Stone Chips
- Thread starter nlel1975
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Can’t tell if its down to the metal, if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be concerned.
I know you are only taking the **** but even if I did need a new panel it wouldn't really be feasible as the chips are on the Tridion safety shell as pictured...
Anyway they look much smaller in real life. I'm sure a SMART repairer would be able to do something with them but not really worth it unless there's a real risk of rust in the near future.
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Soldato
If you get a touch up kit for your paint colour, using a cocktail stick to fill the stone chips works well.
Man of Honour
I look forward to the ending of this adventure where a whole new car is purchased to resolve this issue.
I doubt it, we're going to see about 15 threads about how to remove scratches, he'll spend upwards of a grand and then still end up replacing the chassis only, while questioning every single nut and bolt used in the process
Soldato
might be better to scratch up the whole panel so you dont see them
have you tried Chipex? always looked good but the couple of times I've tried it it was absolutely rubbish
Not personally. I have a few stone chips to sort myself so I was looking into them recently, from the few YouTube videos I watched it looked good. But I suppose real life maybe a different thing and requires a steady hand.
Don
So now you're trying to convince us that you don't need to do anything about your stone chip, based on how a Pizza delivery company treat their delivery vehicles (that likely have a limited life span before they are replaced with newer models)?
Either get a touch up pen, or don't, but please move on with your life and not dwell on such insignificant things - it's not healthy
Either get a touch up pen, or don't, but please move on with your life and not dwell on such insignificant things - it's not healthy
Not dwelling on anything just saying.
Some touchup paint and forget about it. You'll never have pristine paintwork if you actually use the car. At least the UK isn't like France, where everything has dents in it.
Give up being precious about paintwork unless it's a show car. My Elise has stone chips all over the place because the paint is about 1 Planck unit thick, it's pointless trying to fix/protect them all.
Give up being precious about paintwork unless it's a show car. My Elise has stone chips all over the place because the paint is about 1 Planck unit thick, it's pointless trying to fix/protect them all.
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Dominos opened here in August 2017. I guess they bought their fleet of Smart cars new in 2017. Probably bought them because they have decent fuel economy and you don’t need anything big to deliver pizzas, they are still using them today. Their drivers must be animals.
As far as I know they’ve only got two Smart cars and another decked out in Dominos livery which I think is a Ford.
As far as I know they’ve only got two Smart cars and another decked out in Dominos livery which I think is a Ford.
Soldato
Omg look at the state of that car, it looks like the front and rear ends have both been smashed leaving it barely half the size of a normal car!Here's a photo of one of dominos fleet. Its in a lot worse condition than mine and I doubt they plan to do anything about it...
