Bonnet

[MatrixGuy]

Ok, am getting pretty sick of the stonechips on my bonnet. Just washed, clayed, polished and waxed my willy 2 yesterday..... looks awesome, but the bonnet spoils everything

What are my options to get rid?

I have a SMART repair kit that i bought but not tried yet. I used it on a scratch and worked quite well.

Bonnet respray or buy a new bonnet?

How much would a bonnet respray cost roughly?

Thanks everyone.

[MattyH16valver]

Depends how bad they are I suppose....I just had my car fully re-sprayed and opted to get the origal bonnet reparied....but for a new one your looking at about £130 plus another £100 for a decent spray job.

[willywayne]

If you are willing to be brave, and what have you got to lose?

You could try touching in the stone chips, and then wetsanding back using some 2000-2500 grade wet and dry, then buffing out the sanding marks.

I did it to the front of the mrs's car, and it came up a treat.

Just trying to find a thread i saw a while back on detailingworld showing someone doing it on his escort, amazing turnaround.

[FATBOY]

i would be interested in this!

and matrix guy, im in the same boat as you! looking for a monaco blue bonnet in decent unchipped nick is like finding a needle in a haystack!

[willywayne]

The one i was on about has foolishly deleted the pics that were on the thread, but here is a guide from autopia:

http://autopia.org/forum/click-brag/...-56k-owie.html

[willywayne]

Oh, and here is another one showing some sever orange peel being dealt with!!

Amazing!

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ht=stone+chips

[MatrixGuy]

Thanks wayne!

I must admit after completing the first scratch i was left with light scratch marks from the wet and dry.... i shvt myself, but used some Meguiars Scratch X on it, a few coats of that and they were gone.

[willywayne]

Huh?

You have done it already?

any before and after pics?

[Tommo]

You could try Chips Away as an alternative

http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/

[MatrixGuy]

Huh?

You have done it already?

any before and after pics?

not done the bonnet bud,

i had a large scratch down the driver door panel which i did.