1st winter and only 2/16 paint chips are rusting!

[Muskokan]

Hi friends,


So after cleaning the white bitch and finding my many paint chips, I was happy to find only 2 are actually bad enough to start rusting.

I was going to buy touch up paint for the chips, is this a job I could do or should I bring it into a body shop or something? Est. cost?

The above the side marker is a bit of a doosy, and that other one is right above the passenger front windshield.

You stay classy ft86club

[Muskokan]

Hoping this is easily fixed just don't have any paint knowledge ..

[Burrcold]

I don't understand why people don't get paint protection film, especially when driving in our climate.

[Superhatch]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

I don't understand why people don't get paint protection film, especially when driving in our climate.

In order to protect all the places that can get chips in the winter you're looking at bumper, fenders, roof. That's about $1500-2000 of clear bra if you get the good stuff. Even cheap stuff at a shady shop it's still $1000 min. Some people don't have that lying around right after they buy a car.

If he just did the bumper he's looking at $500 and it wouldn't have protected against any of the chips.

OP go hit up a shop to get those taken care of. They are only gonna get worse and on white it's an eyesore.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by Superhatch

In order to protect all the places that can get chips in the winter you're looking at bumper, fenders, roof. That's about $1500-2000 of clear bra if you get the good stuff. Even cheap stuff at a shady shop it's still $1000 min. Some people don't have that lying around right after they buy a car.

If he just did the bumper he's looking at $500 and it wouldn't have protected against any of the chips.

OP go hit up a shop to get those taken care of. They are only gonna get worse and on white it's an eyesore.

I'm not sure what your point is. So it's better to have to pay to repair rust now, than get it protected at the beginning? If $1500 is going to make or break you after buying a car, perhaps the price of the car was too much.

[Muskokan]

I went to two different body shops for paint protection film and they both said they could do the hood and that's it, to many contours and little gaps for the bumper to turn out good, so I thought It was pointless if I couldn't get the bumper.

Anyhow, so this couldn't be a simple clean and touch up paint in my drive? Any guesses on how much this would cost at a body shop?

[KPR10]

The roof one you could do if you had a fibreglass pen to rub the rust out. Then apply rust converter and touch up paint. I did that for a similar small chip on my car, it was just minor surface rust for me that came off easily.

[billwot]

A good auto detailer should be able to take care of those with no problem...$50-100. If you don't know one, ask your dealer/service department. They should be able to refer you to a good detailer.

[cjsporl1996]

how is the hood rusting? Its aluminum.

[Superhatch]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

I'm not sure what your point is. So it's better to have to pay to repair rust now, than get it protected at the beginning? If $1500 is going to make or break you after buying a car, perhaps the price of the car was too much.

Really...you're not sure what my point was?

ok.

OP, I did some chip repair on my wife's car and it didn't turn out too bad. If you're afraid of paint matching you can at least sand off the rust (a dremel is your friend!) and apply some white primer until you can have a pro do it. There are also a lot of good videos out there that go through step by step chip repair, worth checking out.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by cjsporl1996

how is the hood rusting? Its aluminum.

I believe he said the 2nd one was on the top ....


humfrz

[projek_01]

you aren't looking at the right places. I got mine done at a local shop and my complete hood, fender, bumper, a pillar, 1/5 roof are all protected without a single flaw in the 3M. Not a single person saw that my car was 3Med before I pointed it out. Also, I just drive my beater Celica because of all the salt we see on the roads.

Anyways, this is what I would do personally:

1.Take some 400 grit sandpaper and wrap it around the eraser side of a pencil.

2. Carefully take the sandpaper and remove the rust without scratching adjacent paint as much as possible.

3. Apply self etching primer to bare metal with a FINE tipped brush from the hobby store or Micheal's. If paint is not very smooth after drying, hit it with either 400-600 grit really gently to level it out.

4. Apply touch up paint from a body shop or auto body shop supplies store (ask if it's a water based or solvent based paint). If the touch up isnt smooth, hit it with some 1500-2000 grit carefully without sanding the adjacent paint.

5. If it is water based, you need to paint it over with a clear coat. If not, you should be okay.

edit* actually kpr has a really good method. a mix of sandpaper to level it out and the fibreglass pen should really give a 95% fix. a detailing shop should be pretty good at doing it if you aren't to comfortable.

Originally Posted by Muskokan

I went to two different body shops for paint protection film and they both said they could do the hood and that's it, to many contours and little gaps for the bumper to turn out good, so I thought It was pointless if I couldn't get the bumper.

Anyhow, so this couldn't be a simple clean and touch up paint in my drive? Any guesses on how much this would cost at a body shop?

[hmong337]

I have this too...

Another reason why I am considering plastidipping the entire car.

[Hawaiian]

You can get the paint pens from toyota/subaru. Exact paint match with clear coat for under $10.