So it finally happened, started getting paint chips on the aluminum. Anyone have a recommendation on touch up paint or how much it costs? Or should I just let it rust and have the warrenty take care of it?

 

Aluminum doesn't really rust. Just get the mitsu paint pen. I've got WW too and touched it up with the pen, completely invisible more than 1 foot away. Seriously WW is soooooo easy to maintain.

Oh and just wait until you get low offset wheels. My car is covered in **** lol

 

hahaha EVERYTIME i wax my car...i get sad everytime...be glad you dont have the 08! I use to have ridiculous rockchips by the rear door.

 

sorry but warranty only covers rust from under the paint not rust from rock chips....

 

Yeah, I heard the 08s are bad, but really that bad compared to the 10s?

 

I bought my WW 2 weeks ago and it already has rock chip on the side. I used the Mitsu touch up pen which is not very effective for small chip. But the color match is pretty good.

 

Is the pens tip to big for the chips?

 

Yeah, the head is too big for most rock chip. Also, you need to press down on the tip to get the paint so you have little control on the amount of the paint coming out.

 

welcome to the club.. i <3 paint chips

 

Try Tapeworks .com

 

The pen has a very stiff angled tip that comes to a decent pointed edge. If you prime the tip with paint (dab it over and over on a piece of cardboard until it is soaked nicely) you can get the tiny defects with controlled, delicate touches. Just keep dabbing for the bigger defects or if you want it to pool up a bit. I did about 50 little touch ups back in June, mostly on the rear doors but a few on the hood as well. They have all held up. Don't forget the reverse side of the pen is clear coat. For the bigger defects I added the clear. The only place the pen doesn't work is on the plastic side skirts.

 

i dont think the pen does much all you can do is prevent more chips by adding some 3m clear bra

 

id highly recommend this

 

Go to automotivetouchup.com and order you some good touch up paint for your car, better than the cheap pen Mitsu provides.

 

Doctor color chip .com 50 bucks for the whole kit and it is the best that Ive found.