It’s no news that finding those tiny stone chips on your car and going in and out of a car body shop for a repair you could have paid attention to early can be frustrating.
I wish there is a way to absolutely prevent these stone chips, but there isn’t; you can hardly avoid it when you use the motorway even if you use some bonnet bras (some grits can get under the material and might scratch the bonnet you are protecting in the first place).
And some situations are just beyond you. The best you can do is to minimise the chances of them damaging your paintwork; that is difficult as well.
Loose stones and pebbles are one of the biggest offenders when it comes to car body damage. Stone chips are most common on motorways, and little rocks, gravel, and road debris flicked backward from the tyres of cars and vehicles in front of you are the common causes.
Due to the high speeds of these little stones, they often leave very deep dings in your car paintwork, most typically on the car bonnet or bumpers.
I could have advised you to drive slowly, but that won’t always work because the person driving in front of you might not be careful, and the winter weather can also affect the overall well-being of your car.
Bottom line? Stone chips will somehow eventually appear on your car even if you leave some gap between you and the car in front of you, and the best way to handle it is to pay attention to it quickly. Not doing that can cause:
DEVALUE OF THE CAR WHEN YOU WANT TO GET A NEW VEHICLE
The reason cars are priced less during a resell is often because of the noticeably unappealing stone chips.
The agent buying it will tell you they would be spending more on the repair, and you end up selling, often time, at a ridiculous price.
Why should you sell your good car at a demeaning price? To prevent this, you need to get your vehicle fixed as soon as possible, even if it is one chip that is visible on it.
UGLY LOOKING PAINTWORK
A customer reached out to us complaining about how her paintwork looked ugly because of some repair elsewhere.
She wanted it done again but was afraid the car might come out worse. You can tell how happy she was when we returned her car to her as good as new.
Ugly-looking paintwork spoils the classic look of your vehicle, and you will not want to take your once loved car out. Stone chips spreading across its surface isn’t ideal.
RUSTING WHEN IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH WATER
Rust end up eating away your car bodywork and chassis. Rusting results in some degradation of your vehicle and can eventually be declared unsafe to drive.
In the case of stone chips, you can do an entire respray of your car or have a professional match up the paintwork with your car’s colour.
That is why you must work with a car body shop that can handle this efficiently. We give our customers the best deal when it comes to chipping away their car’s stone chips.
In conclusion, you can hardly do away with stone chips. Just get it fixed when it happens. A DIY might come in handy, but I am sure you won’t want to damage your car’s paintwork.