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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: ifti on 21 April 2009, 18:39
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I have to say, I do love my ED30, but the paintwork on the GTI is some of the poorest Ive seen! Is it me, or does it seem really thin?
I do a lot of motorway driving, so Im to expect stone chips etc now and then - unwanted, but expected.
Today I noticed a slight chip which I initially thought was some dirt or somet on the paint. So I tried to scrape it off with my fingernail, and I chipped off a little more paint! :angry:
Luckily, this was in a hidden place, so not really noticable. Just made me think of how thin the paint on the car really is!
Maybe I should wrap it in plastic!!! :grin:
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It does seem very prone to scratch / chip at the slightest touch :sad:
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The paint itself is soft as it has to adhere to modern enviromental standards but the clear coat is quite tough.
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Is there anything I can have applied to protect the paintwork a little better from chips??
Any treatment besides a plastic film on the bonnet etc?
I heard of some Diamondbright stuff once - any recommendations?
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I'm really impressed with mine. 36,000 miles and very few chips of my diamond black front (touch wood)
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Is there anything I can have applied to protect the paintwork a little better from chips??
Any treatment besides a plastic film on the bonnet etc?
I heard of some Diamondbright stuff once - any recommendations?
You either have to go with plastic film or use a bonnet bra I'm afraid...
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My BMW was the same. They all seem to be like this these days :(
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The paint on Mk4s is approx 80 microns on average, the paint on mk5s is anywhere between 120 and 160 microns.
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I've got quite a lot of small stone chips on my bonnet. They really stand out after a wash but not so bad when the car is dirty. Not sure if some colours are worse than others. Mine is red.
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I've got quite a lot of small stone chips on my bonnet. They really stand out after a wash but not so bad when the car is dirty. Not sure if some colours are worse than others. Mine is red.
Ditto, mine is red too. Lots of tiny little hair like scratches that seem to randomly appear too.
Interesting about the mk4 vs mk5 paint thickness, I had a diamond black mk4 and there was a lot less marks on that and it was 90k / 8 years old when I traded her in. Maybe it's just marks are a lot more noticeable on red :undecided:
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I really need to get these front mudflaps!!!
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Mudflaps were the first thing I purchased, worth it and they look good!- I think the paints crap!!
replaced my Gti badge and it peeled the paint off a bit! (only a mm or so :angry:)
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front of the car has coped with stone chips quite well.. not that I do many motorway miles tbh. Swirling of the paint is what bugs me the most.
Even when i picked the car up it looked like someone had gone over it with a electric toothbrush :sad:
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Personally I have found the VW factory paint to be pretty good and I have a black car. The clearcoat is reckoned to be very hard in comparison to other manufacturers. Paint chips are just the luck of the draw and swirls are just down to poor washing.
Cass
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Mine had swirls the first day I picked it up.... free from the dealership iirc!
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There seems to be a pattern emerging from the replys
Black = good chip resistance
Red = not so good
I read somewhere that the solid colours don't have a clearcoat and that this is only on metallics? Is this true? If so it would explain why my paint stick was only the paint whereas I've read that others get a kit with paint and laqour...
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Mine had swirls the first day I picked it up.... free from the dealership iirc!
Barstewards :angry:
Cass
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i've given up on trying to keep the car in pristine condition after the supermarket dings on both front doors, the scrape on the front bumper, stone chips, replacement windscreen due to stone..etc..
I have had absolutely no luck in this car. Great car, shame about all the stupid marks and dings.
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yes thats true about the solid coulours having no clear coat unfortunately ie red, mine is reflex silver 2006 with 39k and must say the paint is holding up on it very well indeed the light silver must hide the marks quite well or something and any tiny marks that it has got have covered quite well with the vw paint stick and clear coat pack and only cost £5.38 aswell bargain lol has anyone else found reflex silver to hold up reasonably well? :smiley: