I am asking this question because I have only had the car for officially ONE year now, and my front bumper is swiss cheese. I do drive on the mountain roads here at Virginia Tech for fun, and I often make trips to New Jersey and Delaware to see family on the interstate (die RT81 die). I try to drive behind people...and away from trucks but it seems the RX-8 is a magnet for rocks.

My car is currently in the shop getting the shine auto kit fitted and whatnot...and I KNOW it's going to **** me off having my lip shinier than my bumper (no pun).

Since my car is a SS, the chips actually look gray against the bumper...and I don't think touch-up paint would look all that better.

What do you guys think? Should I get a repaint ($500?) or should I get some Mazda touch-up and be a man?

Either way...I think I will have to pony up for a clear-bra...just wish they weren't dumb expensive.

 

Since it's in the body shop already get it sprayed I vote renew it and before hitting the highway get that clear bra! We had one done on our prev. car for $300. You can order kits yourself from ebay for a fraction of that.

A friend did his own that way and he rated it a 5 out of 10 on the trained monkey scale, it wasn't "perfect" or quite as nice as what we had done but all he had in it was a few hours and I believe about $50. And his (and our) front end survived several years on the highways with NO real damage.

 

Repaint and clear bra but you have to wait about 30-60 days before putting the clear bra on. See my group buy for the clear bra.

 

Thanks for the info...will do.

 

Touch up will show up depending on what angle you look at it... I know because my bumper looks pretty chipped up as well. Def get the clear bra if you get a repaint....
I still havnt been able to justify the cost of a repaint to myself yet, but Id like to be able to at some point