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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:27 am |
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Joined: Feb 12, 2010 Posts: 4308
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Location: Partying with the Info Shufflers
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After entering show and shine at USC and the judges not giving a s**t about my car because of stone chips ive decided to get them sorted lols, i went to halfords but not paying £15 for 1 pen with hardly anything in!
Has anyone found anywhere else they would recommend for these or anywhere online?
Cheers
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:31 am |
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Joined: Jan 24, 2010 Posts: 4493
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Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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Give your local pug a call, I'm sure they do them.
Although saying that, it wont be much cheaper if it is atall.. The halfords ones last ages btw, the amount you use to touchup a stone chip is liturally nothing.
To do a good job of the touchup though you WILL need to learn how to sand the bobbles left behind from touchups smooth with some 2500grit w&d
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VW Golf Mk7 1.6 Derv '13 Plate - The Daily
Peugeot 206 1.1 Zest 3 '05 Plate - Project Car
BMW E46 320CD MSport '54 Plate - The Toy
Peugeot 206 1.6 HDi GTi '06 Plate - O/H's Car | |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:35 am |
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Joined: Feb 12, 2010 Posts: 4308
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Ste206 wrote: |
Give your local pug a call, I'm sure they do them.
Although saying that, it wont be much cheaper if it is atall.. The halfords ones last ages btw, the amount you use to touchup a stone chip is liturally nothing.
To do a good job of the touchup though you WILL need to learn how to sand the bobbles left behind from touchups smooth with some 2500grit w&d ;-) |
Cant see that going down to well lol
ill give them a call today, probs a better match then halfords i bet aswell
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:36 am |
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Joined: Jan 24, 2010 Posts: 4493
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Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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I guess that'll be another thing for me to do for you when I sort your rear lights then? lol
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| The Cars:
VW Golf Mk7 1.6 Derv '13 Plate - The Daily
Peugeot 206 1.1 Zest 3 '05 Plate - Project Car
BMW E46 320CD MSport '54 Plate - The Toy
Peugeot 206 1.6 HDi GTi '06 Plate - O/H's Car | |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:40 am |
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Joined: Feb 12, 2010 Posts: 4308
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Location: Partying with the Info Shufflers
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Ste206 wrote: |
I guess that'll be another thing for me to do for you when I sort your rear lights then? lol |
well if your offering i can have a practice on my old bumpers first though as to when your free, ive bought some laquer for rears aswell
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:41 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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My local paint place mixed me a 15ml pot for less than a tenner.
Most of the touch up pens you buy are about 12ml. Not sure but IIRC the Peugeot ones come with a pot of lacquer too. Some of the Halfords ones come with primer and lacquer.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:19 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 658
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Location: Chatham, Kent
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i have a touchup pen and laquer and i would rather leave the scratches on the car! touch up pen highlights them rather than 'hides them' x
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Black 206 1.1 V reg (00), 15" Sirocco Alloy Wheels, Colour Coded Sports Bumpers with Fog Lights, Standard Spoiler, Bosch Aerotwins, Phase 2 Rear Lights, Crystal Head Lights, SP Wheel Arches, GTi Fuel Cap, GTi Half Leather Interior, Official 206 GTi Kickplates, GTi Vent Sliders, Phase 2 Boot Handle (with key hole) | |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:01 am |
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Joined: Feb 13, 2010 Posts: 163
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Location: leicestershire
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I had some scratches along my passenger side door that I used one of those touch up pens on, and as lil p said it just made it more noticeable but then I gave it a bit of a sand with some wet and dry and I good buff with some T cut and you can't really see it at all now.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:01 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 1301
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Location: rochdale
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wasnt there a very good guide on here for getting rid of stone chips
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:18 am |
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Joined: Jan 24, 2010 Posts: 4493
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Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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Yeah some dude did it on his Pearl Purple BMW lol, and people say I have balls for doing it on a piece of french tin!
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| The Cars:
VW Golf Mk7 1.6 Derv '13 Plate - The Daily
Peugeot 206 1.1 Zest 3 '05 Plate - Project Car
BMW E46 320CD MSport '54 Plate - The Toy
Peugeot 206 1.6 HDi GTi '06 Plate - O/H's Car | |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:58 am |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010 Posts: 397
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Location: Stoke on Trent
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Touch up pens are crap, have you not thought about just getting a front end respray? shouldnt be that expensive
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:18 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011 Posts: 6526
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Alls I did was touch in the chip, allowed paint to harden and then t-cut smooth, quick coat of wax and it was done. No need for sanding or lacquer, blended in nicely.
The paint was mixed to match the car rather than just going off the code so made it a lot less noticeable
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:55 am |
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Joined: Mar 13, 2010 Posts: 317
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Location: Swindon
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I got a set in my colour with laquer for £6 from the dealers.
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