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  • Stone Chips. :(

    Not even a month with my new Golf R and now two small chips on the bonnet.

    Are paint soft on these cars? Mine is a Lapiz Blue R.

    Anyone got chipped paint on the front?

  • #2
    I have 2 chips as well one just above the badge and the inter about half war up the bonnet

    Can get a touch up kit on eBay but I wouldn't trust myself doing it haha
    2014 Limestone Grey Mk7 Golf R
    DSG, Leather, Drive assist.

    APR Carbonio Intake // APR Boost tap // APR Stage 1

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    • #3
      I have one on the bonnet of my nine month old, Pacific Blue Golf wagon. Opti-coated, too. It's the only mark on the entire car.

      One little white dot that screams at me every time I wash the car!!

      Andrew

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      • #4
        simple preventative measure = keep distance from trucks / suv. dont tailgate.
        Mitsubishi Pajero Sport - Super Select 2WD/4WD
        Toyota 86 GTS Performance Pack Moon Slate - RWD
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        • #5
          I do always keep away from dangers like trucks and trade vehicles etc... My 350Z i had previously since new on had 2-3 chips during 6 years of ownership!

          I guess the paint is a little soft on these. Either way I'm slowly getting over it and it is not that noticeable. Just enjoy driving the damn thing. lol

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          • #6
            then look at it as 'wear and tear'

            during my interstate trip, i kept my distance all the way but a truck decided to cut in front of me (i was on the left lane) and sprayed gravels rocks who knows what they were... i got a couple of large chips on the bonnett.. and a dent!
            Mitsubishi Pajero Sport - Super Select 2WD/4WD
            Toyota 86 GTS Performance Pack Moon Slate - RWD
            MINI Cooper S Clubman - FWD

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mila View Post
              Not even a month with my new Golf R and now two small chips on the bonnet.

              Are paint soft on these cars? Mine is a Lapiz Blue R.

              Anyone got chipped paint on the front?
              Its the result of using environmentally friendly water based paints, Mazda and Ford are worse if its any consolation.

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              • #8
                Possibly, but my Mazda has definitely fared a lot better on the stone chip front then either my Mk6 or Mk7 did over similar driving patterns - except the Mazda covered a lot more miles.

                I think you need to treat it as wear and tear, if you're ever out on country roads you cannot avoid being near trucks at some point - you'll get sprayed overtaking them or sprayed by them if you get overtaken.

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                • #9
                  The risk of stone chips is greater today because there's just more traffic to create them — plus in most areas the roads aren't being maintained to the standard that they were even a decade ago.

                  Also the shape of the vehicle has a great deal to do with where the chips appear — for more than 20 years I drove a 1998 (sorry — 198 3 litre Cressida — the paintwork hardly collected a mark, but within a few years I had to replace the windscreen, which had been absolutely sandblasted.
                  Last edited by Idle; 07-06-2015, 06:19 PM. Reason: Typo

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Idle View Post
                    for more than 20 years I drove a 1998 3 litre Cressida
                    Nice of you to come back to 2015 to post, any chance in letting us know who won the 2015, 2016 and 2017 AFL and NRL grand finals - great bragging rights there (and a few dollars on the side).
                    Flipper Dog
                    Now - T-Roc R, Audi Q5
                    Past VWs- T-Roc R-Line, Golf 6, 7 and 7.5, Touareg 7L and 7P, Passat B5.5, Polo MK3, Polo MK4 and GTI

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                    • #11
                      I think that Cressida was 1988, production run 1976-1992
                      MK4 GTI - Sold
                      MK5 Jetta Turbo - Sold
                      MK5 Jetta 2.Slow - Until it dies.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JustCruisn View Post
                        I think that Cressida was 1988, production run 1976-1992
                        The 3 litre came out here in late 1988 — a completely new car (here, at least,) model run 1988-1992, discontinued to boost Lexus sales. Prior model was a gussied up Corona II.

                        Mine was one of the first sold — still the best car I ever had (out of about 70-odd passenger and commercial) and occasionally I still miss it.

                        Went to the local dealer's for parts for a job — saw the new Cressida, took it for a burn up the freeway, come back and wrote a cheque on the spot. Never regretted it.

                        Traded for a Mk6 TDI in 2009, now driving Mk7 ditto, neither really measures up to the Cressida (passengers agree.)

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Flipper Dog View Post
                          Nice of you to come back to 2015 to post, any chance in letting us know who won the 2015, 2016 and 2017 AFL and NRL grand finals - great bragging rights there (and a few dollars on the side).
                          Beam me up Scotty...........

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                          • #14
                            Well, I'm getting over it a little but now kind of nervous every time I wash my car. I guess I can always paint it later down the track when it gets worse, in a few years.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mila View Post
                              Not even a month with my new Golf R and now two small chips on the bonnet.
                              the paint protection film is design to protect the front of a vehicle against the stone chips.

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