Agree though the challenge is proving it unless you catch them in the act.


Sigh, I feel your pain and I bet it's not so much the $75 but the careless act of negligence.

 

Sometimes it is really an unintended accident and not a careless negligent act. If it is careless negligence that of course bothers me, but what really gets to me is the disrespect for someone else's property. Or the "it's only a ding or small scratch" type of thinking pisses me off. Many don't realize what it costs to fix these things

 

Anybody has a good suggestion as to how can I remove this ugly touch paint blob on my Nx's hood? Put on by previous owner. I'm considering using turpentine to remove them and do my own fix up work with proper touch up pen I bought from the dealership but would like to hear some experienced opinions.

 

Agree, that does not look too good. I'd wet sand it carefully down.
I have used the scratch repair on a few repairs over time and happy with the results. See here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/nx-...ml#post9539007

 

On Saturday, the guy in front me kicked up what may have been a mud flap from a truck. I was in the left lane, not much of a shoulder to work with and had someone on my right. It came right up the middle. It looks worse in this photo than it does in real life. I am hoping it can be buffed out...

 

^^^ Yeah, looks like it's just rubber that smeared and should look like new with a good polish.

 

I've either had extremely bad luck or there is a defect in the paint. Since about 1000K (now, just over 6500K), I have sustained about a dozen chips on the hood, bumper cover and lower fascia of the grill. I have a 2014 RDX and a 2002 Frontier (that was my previous daily driver with 123000K) that have fewer front end chips than what I've sustained in such a short time.

Is anyone else experiencing, what I determine, excessive chipping?

 

I have noticed the Atomic silver on our ES seems more "delicate" and susceptible to scratches than other Lexus colors we have had. We had a clear bra installed on the entire front end, hood and fenders. Keeping that in mind, we don't have anything more than a few chips behind the rear wheels at 12K miles, yet we did get three windshield chips over the last year. We definitely have a number of light scratches though. Could be just bad luck on our part but it just seems to be a softer finish.

 

I thought hard about getting the chips touched up followed with clear bra over the front end...in the end, felt it was ridiculous / absurd to have to do that. Though, with nothing to lose, I did file a warranty claim with Lexus. Ultimately, it was up to the dealer to make the call on normal or not. I'm sure you can guess how that ended.

Oh well...still enjoying the car...

 

Hi,

I took my car to a paintless dent repair shop to fix a ding on the rear quarter panel and ended up getting what appears to be a clearcoat burn/paint damage. It seems that this damage occured while polishing the area after the repair. The dull area definitely seems like a clearcoat burn, but I am not sure as to the right side- it looks as if a small animal with sharp teeth bit the paint (for the lack of better description) but when I actually touch them with my fingernail I cannot feel the chipped paints.

Can someone with experience be able to tell me if this is indeed a clearcoat burn, and if so, is there a way to professionally fix this spot only? Would any detailing help? I would really like to avoid having to repaint and reclear the whole quarter panel- the damaged area is quite small and I want to preserve the original paint/clearcoat as much as possible...

appreicate any advice.

 

This thread is so depressing!