Cover those chips & scratches!

[Mark McQuaide]

I picked up a bottle of Turtle Wax "Color Cure" at Pep Boys since I had a nasty rock chip in the nose (the car's nose, not mine :rolleyes: ) and a scratch on the lower door (I drive 90 miles a day). It comes with a black wax crayon for filling in gouges and black-colored liquid wax.

The stuff works pretty well. The chip in the front end is now invisible. I'd definitely recommend it if your 'Rauder is getting a little banged up from the highway.

[Menace]

Does work nice on chips which this car seems to get everytime I take it out for a ride.

[Kelly]

I have been doing the same on the rock chips and it works great, used it on the rocker panel on the sides where the tires chip and it covers great.

[DLoreanMARAUDER]

used it for the first time on tuesday, and it did a pretty good job. although when your looking, you find even more chips and scratches that break your heart:(

[drobin]

I should be receiving my front car cover any day now and I will let everyone know how it fits, looks and quality that went into the workmanship....

Donald

[JamesHecker]

I've found that it reduces the visibility of scratches, but doesn't completly cover them.

[jgc61sr2002]

Mark - Is that a temporary fix and how long does it last. Thanks John

[SergntMac]

Originally posted by Menace
Does work nice on chips.

Absolutely, a must have! I wrote my name on my Reinhart chip with the crayon and I got 7 HP and 12 lbs of torque at the rear wheels!

Okay...sorry...I'll go now...

[Mark McQuaide]

Originally posted by jgc61sr2002
Mark - Is that a temporary fix and how long does it last. Thanks John

Don't know, first time I tried it. It can't be permanent - it's just wax filler. Cheaper than the body shop though!

[bchapman]

Anything has to be better than that "touch-up paint". When I bought my black '97 T-Bird (used), it was polka-dotted from terrible touch-up applications all over the front end.

The best thing to happen to that car was that a deer ran into the front fender area and I got a new hood, bumper, and quarter panel. The car looked like new. (The deer was ok, too.)

[Menace]

Sarge, don't you have criminals to look after and donuts to eat?

[SouLRioT]

Originally posted by SergntMac
Absolutely, a must have! I wrote my name on my Reinhart chip with the crayon and I got 7 HP and 12 lbs of torque at the rear wheels!

Okay...sorry...I'll go now...

ROFL, but i still need to get that stuff though, got a nice scratch on the door

[Menace]

:coolman:

[drkknight196]

I've used the Turtle Wax stuff, too. It does cover pretty well, but the first high-pressure washing will take it out. Not hard to reapply though.

[RF Overlord]

Originally posted by Menace
Sarge, don't you have criminals to look after and donuts to eat?

BAD cop!...NO donut!

:lol: :lol:

[Bigdogjim]

Originally posted by drkknight196
I've used the Turtle Wax stuff, too. It does cover pretty well, but the first high-pressure washing will take it out. Not hard to reapply though.
Do you mean a car wash or one of those pressure washers??

[RCSignals]

Originally posted by SergntMac
Absolutely, a must have! I wrote my name on my Reinhart chip with the crayon and I got 7 HP and 12 lbs of torque at the rear wheels!

Okay...sorry...I'll go now...

Was that the Orange or Yellow crayon?

[drkknight196]

Any car wash -- self-serve with sprayer or the drive through "Laser Wash" type (no brushes of course).

[Marauderman]

Hey Sarge--

At first didn't recognize your reply earlier as from you--sounded like something from TAF or RF....your humor side jumped out there all over me!!!! :lol:

[bchapman]

When I had a rock chip on the hood of my new MM, the dealer's body shop applied the touch-up paint with a very fine brush, not those nail polish brushes the paint usually comes with. The paint was applied so carefully, the chip was still recessed, but black; the paint wasn't "blobbed" on. After it dried, they applied a couple of coats of good wax to it. They were kind enough to do this for me gratis.

I keep it clean and waxed and you have to hunt to find the chip almost 6 months later.

[Marauderman]

Hey RC--Meant to include you as well.... earlier.........