silver_8

Hey guys..well i was just lo0kin at my car this morning while im at work...i was smoking a cigg. and lookin at the car and i JUST noticed it. Its not all that bad...but it just looks shity up close..im not sure how it happened...but it lo0ks like someone mite have cut it up cause i would know if i did that...but heres a few pics i snapped with my cell phone..




















it doesnt lo0k all that bad...but if u feel the bumper, it seems like a chunk of it is gone...so im thinking touch up paint....but its still mite not lo0k all that great....any help is appreciated! thanks guys!!!

oh and i got that 3m protection thing on my hood and fenders...seems like sum of it got cut off also...thanks again guys!!

silver_8

ya..i noticed. thanx for fixing em.

Chrisbert

Maybe something sharp flew up from the road?

silver_8

could be...i was thinkin that.. i dont know..im just sad...anybody think touch up paint will be alright??

NgoRX8

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I had something fly at my car and hit the edge of the passenger wheel weel. It took of the paint. I used touch up paint. No one would notice unless they're inspecting

silver_8

alright, well im gonna go to mazda this weekend. so im gonna just see if they can do summtin. thanx for ur help!

Aseras

I got one almost like that from hitting a can some jackass threw out their window.. the touchup paint cover it up PERFECT. I could not even find the scratch and had to look really hard to find it after it had dried. can't say the same for the scratch on my back bumper though. color is way off.

silver_8

Well im gonna try that and hopefully it will work. I hate that it looks like that! I just want to fix it already! Anyways…thanx for ur input! Appreciate it!

brothervoodoo

You probably got backed into, mine looked the exact same way after somebody with a trailer hitch backed into me. Luckily I was around and made sure her insurance took care of it.

silver_8

Man...thats what im thinking happened…im so pissed…but its cool…im sure they will get their Karma.. thanx man!

lshu

gee silver_8, how can something like that happen to your silver car? It's unheard of!

beachdog

On a chip that large it is going to be very hard to cover it smoothly with the touch up paint. You will have to build up the paint with a pinpoint or a microbrush. Leave a couple of hours between applications. Don't try to fill it all at once. Then, when it's all filled and it is inevitably a bit lumpy, use Langka to smooth it to perfection. langka.com

williamngRX8

now u have an excuse to put on ms bumper :D

silver_8

um...okay...did that feel good?

silver_8

well im goin to Mazda tomarrow...so we'll see what happens...thanks to everyone for helping! :D

Aseras

here's what mine looked like


here it is now

silver_8

what did u use? looks good!

DMBfan

I had something similar happen. I had a rock chip and then went to power wash the bugs off the car and it pealed the paint right off. When I was in for the recalls I had them look at it to see if it was under warranty. The called me back the next day and said they would get it fixed. The repainted the whole bumper and you cant even tell anything was wrong and the total price was $0.

I think it even added about 15 HP when they got it fixed

silver_8

holy ****! 15 hp!?! haha...well damn u went to a GENEROUS dealership! ill try that tomarrow when i go...but i DOUBBTTTT they wil fix it...

Aseras

mazda freebie touchup paint you get after 6 months...

Aseras

I am SO pressure washing my car now.... 7500 psi here i come.

Aoshi Shinomori

Uhh...correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a tad bit of overkill? Wouldn't 7500 psi rip the paint right off the car. Maybe you're kidding unless I'm way off base.

Aseras

yeah basically that's what I meant I know it'll take the paint off, hell last time it I used it, it took the top layer of concrete off my driveway...