CWP...should i respray? - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

humfrz · 04-17-2017, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Yes but same colour.. I always thought that white and silver are generally good colours that can tolerate some minor abuse as stone chips and scratches are more difficult to see.

Oh .......OK......

With my white FR-S, it's difficult for me to see any bumper scrapes or chips ...... why? Because I can't get down that low (and get up again) to see them ......

humfrz

JD001 · 04-17-2017, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh .......OK......

With my white FR-S, it's difficult for me to see any bumper scrapes or chips ...... why? Because I can't get down that low (and get up again) to see them ......

humfrz

Why strain, no need to go down and get dirty, get the following so you can checkout all your hard work whenever you want to feel good..

imnotsureaboutbrz · 04-17-2017, 03:19 PM

Pics of the rock chips? That was one of my biggest fears, especially since they don't salt roads up here they gravel them.

imnotsureaboutbrz · 04-17-2017, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 86geek

Save your money on a paint job and ceramic coat your car with Opti Coat Pro or Cquartz Finest then do the clear bra. That's $$$$ well spent. To repaint your bumper it's the blending of the color that will be the key factor. The color you have is not easy to match. Just my 2 cents!

you can't clear bra over ceramic coats, you have to coat over the bra...

JD001 · 04-17-2017, 03:24 PM

Whatever happened this stuff?

imnotsureaboutbrz · 04-17-2017, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Whatever happened this stuff?

Bikini tan lines are for women not cars....

Tcoat · 04-17-2017, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Whatever happened this stuff?

Instead of rock chips they just rubbed the paint right off at all the contact points!

Tcoat · 04-17-2017, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by xiaowudao

Hi all. Wanted to get some opinions on my situation.

Purchased a new 2017 BRZ in crystal white pearl about a month ago. Within a couple weeks it got some rock/paint chips on the front bumper. Looking back on it all, I should've gotten a clearbra or PPF done immediately... hindsight is 20/20.

Anyway, I'm considering getting the front bumper repainted and then the clearbra installed. There are about 4 small chips in the paint (about 2mm each...pretty small. I used the suby touch up paint pen but the results were poor)... and i'm pretty anal and if I were to do the clearbra, id rather the bumper be 100% perfect... however I also know the difficulties in getting a pearl white paintjob done correctly.

What would you guys do in this situation? Repaint + clearbra? or just clearbra and forget about the small chips.

As painful as those first few chips are you will get over it. Just leave it a while and they become invisible. If you really want to just touch up the chips and throw the bra on. Keep in mind that the clear bra is not indestructible either though. Any rock that hit hard enough will tear it and then you have little clear banners flapping in the wind. I am pulling mine off my hood this summer because the tears in the plastic look worse than the chips in the paint.

86geek · 04-17-2017, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by imnotsureaboutbrz

you can't clear bra over ceramic coats, you have to coat over the bra...

I never specified to do ceramic coating then clear bra.
But for Opticoat Pro you can put under or over PPF.
Dunno about other ceramic coatings.

Chronology · 04-17-2017, 06:28 PM

Why not just wrap the car? Or just the bumper?

MurderousPandas · 04-17-2017, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Chronology

Why not just wrap the car? Or just the bumper?

That's almost the idea of a clearbra. I think OP wants the OEM color and not to pay a stack for a wrap. If he touches up the paint, the clearbra will wrap over it and protect it while remaining clear to show the paint/color.

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xiaowudao · 04-17-2017, 07:13 PM

Hey all, thanks a lot for all the input. I think I will just touch up current chips and just clear bra over it. Seems like too much of a hassle to repaint.

MR2 · 04-20-2017, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Why strain, no need to go down and get dirty, get the following so you can checkout all your hard work whenever you want to feel good..

I think I saw an old man using that at my local watering hole...

dhuang · 04-22-2017, 04:30 AM

My respray results!

Pretty happy with how it turned out given how it was before -- 70k worth of rock chips, scrapes, bruises, sloppy touch up, spider cracks, etc.

Now scheduling a time to apply Xpel!

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