paint

In another month or two, once the weather is sunny for several days, I plan to fix a handful of paint chips that need correcting. ❓ Question: Got recommendations for your best process for preparing the surface? I'm looking for specific techniques you personally have used to appropriately...

Picked up a rock chip today on a Deep Crystal Blue Mica vehicle today. If it's gray/white in there, is that damaged beyond the paint layer?

I took a nice little rock chip on my passenger side. Right behind the driver's door. Good thing it's smaller than the little fingernail on my finger. It's on a 2016.5, the Blue Reflex color. I'm wondering what would work well. At the dealership they have something that you can tap as a pen to...

The paint on my hood is peeling badly and shows metal underneath. I think the heat from the engine is accelerating the process. I previously had to remove the fiberglass insulation underneath because a Brooklyn rat kept chewing it for a nest and leaving bits of it all around the engine...

10 months in (so half a winter) and all pavement driving I'm really disappointed with the number of paint chips on the hood, fenders and doors. When I was applying the touch up pen I stopped counting at 20 on the hood alone. Over the years it's going to look like it's got measles.

Just bought my first Mazda the other day. Normally i would stray away from buying a car/suv which was used as a rental, but the deal was too good to pass up. The CX-5 has a few minor scratches from luggage being dragged out of the back, and paint chips on the hood from highway driving. 1. What...

We just picked up a new 2017 CX5 in SNOWFLAKE WHITE PEARL MICA. I'm curious if any of you with that color, who had the car for a while, had any issues with the paint chipping. I've read several forums about the red color having chipping problems, but I haven't heard anything about the...

As many of you Soul Red owners know, the paint is peeling off and chipping at an unreasonable rate. I personally have five chips on my hood, with less than 3,000 miles on my 2017 CX-5. I've seen countless complaints from other Mazda owners on this forum and other forums as well. I've been in...

Since Crystal White Pearl Tricoat is difficult to match, there is no guarantee of an exact match. Even Dr. Color Chip gives this warning. Anyone have good results hiding the White Pearl chips?

Hey all, I'm new here just bought a new 2017 Cx-5 GT. Great car looks sharp and I want to keep it that way. I know there are tons of posts out there about this and so much info to sift through but I was hoping someone could give me a quick rundown. I live in Northern Ontario, Canada and the...

I made the grave mistake of letting the "detailer" at my dealership wash my car. He 100% does not know what he is doing and SPRAYED GREASER ALL OVER MY CAR AND TRIM. He also sprayed my engine bay WITHOUT permission, and fried one of my HID relays or ballast.(fckin pissed) & as soon as I got it...

So I joined the club! I was just about to bite the bullet on a 2017 Civic GT Hatch, but after testing out the 2017 GT CX-5 I was sold. I've never purchased a new car before, but I tend to hang onto vehicles until they reach the point where one thing after another starts giving me hell. Last car...

Number of times I see off and on posts on quality of Mazda paint - some say its comparable to others of today's age while others comment on thinness of the paint in general. This poll is to take an overall perspective of this. TRI-COAT: SOUL RED WHITE All other OEM colors are standard...

My 2002.5 Proteg5 now has a nice ding that's gonna cost me over $400 to get fixed. It's always been garaged -- and it was the garage that attacked it! My garage door has tension springs. Many do, but others have torsion springs that are wrapped around a shaft; if yours is this latter type...

Every time I look at my freshly washed, black Protg I get a little sad. You wouldn't believe how many tiny scratches my poor car is covered in.. and those HIDEOUS oxidized spots. Anyway, I don't have the money for a professional paint job/touch up so I'm here asking if anyone out there can give...

Have any of you found rust on you 2014 or 2015 Mazda 6s? If so, where?

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So I was watching some videos today on how people were buffing the paint back to its original color. Is this a hoax and will my sun damaged roof have to be painted again? or is this a successful fix on sun damage?

So i'm trying to fix up some of the surface rust on my 2003.5 msp, and I was wondering if anyone knows where to get the special tri-color yellow paint they used oem. Thanks!!

Hi guys, I'm new to this forum. Recently I just bought a set of 19" oem rim to replace my 17", before swapping the wheels I would love to change the color. What do you guys think would be best match for pearl white sport?? Also, I was wondering if anyone here had either painted or wrapped their...