dragonglance Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 23rd February 2008 Location: UK Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	are there any other dieas people have as a retail buy to protect against stone chips, i mean i guess we are all looking for something here a bit similar to the concept of putting vaseline on a boxers eyebrow to cause the opponents glove to slip off on impact. Cool thing about that comparison is it makes us the boxer

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dmacg69 Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 11th February 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I picked up my new Type R in Milano Red yesterday, left the dealers and went a run to Pitlochry. Imagine how I felt after getting out to admire my new car in the sun and noticing 6 stone chips after only 68 miles.... was totally deflated and p***ed off so headed home gave the car a wash and found another 3 all on the bonnet, 9 chips in total in the space of 114 miles. Our 2 year old Mazda has covered the same journey many times and has over 12,000 miles and has 1 stone chip. I couldn't believe it as I left plenty space between myself and other vehicles as had previously been reading this thread and never heard anything of any significance smacking off the car. Think I'll be popping back to dealer on Monday to get pait thickness checked. Does this make me the proud owner of "The Most Stone Chips in the Least amount of Time" award

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Dimplyred Type R GT 09570 Civinfo guru Join Date: 24th August 2007 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 3,245 Thanks: 16 Thanked 40 Times in 40 Posts	There is little that p***es you off more than getting your first stone chip on a new car. But nine in such a short time of owning the car.

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dragonglance Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 23rd February 2008 Location: UK Posts: 207 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i dont know if anyone else has noticed this maybe it is just me because i have slated them so much, but i always hear the wack of a stone chip against my car or screen when i have a Fiesta infront of me lol

22nd April 2008, 17:32	#69 (permalink)
type s boy Valve Cap Join Date: 7th April 2008 Location: kent Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	got a vivid blue type s 6000 miles got 7 chips on it, costing £500 to get the whole bonnet rubbed down & re-sprayed to blend in with the wings. this is the only 1 of 2 faults with an otherwise luvly car, the other fault is they have stopped colour coding the all round trims !!! grrrrrrr