Rod hit me!

[javadude]

This morning on the way to work the car in front threw up something like a small metal rod from off the road. I now have scrape marks on the front grill and up across the bonnet and wing with a chip of paint off the wing too. :( :( :(

[Jimmy Ten Toes]

Nightmare, just B4 JAE aswell. Too deep to T-cut out?

:(

[Zee007]

Bad luck mate... Thats a real bummer :(

Good point JTT - T-cut no good? I'm sure we'll get it looking spot on again at JAE mate... Don't you worry! :)

[ricky_is200]

You don't seem to have much luck do you! You seem to be forever having something hit you. Maybe its time to start taking the bus...

[Steven]

Did you get the number from the car in front? you can still make a claim!

[javadude]

You seem to be forever having something hit you. Maybe its time to start taking the bus...

Yea - motorbikes, bad parkers, now metal missiles. Should have bought a skoda!

Did you get the number from the car in front? you can still make a claim!

Yes? Surely not? Really? Oh - didn't get his plate. :(

Too deep to T-cut out?

Dunno. I'm going to give it a try....

[JOHNNY-BOY]

You could always try "ChipsAway" I have seen some good work done by them.

[javadude]

I don't believe it - I t-cut the area and the scratches are almost completely gone! :) :) :) They looked awful. I've used touch up paint on the chip - 2/3rds the size of a 5p and that's the only bit thats still noticeable. I'll put another coat then laquer and try to get it to the same depth as the rest of the paint. Hopefully it'll be less noticeable then or else I'll get ChipsAway to give it a proper go (thanks jonny-boy). Phew - it's not nearly as bad as I thought! :sniff: :bounce:

[ricky_is200]

It never seems to work for me! I've got quite a few scratches and no amount of T- cutting seems to get them out :(

[javadude]

The deeper ones just don't shift but it's surprising how much it does shift odd grazes. Perhaps the paint is better for some colours, years etc. I don't seem to suffer as much with stone chips as some people - perhaps silver jan 2000 was a good vintage?

[Ezzer]

Had bad experiences with Chipsaway on a Merc ML-320 silver. bad job on the rear wheel arch just before the rear door. all buldged out and paint is like a badly painted/prepared concrete wall.

As for the T-cut... haven't dared to try yet since the IS paint is so useless..... Is it any differnt when using it on the bumper bits and the metal bits?

[javadude]

Had bad experiences with Chipsaway on a Merc ML-320 silver. bad job on the rear wheel arch just before the rear door. all buldged out and paint is like a badly painted/prepared concrete wall.

Thanks for the comment. They can't do much worse than my touch up job on the chipped paint. I'm going to go through the RAC for added come-back. I'll let everyone know how it goes.

Is it any differnt when using it on the bumper bits and the metal bits?

I've had good results on both plastic (rear bumper) and metal (bonnet).

[Ezzer]

Hope it all goes well mate.....

I have bad scratches on both bumpers from idiots when parked on the street, And it's amazing to see how weak the paint is there, might go to the dealer to get them both resprayed (yes, it's that bad!) before I have to sell it.

good luck