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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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Hello, I have a MY03 silverstone and I've got some small chips on the nose and fenders. I bought some paint from the dealership and it looked so much darker that I immediately wiped it off and am thinking that maybe the chips aren't so bad. Does anyone know who makes the best or closest matching touch-up paint for silverstone? Thanks in advance.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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I have chips on my bumper (who doesn't) and tried sevral diff touc ups and in conclusion.......they all suck and are all darker even the custom ones!! I'm going to live without touch up its better than having the measles look on my bumper.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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I've used the touch up pen from www.autovisuals.com with great results.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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really? they were exactly the same as the OEM honda paint. Another member said this also. I got a refund I tried everything out there seriosuly nothign matches real well.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 04:53 PM
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how will you prevent rust with exposed metal??
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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the small chips are all on the bottom of the bumper etc which is urethane so no biggie on s2ks. I barely have any on the body which is mint and I'm not to worried.
My 300zxTT which was a 95 had thousands of lil rock chips all over the front hood and bumper. The previous owner did alot of freeway driving. Guess what no rust ever in any of those spots and I never used touchup paint also since there were to many chips.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverKnight,Jul 31 2004, 04:50 PM
really? they were exactly the same as the OEM honda paint. Another member said this also. I got a refund I tried everything out there seriosuly nothign matches real well.
Like I said, the autovisuals pen matched perfectly on mu silverstone.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 05:25 PM
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No No lol I mean they didn't match and another member also warned of this but I went and tryed anyway. Maybe you just lucked out? Its def darker the auto visuals pen.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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Some others have posted that their paint did not match, but autovisuals replaced their pen.

In my experience, the paint must be properly mixed. I literally took a few minutes to shake the pen to make sure it was properly mixed. I also used an old credit card to practice before touching up chips on the car. I wanted to make sure the paint was flowing consistently. I've used paint markers in the past and at times they do tend to "flood" at times.
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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oh yes I def did test it on rocks, paper, whatever was near my car lol. I shook for 2min and the pen was so exact in color to the honda OEM touchup I just said ##@ it
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