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Rock chips on my 3 week old Corolla :(


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Hey Guys,

I am after some tips and advice on fixing up these 2 damn rock chips, they are around 3mm.

My Corolla is the graphite colour, so the rock chip stands out big time, and it just a sight for sore eyes.

I was provided with some touch up paint when I bought the car, and I have been reading around on the net, seems like the best way to fix these rock chip is to apply the touch up paint with a toothpick or something like that.

I know after the touch up paint have been applied it won't be perfect, but I want to get it fixed up as good as possible.

So any advice and tips is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers

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you can use touch up paint as a temporary fix. if the stones have penetrated the clear coat and chipped the paint itself, after a year or so you may get a light haze surrounding the chips as moisture and other contaminants build up due to weather. the best fix for it is a respray, but that can obviously be costly.

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you can use touch up paint as a temporary fix. if the stones have penetrated the clear coat and chipped the paint itself, after a year or so you may get a light haze surrounding the chips as moisture and other contaminants build up due to weather. the best fix for it is a respray, but that can obviously be costly.

oh crap, i got heeeps of stone chips, maybe using touchup paint will help protect moisture from getting in and around and making them worse in the long term!

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Get ppl like 'touch up guys' to look at it, they will do a more professional job than a average joe could normally :P

doesnt cost much and being a new car they could easily color match the paint...

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Get ppl like 'touch up guys' to look at it, they will do a more professional job than a average joe could normally :P

doesnt cost much and being a new car they could easily color match the paint...

Thanks for tips.

I actually called "Touch Up Guys" yesterday, and the fellow recommended me to do it myself, as its was only 2 tiny rock chips.

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