Ok, this made me VERY mad...well I still am but....ok I live in Indiana, some reason the state/county's have yet to learn how to take care of roads but, I was going down a road that had recently been "chip&sealed" which they put tar on it then gravel chips on and let the cars push the gravel down into the tar....obvisuly most people dont care about there car but it had rained recently and a truck flew by in the oppisite direction and went through a puddle in the road and threw rocks and water all over my car. 3 paint chips in the hood and a small one on the door. Can this be repaired without having the whole hood and door repainted? I got my bumper scratched (in a parking lot not by me) and I took it to a body shop and they said they would have to repaint the whole bumper. I dont really want the whole hood and door repainted but I cant live with chips in the paint. What do I ask for, where can I go? A good body shop?

Thanks

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1986 190E 186K (For Sale)
(Maroon, Tan leather)
1996 C280 Sport 208K
(Brilliant Silver, Black Leather)
2002 CLK430 Sport 45K
(Brilliant Silver, Gray Leather , Birdseye Maple)

Unless you can afford to spend money lavishly, I wouldn't even consider a total panel repaint on a daily driver unless it got to the point where the chips outnumbered the painted areas by a factor of 2...

I say this because one of the hazards of driving your MB is that "chips happen", especially with the newer MBs that were sprayed with water-based paints and are less resistant to chipping than the earlier polymers.

You can bet that as soon as you drive out of the body shop with a fresh coat of paint, another pebble with your name on it will ricochet across your hood within a week!

Save the repaint for massive paint wear or actual body damage...spot painting is much more economical for treating the inevitable chips that will grace your MB over the course of your ownership.

There are body shops that do offer spot painting services...I used one when I lived in KC. My daughter (then 1 1/2) decided to use the passenger door on my then-show-competition VW as a drum head...using the business end of a screwdriver as the drumstick! The shop touched up the 20+ nicks for $35...and you could barely tell they were even there!

Try "touch-up" or "spot-painting" as a lookup when you peruse the auto body facilities in your directory.

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2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Here's an idea on technique... http://www.carcareonline.com/paint_chips.html

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1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later)

I also recommend the tips for car care online. I followed it to the T and the chips turned out perfect.

Make sure you take your time time time...Also, be sure not to put too much touch up paint on the toothpick. Be sure to spend the money and get the MB touch up sticks...

Rich

Where can i buy touch-up paint for my 1989 420 sel?

ANYONE!

Dealer has brush paint to color code. Here's a place also.... http://www.paintscratch.com/touch-up-paint-moreinfo.htm

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The Golden Rule

1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later)

Try this place.


http://www.towerpaint.com/

Try this, www.langka.com. I haven't used it yet, but those who have here say it works very well on paint chips. I eliminated the blob of paint normally left by tough-up paints. I'm actually going to order some today to fix a rock chip on my wofe's PT Cruiser.

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91 300E 120K
90 300SE 275K (sold)
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90 BMW 525iA 175K
85 300D 175K (sold)
84 300SD 245K (sold)