Stone Chips

nlel1975 · 30 Sep 2024 at 16:18

Noticed these small what looks like stone chips on my car the other day. There's a very slight indentation around them...

Is it worth doing anything about them? Is there a danger of rust.

nlel1975 · 30 Sep 2024 at 19:28

Zaphan58 said:
They will rust eventually if its down to the metal.

Can’t tell if its down to the metal, if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be concerned.

nlel1975 · 2 Oct 2024 at 15:16

Diddums said:
Probably need a new panel, I'd advise emailing your local Smart dealer to ask them for a cost and parts availability.

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.

nlel1975 · 11 Oct 2024 at 15:58

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...

nlel1975 · 11 Oct 2024 at 16:16

Armageus said:
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.

nlel1975 · 11 Oct 2024 at 17:36

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.