Emblem chip
08-13-2009 | 04:51 AM
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BALLS! FRICKIN DAMN IT!! Chipped my paint on hood taking off emblem to replace with carbon fiber silver and black ones. Probably gonna try touch up pen with touch up kit, if looks ass ill have it painted. I feel like a dink, cant believe I did it, ruined my up coming weekend. Just lookin for some pitty,,,,,,AAGGGGGHH 
By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.
By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.
08-13-2009 | 07:17 AM
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that sucks man, I've used the autovisual touch up pens before adn they work great http://www.autovisuals.com/
08-13-2009 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by cleung' post='974992' date='Aug 13 2009, 10:17 AM
that sucks man, I've used the autovisual touch up pens before adn they work great http://www.autovisuals.com/
08-13-2009 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Schu Dog Nite' post='975002' date='Aug 13 2009, 10:26 AM
I got the similar pen from bavauto and touch up kit that has pre paint prep and a way to smooth out touch up bubble, we will see on that. I did black grills c/f silver emblems, black insignia and wheel emblems c/f, felt literally sick from it happening but eventually road chips will happen, sucks that i caused it,,,keep ya posted on kit, thanks for the thoughts,,be safe
You will find a perfect result. It does not work on really small scratches, but a larger chip will completely disappear.
They will send you the kit exactly matched to your color.
I had a monaco blue 530i, and the match was great. I just got my new carbon black 550. I may order a new kit in advance (the stuff was great).
Try it and report back.
08-13-2009 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by monacobmw' post='975169' date='Aug 13 2009, 12:48 PM
Try Dr. colorchip (google it). I think that it is drcolorchip.com.
You will find a perfect result. It does not work on really small scratches, but a larger chip will completely disappear.
They will send you the kit exactly matched to your color.
I had a monaco blue 530i, and the match was great. I just got my new carbon black 550. I may order a new kit in advance (the stuff was great).
Try it and report back.
You will find a perfect result. It does not work on really small scratches, but a larger chip will completely disappear.
They will send you the kit exactly matched to your color.
I had a monaco blue 530i, and the match was great. I just got my new carbon black 550. I may order a new kit in advance (the stuff was great).
Try it and report back.
08-13-2009 | 09:58 AM
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I've use Dr. ColorChip for some rock chips to my bumper I had...worked pretty good..
http://www.drcolorchip.com/
http://www.drcolorchip.com/
08-13-2009 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Schu Dog Nite' post='974914' date='Aug 13 2009, 07:51 AM
BALLS! FRICKIN DAMN IT!! Chipped my paint on hood taking off emblem to replace with carbon fiber silver and black ones. Probably gonna try touch up pen with touch up kit, if looks ass ill have it painted. I feel like a dink, cant believe I did it, ruined my up coming weekend. Just lookin for some pitty,,,,,,AAGGGGGHH By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.
By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.For future reference, it is always a good idea to wrap the tip of the screwdriver in cloth before digging under the emblem with it. I have done this on several occasions and have never damaged the paint. G/L
08-13-2009 | 11:00 AM
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this Dr. colorchip stuff looks pretty cool, and you guys seem to think that it works I might have to try this on my murano.
08-13-2009 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by cleung' post='975248' date='Aug 13 2009, 02:00 PM
this Dr. colorchip stuff looks pretty cool, and you guys seem to think that it works I might have to try this on my murano.
I will not work on really small scratches because it does not fill them well, but anything larger can be repaired easily. I was very amazed. You cannot even tell that you had a scratch.
You are effectively filling the chip with the colored filler (matched to your car color). When you rub over the area, you are removing any excess filler, and you are creating a completely level surface.
The finished job looks like the original paint with no indication that you had a chip.
I was pretty happy.
08-13-2009 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Schu Dog Nite' post='974914' date='Aug 13 2009, 06:51 AM
BALLS! FRICKIN DAMN IT!! Chipped my paint on hood taking off emblem to replace with carbon fiber silver and black ones. Probably gonna try touch up pen with touch up kit, if looks ass ill have it painted. I feel like a dink, cant believe I did it, ruined my up coming weekend. Just lookin for some pitty,,,,,,AAGGGGGHH By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.
By the way its not big smaller then say a ice cream jimmy but wasnt there before I f'd with the car and kills me. I quess I'll dust off a new audi friday night and feel better, then Ill sit on the emblem when I park like the Fonz before the sock hop and now one will notice.Sorry about the chip. Shouldn't be that big of problem with touch-up paint.
BTW: What the hell is a "ice cream jimmy?" How big is that?