ManiacGT

Would you expect any debris in the paint? I noted when cleaning my car the other day that there was one noticeable and one or two more hardly noticeable to me but I saw them any way paint defects.

Hard to capture in pictures but Ive done what I can below. Only the largest of the small defects can be caught on my iPhones camera, the others are indeed too small and only noticeable to me because I get so close when cleaning/detailing the car.

This is another .. I wonder whether I should put up with it or try to correct/have it corrected. I certainly don't want any paint put on the area as that would be worse.

So here we are, just under the 'e' of 'Benz'. Looks like an air bubble or debris trapped in the paint, hard to say.

S18LOK

Can you just get a touch up stick to make it less noticeable?

PeterUbers

Agreed. Leave it alone but make the dealership aware and have it documented

ManiacGT

I think it would have to be sanded back and then buffed tbh. Its proud of the paint so a touch up would make it worse. It only bothers me when I clean the car because I never see it otherwise. A denibber or high grade sanding block would remove it and then buff it back but I'm wondering if there's room to do this and also whether its really worth the risk. I'm sure there will be other imperfections by the time I've owned it a few months, the odd scratch or stone chip, I guess I'm just in perfection mode given its new.

StanNH

I would at least discuss your options with your dealer.

It looks like an easy fix on a flat surface, and could be color and texture matched so you'd never even notice it ... if you chose to have it repaired.

ManiacGT

I'll be calling in at the dealers soon on another matter so I'll mention it then. I'm loathe to let the dealer try as I've little faith in most dealers ability to deal with issues like this without making them worse.

Glyn M Ruck

Get the dealer to fix it. With the new water based base coat & nano ceramic clear they can sand, spot touch up & buff & you won't know it was ever there. The new Glasurit etc systems achieve perfect match & allow spot fixing with no trouble. No longer necessary to respray whole panels.

PeterUbers

Hmmm.. Last time I was at a Benz certified body shop that is highly reputable they never mentioned any of this... It was "we have to respray the entire panel"

Point I'm making i guess is that even though tech exists to fix something .. Your local options of specialists need to be knowledgeable and technically savvy in said tech ... Otherwise it's just an interesting forum post

Royce118

Glyn, my car just got keyed recently. The good thing was that I actually had 6 layers of Ceramic Pro coating sitting on my paint and hence the damage was less severe. However, I can still see the lines from the scratch. I have spoken to a company called Restorfx where they are planning to strip down my ceramic coat, wet sand both my driver side door panels and then apply their products. What do you reckon as I do not wanna opt for repainting the door panels since my car is pretty much brand new.

Glyn M Ruck

I could not agree more. I use the same specialist company in Cape Town that my dealer uses called Dent Magic. They spot repair with the Glasurit system flawlessly ~ one proviso ~ that it is a fairly vertical surface ~ Generally about a one hour turnaround. If it's a bonnet/hood etc. they would remove & hang vertically.

That is a perfect spot fix & easy fix ~ vertical. I would make sure they are using the Glasurit (BASF) products. Then all they need is the colour code from your door jam sticker.

Tell me where this bumper has been repaired? 1 hour!

Glyn M Ruck

My old C240

Glyn M Ruck

This fender was also spot repaired after a truck threw up a large stone.

Royce118

I have no idea what product base they are actually using, but I have attached the link on the product they will be using.

http://restorfx.com/renew/

I believe no colour code is required as no painting will be involved. From my understanding, since my damage is only on the clear coat of the paint, wet sanding the paint and re application of clear coat should be sufficient to fix the problem.

Glyn M Ruck

OK. If it's only a clear coat repair that's easy. I don't know the product you show.

With clear coats the big difference with the Glasurit nano ceramic clear is that it does not yellow (Oxidise) with age like older generation clear coats.

ManiacGT

TBH I'm tempted to just leave it well alone. Its a minor defect and I'd rather have that than a problem caused by the dealership. I could well see them doing a 'minor repair' and repainting the sill, for me to notice glaringly every time the sun shines on it showing a different flake pattern.

I had this with my BMW Z4. There was an alignment issue with the folding metal roof. It caused a white line in the paint where panels rubbed and they said they could repair it very easily. Turned out they re-sprayed half the bumper where it rubbed and years later this repair has degraded, its gone dull and you can see huge amounts more flake in it than surrounding areas. Most wouldn't notice, but it stands out at me when the car is fully clean.

I have a trusted pro detailer that could wet sand and polish but its just more money spent.

Glyn M Ruck

MGT ~ I know what you mean. I have the most minor of defects with the upholstered A pillar cover on my CLK. I notice it but I've had friends stare at it for hours & tell me they can't see it & don't know what I'm complaining about. ~ but then I'm an **** Virgo.

PeterUbers

Good info Glyn!