My bad

How did it happen la?

I think the link he post got
around 290

Hit the curb when u turn. Small part of paint at right Fender also chipped off . very sad

Oooff..

Sakit..
Time for new rims n PS4..

My car hit 1000km less than 1 week haha..
And warranty parts you can go for inspection anytime.

hard to find nice rims suit this FC

unless thai RS black rim

Is this repairable?

Any crack at the RIM? is no, I think should be ok.

No crack. Just scratched. Where can I do it? Not sure if it require chrome filling

Then get both

Not really, 99% of the cars on the road don't have additional coatings done.

Benefits of coating in general :
1) paint maintains shine better and longer
2) easier to clean dust off
3) some added protection to the original paint clear coat (debatable though)
4) nice water beading effect

I used to be a bit crazy of coatings stuff and so wanted to apply it onto my new car. But after thinking through sometime, i refrained and have some realisations...

My thoughts (and no offense to those that did their coating, but something for those that are sitting on the fence deliberating whether to get it done or not); if you want a proper protection, better get a genuine physical layer of material over it, ie a film/vinyl wrap. Colour, patterned, satin, matt, glossy, metallic finish or transparent, doesn't matter. When you're driving at speeds, when a nice stone hits the body panel, it will still leave a mark for those who does their coating. The sacrificial layer/thickness of the coating is just too thin/marginal to take on such impact.

Those hardness rating of 8H 9H or 10H that was being mentioned, i really have no idea it is comparable or measured against what metric. The only thing i can think of is the pencil hardness (which also uses the H rating for their hardness grades) that we see in the stationary shop. And if the coatings are as claimed to be so good at protecting the paint surface, i have no idea why watermarks, tree saps and bird poo can leave a permanent stain. I've not experimented, but I'm also suspicious that the coatings can't even stand the scratch of the finger nail....

If there's any vendor that can demonstrate that after coating, when you lightly run a key over the car panel without leaving a scratch mark, take my money pronto A stone hitting on your car's body panel is definitely much harsher than lightly running the key over. For those film/vinyl wrap, i know they can stand up to a light key scratch or the frequent finger nail scratch on the door handles and much better at stone chipping protection.

Other thoughts and opinions welcomed.

Polished surface wheel is hard to repair as they can't use filler and spray over, and at best, shave off a layer and use machine polish which would mean the wheel will be slightly different in dimension vs. original. From your pics, it's not too bad la. Give the car a good wash, and then try not to look at the wheel too much instead of trying to repair it for now.

get the silver , wrap the roof to black

What has been seen cannot be unseen. Sigh
If it just outer scratch then easy Hut deep scratch is making me paranoid

Only thing about clear wraps is that the optical clarity and shine of the wrap will never match that of a good clearcoat which has been detailed/coated. Coating is a good thing, as it eases maintenance of the car's paintwork (assuming you get a good coating which is not picky about type of car wash/shampoo applied).

Down sides is that it's costly and in many cases, cheaper less reputable coatings do not last at all.

I know the feeling man. I curbed my very rare and expensive forged wheels a few years back on my old car. Really sux, but after a while, try not to look. Time heals the pain

This post has been edited by GeekinE90: Aug 4 2016, 11:23 AM

Yes. But I still have to touch up the chipped off paint. Haiz

REPEATED...

This post has been edited by sean2823: Aug 4 2016, 11:42 AM

Well speaking about costly good coatings, it is still not as costly as clear wraps. FYI the workshop told me it is more expensive than my wrap... imagine that (but it has something call self-healing tech)

The self healing type can go up to 5 figure territory, mostly used on exotic cars which the owners have plenty of money to spend

Can repair... No worries... Look for those rim shops that also got do repairs like King of Rims...

http://kingofrims.com.my/sports-rimwheel-repair/

Another
https://www.facebook.com/DentMasterWheelEnterprisePLT/

Or can DIY and wet sand with 1000 to 2000 grit sand paper... Another is to close 1 eye lor...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Aug 4 2016, 11:58 AM