I bought my car used last year, and it came with complementary rock chips (I think) near the rear tires where Infiniti puts the paint protector.

Anyone know why there's so much rash there, and how I can make it look better? It is possible to touch it up? The chips seem so small, but very frequent. Thanks

 

well you can peel the clear bra off and the paint under there will be flawless as for the other areas your pretty mcuh gonna have to have it re sprayed

 

How difficult is it for them to respray? Can they do just that small section, or will the whole panel need to be done? Trying to keep costs minimal

 

Are you sure thats not really dirty?

It looks like paint, since its on the clear bra.

can you feel the dents, or is it smooth or what?

 

I agree, they don't look like chips at all. It's strange that they would be just as consistant on the bra as the paint.

PS: your tires look ROUGH!

 

Now that I've looked at it again I must ask if those do happen to be rock chips where was that driven? It looks like it got sand blasted and another question. Is this on both sides?

 

It's on both sides. I bought the car last year from a single owner, and it came like this.

I also thought I could clean it up, but it's definitely pitted, I can feel it, and looking very closely, the paint has been chipped.

As for my tires, they do look really bad in that picture... though they're fine.

 

That's crazy, k guess the front bumper probably got repainted Before because it should have seen the same beating. I know turtle wax has a thing called chipstick it fills in the chips and then you apply the sealant over it, then I would clear bra over the Whole area .

 

I was thinking about that, or http://drcolorchip.com/

They state it's better for road rash rather than big chips.

Not sure if it's worth the price. They claim the paint is different than dealer touchup paint.

If I could dab the paint on a cloth, rub on the area to fill the rash, and remove excess, I could duplicate their process.

I just don't know if there is some special way to remove excess paint or not.

 

That Pattern does not seem like rock chips from the wheel. It looks way too straight and uniform, I mean it should start at the wheel well and go up, but there's that thin line between its really weird, you prob need a respray, or take off the clear bra see what it uncovers.

Take a pic outside in the sun with no flash, it might not look as bad ha, but its weird non the less.

 

The pattern is definitely weird.

I'll post a sun pic. Honestly, you can't tell in the sun from 5 feet away when the car is clean, but it bugs me.

 

^^^I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, I HATE LITTLE SCRATCHES. I think that you might be able to get some of it out with a claybar to tell you the truth, it doesn't look to be a big deal.

 

Clay barring a car only removes containments, not scratches. You are correct though to start with a clay bar, I'm assuming the OP washed the area already.

OP, throughly wash the area, then claybar it. Those aren't rock chips, it's too uniforms, looks like possible overspray or like you drove over wet concrete or something. If you don't know how to clay bar, then just look up a video on youtube. The clay bar I would recommend is Clay Magic Blue, which you can pick up down at Autozone, it won't break apart like Meg's does and it's more aggressive than Mother's.

 

I clayed it, but no improvement.

However, I used some Meg's Ultimate Compound by hand and was able to drastically improve the look. I'll post pics tomorrow.

 

Never ever have i seen rock chips in this patten. SO WEIRD. You can clean it up a little with compound, but its going to need re-sprayed to really fix it.