Having washed my car earlier this week I've noticed at least four stone chips on my bonnet of my sportline. I've done less than a 1000 miles and have only been on motorways twice in in the last two months since i took delievery of the car. For reference I also had the car coated with gtechniq cs black and exo when new.

 

I've always know skoda has relatively soft paint but this is ridiculous. Even my last two vrs's didn't have this problem after three years of ownership (and my last one was corrida red)

 

Has anyone else experienced this. I intend to visit my local dealer to discuss. What kind of response may I expect?

Edited 24 March, 20179 yr by markmuddimer
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My Corrida Red estate has also collected a fair number of stone chips in the ~2000 miles it's done so far, with at least 2 larger ones being within the first 1000 miles.  Then again my previous Anthracite Grey VRS was littered with stone chips over the bonnet, front bumper, wings and A pillars in the 85,000 miles I had it.  I have the poor state of Cambridgeshire roads and all the debris from fields being dragged into the road by tractors to thank for that.

 

One day I'll buy some touch up paint for them before they get worse.

My Corrida Red Estate is the same - front looks like pebble dash after 32k miles.

 

Was the same on my S2 estate.

 

Suspect the dealer won't be interested.

Just done over 9.5k and been lucky so far. I don't have a single chip anywhere....... Apart from the roof just under one of the roof bars !! Just like a small stone chip but god knows how it happened.

ok - not a superb, but my MY16 Skoda Rapid Spaceback SE Sport in Corrida Red is the same... 6k miles on it, hardly ever on the motorway and has plenty of stone chips which expose the white primer underneath... Even got stone chip on the A Pillar..

 

Yep, me too at less than 2,000 miles. TBH, I blame the dire state of our roads more than Skoda.

At least touching up is so easy with Corrida Red. 

Just make sure the Colour mix is good, and you shake and shake and shake the paint before dropping into the chips with a pin / needle or whatever.

just in the chip, not all over the place and let harden before adding more or polishing off any excess.

I don't think this is limited to Corrida red.  My previous two Leons were the same and the softness of VAG paint is a pouplar topic on SCN as well as Audi forums too.  VAG are obviously offsetting their CO2 and NOX emissions cheating software by making paint out of unicorn tears.

 

On the plus side, it makes it very easy to polish out any imperfections, silver lining and all that....

Just to add to the list, mine is also fairly well chipped but does most of it's miles (35,000 so far) on dual carriageways from Norfolk to Cambridgeshire so not surprising.  Also got a nasty scuff down to white on the front bumper from trying to squeeze into a small site car park - regretted not having front parking sensors that day.  Any suggestions on how to get rid of that would be appreciated!

Sell the car, then its gone,

or it polishes out or get touched up, basic stuff really.

1 hour ago, MCG1975 said:

Just to add to the list, mine is also fairly well chipped but does most of it's miles (35,000 so far) on dual carriageways from Norfolk to Cambridgeshire so not surprising.  Also got a nasty scuff down to white on the front bumper from trying to squeeze into a small site car park - regretted not having front parking sensors that day.  Any suggestions on how to get rid of that would be appreciated!

Can you feel your fingernail/tip drop into the scratch when you run your hands over it? 

 

If so then it's gonna need more than a polishing unfortunately. Otherwise you could give this a try by hand:

 

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=31

 

It's a dual sided pad; the yellow side is tougher and will allow you to break down micro particles in a polishing compound but won't cause any further marring.  The black side can be used to buff off the compound.

 

This is the compound I use by hand: 

 

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/car-polish-compounds/sonax-perfect-finish-profiline/prod_1209.html

 

I've had good results using both these products together.  Work in small circular, overlapping circles with medium and even pressure.  The compound will break down and you'll feel it becoming easier to move the pad.  At this stage switch to the black side and buff. Then re-assess the scuff, repeating if necessary. 

 

Otherwise,  you could try asking a local detailer to run a machine polisher over the scuff.  The right compound and pad should correct it (if it's not too bad!)

 

If you work in Cambs then I could give you a hand and/or run a polisher over it for you too but please note I'm not a detailer and you'll need to sign my paint damage waiver 

Edited 24 March, 20179 yr by penguin17

2 hours ago, penguin17 said:

Can you feel your fingernail/tip drop into the scratch when you run your hands over it? 

 

If so then it's gonna need more than a polishing unfortunately. Otherwise you could give this a try by hand:

 

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=31

 

It's a dual sided pad; the yellow side is tougher and will allow you to break down micro particles in a polishing compound but won't cause any further marring.  The black side can be used to buff off the compound.

 

This is the compound I use by hand: 

 

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/car-polish-compounds/sonax-perfect-finish-profiline/prod_1209.html

 

I've had good results using both these products together.  Work in small circular, overlapping circles with medium and even pressure.  The compound will break down and you'll feel it becoming easier to move the pad.  At this stage switch to the black side and buff. Then re-assess the scuff, repeating if necessary. 

 

Otherwise,  you could try asking a local detailer to run a machine polisher over the scuff.  The right compound and pad should correct it (if it's not too bad!)

 

If you work in Cambs then I could give you a hand and/or run a polisher over it for you too but please note I'm not a detailer and you'll need to sign my paint damage waiver 

 

Had a quick look at lunch and it's rough, but feels proud rather than scratched.  I rubbed against a white painted metal barrier on a building site so I suspect I've possibly transferred paint if not scratched the car - the first time I went through a car wash after this the mark did seem to reduce in size.

 

Looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I work in Histon, so sort of Cambridge if that's close - grateful for any help as I'm not a gifted car cleaner (hence using car washes)!  Happy to sign any waivers...! 

3 minutes ago, MCG1975 said:

 

Had a quick look at lunch and it's rough, but feels proud rather than scratched.  I rubbed against a white painted metal barrier on a building site so I suspect I've possibly transferred paint if not scratched the car - the first time I went through a car wash after this the mark did seem to reduce in size.

 

Looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I work in Histon, so sort of Cambridge if that's close - grateful for any help as I'm not a gifted car cleaner (hence using car washes)!  Happy to sign any waivers...! 

Yeah, that looks like paint transfer but could be masking some damage too.  I work in Milton but due to major building work there's no parking (power supply access) close to the office so I can come to you sometime.  The paint will be thin in that area and it's right on a swage line so I'll need to be very careful.  

 

I'll have a go but at best it might be a case of just reducing the quote a professional will give you to sort it properly. 

It's a fairly large area, which is a nuisance, but you could try some T-Cut or Farécla G3 Professional Scratch Remover and see if the white comes off/fills in. After, use some red-based polish. Turtle Wax comes to mind. Then, cross your fingers...

On 24/03/2017 at 13:55, penguin17 said:

Yeah, that looks like paint transfer but could be masking some damage too.  I work in Milton but due to major building work there's no parking (power supply access) close to the office so I can come to you sometime.  The paint will be thin in that area and it's right on a swage line so I'll need to be very careful.  

 

I'll have a go but at best it might be a case of just reducing the quote a professional will give you to sort it properly. 

 

Thanks - I'll let you know as the car park at my office is usually full and the attendant doesn't like double parking!  Could meet down the road, but if you need power it won't work.  Appreciate the offer, would be nice to meet another Briskodian!

23 hours ago, freelunch said:

It's a fairly large area, which is a nuisance, but you could try some T-Cut or Farécla G3 Professional Scratch Remover and see if the white comes off/fills in. After, use some red-based polish. Turtle Wax comes to mind. Then, cross your fingers...

 

I'd wondered about some T-Cut but wasn't sure if it would be too harsh.  I've actually got some somewhere, along with some colour wax so might rick it on a small area...!

@markmuddimer I just washed my Sportline and gave it a good examination. 2,200 miles since November and not a mark. (Touch wood)

 

I've applied three or four coats of Meguiars and Bilt Hamber DSW, but can't see how that would provide any more protection than your gtechniq. Just luck, I guess.