chips on door?

[synth19]

So I was washing my car today and noticed about 3-4 CHIPS on my drivers side door. I have no idea where they came from because I only noticed it today and have not driven the car since last weekend. I do however remember hearing a several "clunks" the last time I drove the car that would probably explain this. Most likely my front tire picked up a rock and did the damage. Anyways, I tried some touch up paint, looks bad. Any recommendations on how to take care of this? I'm hesitant in repainting the entire door due to posts I hear about people having trouble matching paint. Thanks in advance,

 

[Osiris_x11]

face-peel...

The reason why your simple DIY touch-up paint job didn't produce a satisfactory result is that Imola Orange Pearl (YR-536P) is a tri-coat paint, meaning base-color, tinted clear-coat, clear-coat.

Fixing paint-chips can be as simple as blotting on OEM touch-up paint w/ a pen/brush to actually using a filler material, primer/adhesion-promoter, OEM base-coat, wet-sand, OEM tinted clear-coat, wet-sand, high-quality clear-coat, wet-sand & polish/buff.


For reference:

Tri-coats
This is a special paint application consisting of three different layers of paint. It gives the vehicle a milky pearl effect and can be quite striking to look at. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to repair. Any color listed on our site that has the word "Tri-coat" in the paint name is a tricoat. This paint requires three different coats of paint. The first is a basecoat of color. Next a second coat of transparent color, called the midcoat is applied and finally, a coat of clearcoat. The midcoat color is applied very thin and adds additional depth to the paint. In order to successfully match a tri-coat, you should practice on a scrap piece of metal or plastic. The clearcoat must be polished with rubbing compound to shine properly.

 

[synth19]

^ oh noeeees..... hopefully the bodyshop can fix this.



thanks

 

[tosugrad]

I had those on my last NSX. Turns out one day when I was parked on a SWEET end spot in the lot the mowing crew came by. You can guess the rest

 

[synth19]

I had those on my last NSX. Turns out one day when I was parked on a SWEET end spot in the lot the mowing crew came by. You can guess the rest

Did your shop fix the paint, touch up, etc.? Or repaint the entire door?

 

[Osiris_x11]

no biggie...

Some paint pro's can do wonders w/ rock-chips/scratches, it just takes a fair amount of time as well as experience.

If you don't feel comfortable doing the protocol I tersely outlined above, then try to find/solicit someone w/ good experience/reputation.

I personally wouldn't re-paint a door on such a new vehicle for relatively minor blemishes. Instead, I'd dedicate a weekend to addressing it myself. It all comes down to how patient & detail-oriented you are. . .

 

[synth19]

^ Thanks... will talk to my bodyshop and some detailers tomorrow...

 

[scorp965]

When I got these chips on my red car, I thought they were some kind of rock chip, eg car flares out, and rocks hit the door. When I brought it to a person who knows nsx's, he said they're door dings. I had them repaired on my formula red, but now my black nsx has 4 of them on the driver door, despite the doors being painted last month.

Did you park at a Walmart in the last few weeks?

 

[synth19]

Nope. It was from driving, because I went from the bodyshop straight home. Didn't stop anywhere else. Also, I know they didn't happen @ the bodyshop because I thoroughly inspected it @ pickup. thanks

When I got these chips on my red car, I thought they were some kind of rock chip, eg car flares out, and rocks hit the door. When I brought it to a person who knows nsx's, he said they're door dings. I had them repaired on my formula red, but now my black nsx has 4 of them on the driver door, despite the doors being painted last month.

Did you park at a Walmart in the last few weeks?

 

[supra2nv]

sheesh...does this mean i need to clear bra my freaking door now?

 

[slamstrom]

sheesh...does this mean i need to clear bra my freaking door now?

If you only put 100 miles a year on your NSX, I don't think you need it.:wink::biggrin:

 

[mickeylex]

sheesh...does this mean i need to clear bra my freaking door now?

Well, if you REALLY cared about your NSX, you would clear bra the whole car. :wink: