jcooke Member 272 Member For: 18y 2m 24d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane, QLD Posted 24/12/06 01:03 PM Share Posted 24/12/06 01:03 PM so I'm sure thers a lot of us out there who have a bunch of stone chips on the front bar / bonnet. I know the boys at your local paint n panel shops are always good at touch ups and what not but how do they do it? I knows more to it than just gettn a compressor, spray attachment and paint mixed, or is there? the stone chip touchups is the part that most interests me just wondering if theres any good reads out there for hints and tips.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 8d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 24/12/06 11:09 PM Share Posted 24/12/06 11:09 PM Just had mine done recently. Had to paint strip the bonnet and send bumper off to plastic bumper repair mob for stripping and fixing up a few undertray scrapes while it was there. Looked like my car had stone chips on front bar and it had just been painted over without actually filling the chips. This is very interesting because I bought the car new. Maybe it got chips from being on the transporter coming from Melbourne to Canberra.You can get a clear plastic film that goes over the front of your car that is supposed to protect from this sort of damage. Don't know how good it is or how much it costs, I think it has been discussed on the forum before, I saw an advertisement for it in an auto accessory type magazine I was browsing at the newsagent the other day.The other alternative is a car bra or course. These days you can get them colour coded to match your car and even get a XR of FPV logo on them. I had a (black) car bra on a previous car and personally found it more of a pain in the arse to pull on and off and it took up nearly the whole boot unless you spend the time to fold it up neatly. Also one of the folding metal tabs lost it's folding capacity so allowed a corner of the car bra to flap in the breeze with a potential to cause damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 24/12/06 11:42 PM Share Posted 24/12/06 11:42 PM I just got some paint chips fixed up as well by the touch up guys(if your in brisbane). They did an awesome job. Perfect colour matching. Not sure exactly how the guy did it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 10m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 24/12/06 11:50 PM Share Posted 24/12/06 11:50 PM The clear film that goes over the front of your car is about $695 for a Falcon.It is a bit Exey for plastic film, but it is custom cut to fit the car, and is also hard to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthy Member 13 Member For: 20y 3m 8d Posted 18/01/07 02:39 AM Share Posted 18/01/07 02:39 AM I just got some paint chips fixed up as well by the touch up guys(if your in brisbane). They did an awesome job. Perfect colour matching. Not sure exactly how the guy did it though.←How much did you pay? I have a few bonnet chips I would like to get sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMSXR6T Member 685 Member For: 19y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: CENTRAL COAST Posted 18/01/07 02:51 AM Share Posted 18/01/07 02:51 AM sorry for stealing this thread but doe's anyone no a contact in sydney who can do a front bar re spray... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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