So i finished the evo mod about a week ago and finished it right before it got dark. With classes in the morning, i never got around to waxing it (not sure how much that would have helped) and tonight when i went to wax it, you can see where rocks have kicked up and hit it. There are many little dot size chips in it that are all the way down to the red. Looks like i am going to have to respray the whole thing but it is pointless if it will keep happening. Anyone else have this problem? How can i avoid this? I used 4 coats of the most expensive plastic paint i could find, and 2-3 coats of clear.

 

its spray paint it will probabaly always chip no matter what you do

 

moar paint, maybe try plasti-dip.

This is exactly why I wont paint mine...or the bowtie, chipping is ugly.

 

and don't follow people too close either

 

my stock lip has huge chunks missing from rocks boucning up off the road... i've never hit anything with it but its chipped to ish...

 

just vinyl it...my friend did that and it looks alot better then mine

 

how did you prep the area when you painted it?

 

i used plasti-dip and i have no chipping. it's been done for about 4 or 5 months.

 

Either vinyl, or repaint plus clear coat. Or plastidip.

 

or get it done professionally and don't worry about paint chips

 

pictures of people who did it with vinyl?

 

he only did the top..but he did have the bottom done but he didnt like the way it looked

 

did he take his grill off to do it or did he leave everything on i was about to do this with vinyl but never got around to it

 

i think he left the grill on and as for the bottom he took that off the day he got the car lol

 

yeah bottom seems like it would be hard lol

 

Those eyelids make your Cobalt look like it's got double lazy eyes...

 

yea he had trouble with it but he made it work..he even did the back

 

meh ill give it a try and then post pictures up later

 

Not sure that's an option now that its painted.

Not much prep. Cleaned very good, taped, and painted. I was stuck on whether or not i should sand.. but i decided not to, hoping the plastic paint would hold. Guess not.

Eh, not sure what they could do now that it's done.

Yea, i'm over them. Going to get a new pair and color match the housing. Anyone got some?

 

Just put the clear bra thing where the lip is and that fixes ur problem

 

they can strip it and repaint it. anything can be done with paint!

 

plasti-dip is an amazing product lol
If you dont know what it is its like a spray "rubber" type material that when dries is flat black. If you want gloss I guess you could do a couple layers of that... wouldnt look bad but its a real durable product

 

Plasti-Dip is where its at. Easiest thing to do and if you don't like it you can take it right off.

 

^^ forgot to say that it comes off with a goooood scrub. Thanks

 

paint chipping? really? maybe because you covered a factory paint job with cheap spray paint. if you do it, do it right and get it done at a body shop