Hood Decal Damage

[FreePenguin]

agreed. Best bet (imo) and what Id do is find the best matching paint and just touch up.

Agreed this is what I’d do

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[FreePenguin]

So uh, went with the cheaper route since who knows how often this is gonna happen. Got some flat black touch up paint and just painted over it

Looks perfectly fine

no one will know but you
And us

 

[Coastal-Mach]

So uh, went with the cheaper route since who knows how often this is gonna happen. Got some flat black touch up paint and just painted over it

That blends in well, not sure how you wash your car, but I would avoid high pressure washers; if it hit the decal right, it could start to peel it away from the hood.

Good luck with it, the GB really looks sharp in M1 trim.

 

[Fishtales]

looks fine. as you say it is likely to occur again.

 

[FreePenguin]

That’s why I don’t follow closely other drivers

 

[Wantedx9]

That’s why I don’t follow closely other drivers

Bruh there wasn't a car in sight, I have no idea where it came from

 

[FreePenguin]

Oh no I’m just saying that’s why I stay far as hell back.

i had a rock go airborne like straight up and fell onto roof and put a nice pelt. Crazy how far a rock can go airborne

 

[okfoz]

I was going to suggest a paint marker and carefully blend it in.

Looks better than a blue spot.

 

[TonyHawk]

So on my way to Texas from Granger, guess a rock decided it wanted to take a little out of my hood. The damage is very tiny, but because It tore through the decal it's very noticeable. Anyone have good recommendations? Saw a new hood decal would be like $500.

invest in PPF. You can spend $1000 for the front and hood or live with rock chips.

 

[Charlemagne]

invest in PPF. You can spend $1000 for the front and hood or live with rock chips.

PPF can't be applied on this matte part of the stripe, it works only on FJG cars which have different texture, every other colour has rough matte surface that doesn't bond well with PPF and it creates lot of bubbles underneath. I ended up only ceramics coating this part.

 

[Atlas1]

PPF can't be applied on this matte part of the stripe, it works only on FJG cars which have different texture, every other colour has rough matte surface that doesn't bond well with PPF and it creates lot of bubbles underneath. I ended up only ceramics coating this part.

not to mention, @Wantedx9 got smacked on the way home from the dealer! hard to have ppf save you in that situation when you just picked up the car. i had a ppf appointment scheduled before my car even came in and this could have happened to me as well.

 

[FreePenguin]

I remember the day I got my new Scion in 2012. I drove 1 mile from dealer, a guy turned into my lane and floored it.

a rock flew up and broke my windshield.
I drove back to dealership, they gave me a windshield at half cost.

Damn massively lifted trucks and no mudflaps.

 

[Kachøw]

I remember the day I got my new Scion in 2012. I drove 1 mile from dealer, a guy turned into my lane and floored it.

a rock flew up and broke my windshield.
I drove back to dealership, they gave me a windshield at half cost.

Damn massively lifted trucks and no mudflaps.

Yeah, I've grown to hate trucks. Here in New England, a lot of people in trucks will drive like they own the road instead of defensively driving, like they SHOULD be doing in such a massive vehicle.

NH and Maine drivers will talk shit about Massachusetts drivers all day long (admittedly, some of that is well-deserved) but they don't know what a yield sign is and are aggressive as hell.

And that's not even getting into the number of times one has parked next to me on the far corner of a lot and left paint scrape marks or taken a chunk out of the driver-side door on my car because they're careless and don't respect other people's property.

/rant

 

[TonyHawk]

PPF can't be applied on this matte part of the stripe, it works only on FJG cars which have different texture, every other colour has rough matte surface that doesn't bond well with PPF and it creates lot of bubbles underneath. I ended up only ceramics coating this part.

It can if you have a good installer. The heat vents and strips both have ppf on them also. Ignore the dust.

 

[Charlemagne]

It can if you have a good installer.

Have you seen both the FJG and non-FJG hood stripes in person and felt them with your hand? They drastically differ in surface. You need to see it to believe it, I guess. I had the matte PPF on the matte part of the stripe at the detailer and it was removed, as was expected from previous tries shown here, microbubbles were created. The rough surface just doesn't like it. FJG is entirely different case. Also the same can be said about the "Mach 1" letters in the stripe, FJG has them in same paint with shimmering metallic particles, my stripe has them in same non-shimmering rough matte paint, as a result, PPF hides that logo, makes it barely visible with just the outlines, which is unfortunate... You really need to see it in person, have both cars next to each other, then you'd know. Matte stripes can be ppf'ed, just not the non-FJG one, sadly, it has completely different surface than anything else the detailer ever seen, like 3D texture, not really like stripe but paint on the stripe. So no, it's not about a good detailer. Mine did a perfect job on the full wrap otherwise.

I can only speculate that they made two versions of the hood stripe's matte part because on gray FJG it needed a bit more punch, so they added metallic particles, flakes, and gave it different reflective properties, it's less matte, more reflecting, less diffusing light, smooth on touch. To make it work better with the FJG colour around and stand out more, I guess. FJG stripe kinda looks higher quality upclose.

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