Hi all,
I'm really tempted to pick up a new white Lancer SX this weekend- can't believe the prices dealers are offering it for.
Pretty sold on the car except for random comments I've seen around about paint chips. Some say it will chip on the ride home, others saying it takes a bit of gravel. I've even heard stories that birdshit will leave marks after a few hours. Figure all cars need to be kept clean but some of this sounds a bit extreme and would really spoil the 'new car' feeling.
Can anyone tell me if these stories are just one-offs or an old model or anything like that? It'd really help push me over the edge and pick one up and if it's just a care thing I wasn't planning on neglecting the thing anyway.
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Paint Chip Stories?
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The paint on the Lancers are quite thin unfortunately so you will probably experience a higher chance of rock chips compared to other cars. How much/often this occurs will be based on how often you drive at high speeds and also on unsealed roads. An upside for you if you decide to go with a white sx is that the primer is also white, meaning that rock chips for you wont be too obvious.
To give you a means of comparison I've owned my car for around 6 months and I've touched up perhaps a handful of rock chips (being the ones that I have noticed...perhaps theres more on the car). I also own a black car so I guess if you get a white one, they will be quite hard for you to notice.
To give you a means of comparison I've owned my car for around 6 months and I've touched up perhaps a handful of rock chips (being the ones that I have noticed...perhaps theres more on the car). I also own a black car so I guess if you get a white one, they will be quite hard for you to notice.
I have a white lancer you can see the stone chips but only if you look really close i have a few the colour i can see under mine are like a grey but you can barely see them from a quick up close glance only if you continuously stare and look for them but white is deffinantly an easier colour to colour match
I don't have any chips other than the ones on my bonnet and that one on my door as far as I know... And I've driven on gravel and similar at speeds I probably shouldnt have.
Unsealed roads aren't the problem, its rocks flicked up by other cars/trucks that are.
And if you're really paranoid about the unsealed roads get the front mudguards
Unsealed roads aren't the problem, its rocks flicked up by other cars/trucks that are.
And if you're really paranoid about the unsealed roads get the front mudguards
Had the car since May last year, only did around 8000kms so far, been on a few road trips (i'm from Sydney) going to Mudgee, Geelong, Brisbane, Hunter Valley, Port Stephens, Canberra to enjoy the car...
No paint chips. And I do really look over the car really carefully everytime I do my weekly cleaning or just everytime I walk by the car I go thru it very carefully because of the paint chip stories. So far nothing.
No paint chips. And I do really look over the car really carefully everytime I do my weekly cleaning or just everytime I walk by the car I go thru it very carefully because of the paint chip stories. So far nothing.
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