Should I take this back to the body shop?

churchillps · 10-22-2011, 05:17 PM

Got bumper resprayed 2 weeks ago to the day. Here's what it looks like now. What should i do?

tofu- · 10-22-2011, 05:22 PM

may as well try, but i mean rock chips like that could happen to an oem bumper driven off the lot just as well

churchillps · 10-22-2011, 05:23 PM

The one in the middle is especially enormous and there are no mark impacts anywhere else. Plus, most of them came off in perfectly circular flakes

USC2000 · 10-23-2011, 09:28 AM

Take it back and see what they tell you. Can't hurt to try.

mike3000fl · 10-23-2011, 10:05 AM

might have been poor prep.

i would take it back just to have it on the record in case things get worse down the road.

some paints have a guarantee/warranty

Apogee · 10-23-2011, 10:57 AM

if something isn't the way you wanted it to come then yes take it back.

Royal Flush · 10-23-2011, 12:27 PM

2 weeks though? Most of them don't seem like perfect circular shapes, they just seem like rock chips.

bimmertt · 10-23-2011, 05:03 PM

Get them filled in and then get a clear bra.

Express · 10-23-2011, 05:05 PM

i would laugh if i was the body shop. those are rock chips.

churchillps · 10-24-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by express705

i would laugh if i was the body shop. those are rock chips.

I've never had rock chips before so it was strange to have this many in 2 weeks Thought it was bad prep, but I guess I won't go because they'll just LOL at me. Thanks for the help.

Royal Flush · 10-24-2011, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by churchillps

I've never had rock chips before so it was strange to have this many in 2 weeks Thought it was bad prep, but I guess I won't go because they'll just LOL at me. Thanks for the help.

Yeah man, that sucks, but they are more than likely rock chips. You can just fill them in with touch-up paint kits, and be more careful where and how you're driving.

bimmertt · 10-24-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by express705

i would laugh if i was the body shop. those are rock chips.

Those are rock chips, but they shouldn't be flaking the paint off like that unless it was a really nasty rock. This is also just after 2 weeks. I bet after 2 months it will look pretty disgusting. The majority of rock chips just pit the paint.

dday · 10-24-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bimmertt

Those are rock chips, but they shouldn't be flaking the paint off like that unless it was a really nasty rock. This is also just after 2 weeks. I bet after 2 months it will look pretty disgusting. The majority of rock chips just pit the paint.

I was thinking the same, while it looks like it's due to rock chips it also looks like the paint is lifting away from the primer. If you scratch at the paint where the chips are does the paint chip away?

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tofu- Banned 87 Rep 2,854 Posts Drives: 335i Jet Black/Coral Red Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: nyc iTrader: (4)	may as well try, but i mean rock chips like that could happen to an oem bumper driven off the lot just as well
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churchillps Second Lieutenant 50 Rep 254 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	The one in the middle is especially enormous and there are no mark impacts anywhere else. Plus, most of them came off in perfectly circular flakes
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mike3000fl Banned 138 Rep 2,731 Posts Drives: 06 330i Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Tampa iTrader: (0)	might have been poor prep. i would take it back just to have it on the record in case things get worse down the road. some paints have a guarantee/warranty
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Royal Flush Major 74 Rep 1,309 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Not everyone who wanders is lost. iTrader: (2)	2 weeks though? Most of them don't seem like perfect circular shapes, they just seem like rock chips.
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Express Major General 369 Rep 8,693 Posts Drives: 06 330i Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Promise Land iTrader: (17) Garage List 2006 BMW 330i [8.30]	i would laugh if i was the body shop. those are rock chips.
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