My bonnet... It has a chip...

DanKo · 28th April 2007, 14:03

Erm..

Ive had the car for 1 week exactly now, and it has a chip mark on the bonnet, it happened on the 2nd day, so I go ask honda to fix it? or what? It also has super guard on it so it should protect the paint right??

What will you do?

Rapid17 · 28th April 2007, 16:15

It's part of the joys of motoring matey i'm afraid; i do know how you feel though.

Geoff.

mattfog · 28th April 2007, 17:42

Same with me, Danko. Day 3, and 2 stone chips on the bonnet directly above the red "H". Occupational hazard I suppose

. I've bought a Honda touch up stick and will see if I can remedy it. If not, I'll wait 'till I get some more and will then get them professionally done. I'm no expert but the Super Guard (or similar; I have Gard-X) protects the paint work from the elements only. It wont stop stone chips or light scratches.

THX1138 · 28th April 2007, 18:42

First little damages are the worst.
Scratched one of my alloys in the first week. That's even worse then a stone chip, since it's my own fault.

Depending on how big it is, I would touch it up with a color-stick. On black the light colored first coating is easy too spot.

gray52 · 28th April 2007, 21:36

ive got about 3 chips on my car, after 7 months and 4.5k miles, so not bad then? ive spent some time touching them up and to be honest **** would be hard pushed to see them.

just touch the chip in then t-cut it down to the level of the lacquer. the touch up paint is softer than your lacquer so you wont do any damage. just take your time, give the paint 10-15 min to dry, t-cut it and reaply if needed.

but make sure there are no waxes etc in the chip u want to fill or it wont take to well. when you have done, stand back and have alook, it will look 100% better, will not be perfect, but will save alot of money and if **** looks for the chip i bet they cannot see it.

give it afew weeks and i bet you even have to look twice to see it.

CopyCatz · 28th April 2007, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattfog

I've bought a Honda touch up stick

A touch up stick came with my car? It was in the glove compartment along with the manual.

Dawson · 28th April 2007, 21:57

Fill it, sand it, lacquer it, sand it.

paultoke · 30th April 2007, 12:43

I repaired 2 stone chips on the weekend 1 on my wing and 1 on my bonnet, then coming to work this morning some nice car in front shot a stone at my windscreen.

Now I have a chip right in front of me.

civic_jaso · 30th April 2007, 12:59

two stone chips after 18hrs of ownership on the wing ,did the repair myself but still i know there on the wing gutting.

blzb0b · 30th April 2007, 13:05

At the risk of being flamed.... why not just drive at a sensible distance away from the car in front? any stones kicked up will have landed on the ground again by the point the front of your car gets there....

TTDegs · 30th April 2007, 13:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanKo

..... It also has super guard on it so it should protect the paint right??

nope - which is why there are so many posts and threads about it in here, and whether or not it's good value.

paultoke · 30th April 2007, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by blzb0b

At the risk of being flamed.... why not just drive at a sensible distance away from the car in front? any stones kicked up will have landed on the ground again by the point the front of your car gets there....

At 60 MPH you will be travelling around 88 feet per second. Now bearing in mined that a stone is normally flicked up and out towards you at high speed.

Allowing for the flight of the stone and your speed a safe distance would be, at a guess 250 feet plus. That equates to 20 car lengths of the average car. Unfortunately if you leave a large gap like that someone will overtake you and jump in closing the gap down again.

dondon · 30th April 2007, 13:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by paultoke

I repaired 2 stone chips on the weekend 1 on my wing and 1 on my bonnet, then coming to work this morning some nice car in front shot a stone at my windscreen.

Now I have a chip right in front of me.

You can generally get this repaired FOC via your insurance company as it is in their interest not to have to replace the screen.

paultoke · 30th April 2007, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by dondon

You can generally get this repaired FOC via your insurance company as it is in their interest not to have to replace the screen.

Yes thank dondon Autoglass are on there way.

Habu · 30th April 2007, 18:42

You cannot safeguard against stone chips from vehicles you are overtaking or vice versa no matter how far behind the vehicle in front you are. And don't bother with VentureShield paint protection film as it's crap - over priced, over hyped rubbish.

DanKo · 2nd May 2007, 01:46

I went to the dealer today at Staffordshire to collect my foot mats, and while Im there I asked about the touch up paint, and they had 1 left so I bought it. They did say Honda paint has always been thin for the last few years (really do not know why..?!?) anyways on thursday I will get some fresh pictures of 'Before and After' with the touch up paint

robinfletcher7 · 6th May 2007, 19:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanKo

Erm..

Ive had the car for 1 week exactly now, and it has a chip mark on the bonnet, it happened on the 2nd day, so I go ask honda to fix it? or what? It also has super guard on it so it should protect the paint right??

What will you do?

Just on the off chance take it to your local dealer and ask them to check the paint thickness, it has been known for these cars to fall below hondas min requirments and you could get it re-sprayed under the warranty. Worth a try!! i didnt tell you this

sco77harris · 6th May 2007, 19:47

the word touch up strikes fear into me

DanKo · 7th May 2007, 12:31

I bought one of those so called ' Touch up' paint, and I applied it onto the chip, I tihnk I just need to polish it down to smoothen it ... what can I use? I tried using wax, dont look like it works ....

Dawson · 7th May 2007, 12:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dawson

Fill it, sand it, lacquer it, sand it.

Read my post...

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28th April 2007, 16:15	#2 (permalink)
Rapid17 Valve Cap Join Date: 29th January 2007 Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex. Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	It's part of the joys of motoring matey i'm afraid; i do know how you feel though. Geoff.

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mattfog Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 11th November 2006 Location: Mid Glamorgan Posts: 270 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Same with me, Danko. Day 3, and 2 stone chips on the bonnet directly above the red "H". Occupational hazard I suppose . I've bought a Honda touch up stick and will see if I can remedy it. If not, I'll wait 'till I get some more and will then get them professionally done. I'm no expert but the Super Guard (or similar; I have Gard-X) protects the paint work from the elements only. It wont stop stone chips or light scratches.

28th April 2007, 18:42	#4 (permalink)
THX1138 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 2nd March 2007 Location: Den Haag, The Netherlands Posts: 386 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	First little damages are the worst. Scratched one of my alloys in the first week. That's even worse then a stone chip, since it's my own fault. Depending on how big it is, I would touch it up with a color-stick. On black the light colored first coating is easy too spot.

28th April 2007, 21:36	#5 (permalink)
gray52 Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 23rd November 2006 Location: peterborough Posts: 991 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts iTrader: (4)	ive got about 3 chips on my car, after 7 months and 4.5k miles, so not bad then? ive spent some time touching them up and to be honest ** would be hard pushed to see them. just touch the chip in then t-cut it down to the level of the lacquer. the touch up paint is softer than your lacquer so you wont do any damage. just take your time, give the paint 10-15 min to dry, t-cut it and reaply if needed. but make sure there are no waxes etc in the chip u want to fill or it wont take to well. when you have done, stand back and have alook, it will look 100% better, will not be perfect, but will save alot of money and if ** looks for the chip i bet they cannot see it. give it afew weeks and i bet you even have to look twice to see it.

28th April 2007, 21:57	#7 (permalink)
Dawson Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 7th December 2006 Location: Turriff Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	Fill it, sand it, lacquer it, sand it.

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paultoke Valve Cap Join Date: 29th March 2007 Location: Suffolk / Norfolk Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I repaired 2 stone chips on the weekend 1 on my wing and 1 on my bonnet, then coming to work this morning some nice car in front shot a stone at my windscreen. Now I have a chip right in front of me.

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civic_jaso Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th March 2007 Location: newport Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	two stone chips after 18hrs of ownership on the wing ,did the repair myself but still i know there on the wing gutting.

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blzb0b Wheelnut Join Date: 17th December 2006 Posts: 99 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	At the risk of being flamed.... why not just drive at a sensible distance away from the car in front? any stones kicked up will have landed on the ground again by the point the front of your car gets there....

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Habu Valve Cap Join Date: 1st April 2007 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	You cannot safeguard against stone chips from vehicles you are overtaking or vice versa no matter how far behind the vehicle in front you are. And don't bother with VentureShield paint protection film as it's crap - over priced, over hyped rubbish.

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DanKo Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 7th August 2006 Location: Midlands Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I went to the dealer today at Staffordshire to collect my foot mats, and while Im there I asked about the touch up paint, and they had 1 left so I bought it. They did say Honda paint has always been thin for the last few years (really do not know why..?!?) anyways on thursday I will get some fresh pictures of 'Before and After' with the touch up paint

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sco77harris Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 5th June 2006 Location: stanmore london Posts: 974 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	the word touch up strikes fear into me

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DanKo Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 7th August 2006 Location: Midlands Posts: 541 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I bought one of those so called ' Touch up' paint, and I applied it onto the chip, I tihnk I just need to polish it down to smoothen it ... what can I use? I tried using wax, dont look like it works ....