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Old 03-30-17, 07:10 AM
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What is the best way to hide the front bumper road divots. It is just the standard pebble hits.
I did some polishing with a Torq 10FX, Yellow foam pad and Menzenra 2400-3500 and it seems to have made it more noticeable than before, then I tried a Gray foam and Menzerna SHCC 300 and still no difference.
I don't want to go any deeper. I figure now the only solution is to have the whole front bumper repainted, and then in a year or 2 it will be more of the same.
If there isn't a trick to get rid of them I just have to live with it.
They are only on the front bumper, nothing on the fenders or hood.
Old 03-30-17, 10:54 AM
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you can wrap the bumper with ppf after repaint it, but it is expensive. I have a few rock chip too, I just try to touch up and when it gets more worst I will just repaint and wrap the bumper
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Yes, the best solution if I were to reprint I feel would be to wrap the bumper, headlights and possibly a portion of the hood.
I was hoping there would be a solution to hide the existing pits and to prevent more being made without the expense of a wrap.
Like I said it seemed to be worse after using a polish, I am thinking there may of been a coating of some type on the paint when I purchased the car. The paint seems to be better than average condition. Bummer I didn't realize that before I started the polishing and do some research to see if something may of been added.
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Rock chips can be fixed by repainting the bumper. Buffing the bumper won't bring the paint back.
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