As stated in the Morning blog, I'm getting a few things taken care of before Show season comes, Mainly some nasty rock chips/dings.

Here's a few pics of some.

First is the driver's side, i got door-ed by someone.



Can see it clearly in this pic.



Next is a rock that slammed the front. Cracked the plastic license plate holder as well.



Gnarly scratch as well



And then this one last week on the hood, gouged a deep scratch.



I used touch up paint.







So she goes in the shop tomorrow to get all of that taken care of!

I'm excited to have a Great looking ride again (Although from a far she still looks great! as the next pic thread will come in about 5 min :p )

And after she gets all fixed i plan on doing a the first good detail of her!

 

You'll be happy to have this done. Mine actually looked worse than yours prior to when I had the front end of mine repainted last April. I was so happy to get the front back to looking new, plus having that damn license plate bracket removed. So glad Michigan doesn't require a front plate (extremely unnecessary IMO).

It'll turn out great!

 

Oh man, dents are the worst!

Have you tried Dr Colorchip for those nasty rock chips? It's 10x better than autozone touch up paint and it'll save you the cost of having to repaint an entire part of the car.

 

That's for sure a bummer but I thought it always looked awesome lol. Bet you'll be glad to have it taken care of though.

 

There comes a point when touch up is pointless, especially if the entire front of the car is loaded with dings and chips. A dozen chips here and there would be fine to touch up but if it's taken a beating, and the paint surface looks like the surface of the moon, it's going to be impossible to get it show quality, let alone good, with just touch up paint.

 

I agree! plus going to shows all summer long i really want her in show condition so I'll just pay the $ to get it done right

 

Thanks `Devin for your thread & we will be looking forward to your updates + after pictures

It can be stressful/expensive & time consuming keeping your ride in showroom condition. The condition of the roads, the elements of Mother Nature & the crazies on the roads & the careless in parking lots can take it toll & drive a person `mad lol.
I guess it's the high price that anyone with a nice ride must endure...

I think my next nice ride will be put in bubble-wrap *lol*

 

Here is the After:

Front ding/rock chips/broken License plate holder fixed. Front re-painted:




Monster Rock chip on the hood fixed, hood re-painted:



Door ding on driver side fixed!:



I think it came out well!

 

How did you remove the dent!!

 

Very nice, I think i'll have to get some work done. Gotta get a good detail first to see what I've got going on.