FrankW

i have just waxed my car tonight and i found two chips on the hood of my car already. i only have the car for three weeks.

DAMN IT!!

anyway i guess thats bound to happen!! so i'm dealing with it.

but after i waxed it the wax had fill the chipped part. any idea how can i get the wax out of the chipped part?

although both chips are only about 2/3 mm but with wax in them they are very visible since my car is obsidian black.

Lynn

Wash the area with Dawn dish washing detergent. That should remove the wax.

JustinTRW

Then he'll have to rewax a small portion or the car. Before you try dawn, maybe take a q-tip and some quick detailer and see what happens.

dontwakemeup

This is a concern of mine.. in the first couple of weeks of ownership I received 4 rock chips to the metal on the hood of my car. Same highway I drove my Toyota on for years without incident. Is it true that the paint is water based?

Mach430

I think that MB has modeled their paint after dissappearing ink. The front of my car is riddled with paint chips. Obviously, that has a lot to do with my driving, but the paint quality sure has gone down these past few years. My father has a 92 SL500, and the paint is immaculate.

trench

It's the paint - unless you like to drive behind gravel trucks. Green laws in Europe have forced the manufacturers to go to water-based paints, which are unfortunately not very good. Especially compared to the paint MB used to use - that stuff could deflect bullets.

Oh well,

BT

Mach430

Funny this thread came up... About an hour after I posted my previous message, I had an unfortunate incident happen to my car on the 57N today. I was about 150 ft behind a gravel truck, when I heard a few very loud clanking sounds. At first, I didn't have an idea to what it was, but after looking up and seeing several rocks about 1" in diameter bounce 8' off the ground and onto my car, it all made sense. My car now has several large chips, dents, and a cracked windsheild. Lucky for me, I got his license plate # (from the front of his car after I passed him) and called the CHP. My deductible is only $250, so I'm not that bad off.

trench

Ben-

Sorry to hear about that - hope I didn't jinx you. If you contact the gravel truck company they should pay for all of the repairs - they're supposed to keep insurance for such incidents.

Regards, BT

dontwakemeup

ouch!! I can imagine it had to have been a bit traumatic. I'd be feeling sick in the same situation. Good thing you have a low deductable just in case the company come through! Curious .. did you happen to have a stone guard or clear nose mask on the front? If so, any luck in protecting that portion of the car?

FrankW

yeah...there are a lot of **** on 57 N ...the highway worker just can't clean the highway fast enough with the added bonus of debris falling of trucks.

Mach430

I most have been using Stonemagnet. To be quite honest, I don't think Stoneguard would have helped much in this case. The rocks were around 1" in diameter, and hit mutiple parts of the car.

shahin

same **** happened to me today. Some gravel truck 2 cars ahead started dumping rocks all over the place. About 20 rocks hit my car. I have two chps and my m3 is only 3 weeks old. What the ****?

Mach430

Where? If this happened on the 57N, let me know! If you can describe the truck, I have his license plate.

Iceman's C230

I also have about 3 - 4 rock chips on the hood of my car. The roads are not yet cleaned in calgary so there is lot of gravel from winter. Soon as the city starts to clean the streets and the roads i will touch up the chips with some touch up paint from the dealer.

shahin

this happened on the 405 south. Next wednesday I have an appointment to get xpel installed on the bumper and hood. Hope this stuff works.

hokusbenz

screw it- just bite the bullet and stoneguard the entire car! that should work pretty good hehe i too am plagued by multiple small chips in the first weeks of ownership. grrrrr

Mach430

Stoneguard definitely helps, but it too is not invincible. I have seen several cars where the stoneguard has been torn where rocks have hit it. Of course, it is much better to have your defense get damaged than your car, but keep this in mind. I will be looking into stoneguarding the whole front of my car, but I doubt I will follow through with it.

MARK CUMMINS

Try LANGA @WWW.LANGA.COM For touch Up Work. The STUFF WORKS! I have Used the STUFF with VERY GOOD RESULTS!
First you touch up the paint chip then after 30/45 min wipe LANGA over it and it BLENDS It VERY NICE (NOT PERFERCT)But CLose!

viper

The best thing you can do is try not to be behind any large trucks. Multi-wheelers have more wheels available to kick up gravel and other debris in your direction. Stay away from them or at least as far behind as you can.

eddieo45

for any future searchers who find this old thread, it's LANGKA, not Langa.

Saprissa

thanks !!

btw, I got a chip on the hood in 2002 too !

FrankW

HOLY WOW...this must've been one of my very first thread up in this joint...

btw, this just showed how bad the MB paint was back then. Had the 204 for 2 1/2 months and so far no rock chips after 2450 miles.

jimsterli

Noticed the same. Even though my car does not even have perfect paint anymore but everytime I go to wash it, I see a new paint chip on the front end.

I used to drive Honda Civic hatchbacks and the magnitude of paint chips on the front end were no where close to what I get now in the Mercedes. And I do not even drive the Mercedes as much.

Granted that I am in NYC but still.

mikekuriger

58,000 miles and so far no chips! woot!

dbvolz

So... I've been meaning to take care of some small chips and scratches on my front bumper and a couple on the hood. Reading the thread, it seems people like the LANGKA products. Anybody have any other suggestions? Comments... thoughts....