Stone Chips. :(

[Mila]

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?

[hainsey]

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

[The Bone Ranger]

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

[nat225]

simple preventative measure = keep distance from trucks / suv. dont tailgate.

[Mila]

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

[nat225]

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!

[Imolator]

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.

[Dutch77]

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.

[Idle]

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.

[Flipper Dog]

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).

[JustCruisn]

I think that Cressida was 1988, production run 1976-1992

[Idle]

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.)

[flight]

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...........

[Mila]

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.

[Merrick]

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.