unusual marks on car

[blacksline]

hi guys.

when i was my motor, it looks well nice n shiny, except on close up. there are some unusual marks, i thought it maybe tar, so i tried tar remover but not to any joy.

i have uploaded some pics of it, and was hoping one of you can recommend something to get rid of it.

thanks.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1333/17062007069xp3.jpg

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6448/17062007068kk9.jpg

finally i think that works :)

[J7USS]

Pics aint working!!!

[RickT]

pics....??

RickT

[blacksline]

dunno whats happened to the pics :confused:

i will have to upload them again when i get home.

[J7USS]

pics....??

RickT


...Pictures!!!

[blacksline]

finally its uploaded...

pls advise. thnks :)

[J7USS]

They look like fine stone chips from what I can see...
Ive got them in exactly same place, Weird thing is though, is its only on the Passenger side....:confused:

Is yours????

[onzarob]

they are small stone chips, I usally noice it happen where a reapint or blowin has been done. I usually put it down to the paint not being as hard as the orginal factory paint. also when a blow in is done the paint is clear over base which means the damaged section is sprayed with the colour then a larger area is sanded lighlty to allow the lacqured to be sprayed over a larger area allowing the paint to blend in.

Mines like it on the front and I suspect its had a little work done at some point.

I did have a MK1 Cabriolet which did the same on the rear arches which also had the same effect and definalty had a bit of a respary,

[RickT]

fine stone chips.......

mine does this all the time after a polish...

I am taking a wild guess.... what you have done and maybe a resolve.......!!!!

Whenever i use a polish like Auto glym or any polish which is WHITE'ish, the polish seems to sticks to the fine stone chips and gives thats effect..

i have a denim blue A4 and mine does the same on the front end every time...

To resolve it.. (or to make it look nice again) i purchased some Turtle Wax colour coded polish... (blue :D ) used this and it covers up all the little marks with little effort...

all thats happening is that the white bits of polish is sticking which makes it looks worse than it is...

Try getting some black polish of some sort and give it a try.. (turtle wax worked a treat on mine.. see below link)
http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=10010

it worked for me..

Rick

[nickynibbles]

Yeah, use tinted polish or t-cut, it'll hide a multitude of sins!

[inertia]

yeh I have this problem as well, small stone ships on the front of the car showin up with polish.

Its a shame because auto glym resin polish is fantastic and gets my car to shine like no other polish can, but colour magic hides these blemishes well and auto glym highlights them.

I wonder if auto glym do a coloured polish range, would be ideal

[dub love]

small stone chips. small problem, how old is the car?

[shuffle records]

[J7USS]

Yep, I had same prob, Polished it up with the good old chalky Turtle Wax and Godddd dammnn I was ****** off. It like illuminated my stonechips I never even knew I had.

Rest of the car came up nice n shiney though.
All my cosmetics are being done soon anyway, Got quite a few new car park dents.

Thing that really bugs me is I park my car on a Diagonal in Most car parks, ie Corner spot, I always make sure I leave enough space when parking next to someone but I still manage to get pranged..

Then when the neighbour washes his shed that he dumps anywhere, You cant see no more than a couple of very fine dinks!!!!!:confused:


Arrrggghhhh, Rant over:D .....

[blacksline]

thanks for replies.

yes the marks show up more when i've polished them...

it is more visible on the left hand side.

im going to clean up car properly this weekend (weather permitting), and polish it with turtle wax color magic.

just going slightly off the topic... do any of you know of any one who does valeting in the east london/essex area. since i bought the car, there is still a slight smoking smell in the interior, and im too lazy to do that myself.

once again thanks for your suggestions.

[blacksline]

small stone chips. small problem, how old is the car?

[shuffle records]

motor is 2004 on a 04. 60k miles on the clock.

very clean other then the very small chips in the pic.

[Boardboy]

Strange marks ?
Boardboy

[RickT]

Strange marks ?
Boardboy


:biglaugh: :biglaugh:

Now i wonder what that is....

RickT

[J7USS]

Strange marks ?
Boardboy

:D Nice one