it's not faded paint and its not going to polish out... i had a small mark the same colour when mine came off and my car isn't silver, i know someone with a red 6n that did it too, bummer that its all the way across though! there was someone with a lupo that it happened to on here last year if i remeber right too, it's guna need blending in at a spray shop mate

It's not the easiest colour to match

Can go edge to edge with that colour in Dupont but its still going to need the full doors and quarters clearcoated minimum because theres no good swedge lines to local it to.

If your getting bumpers done id get the full sides done anyway and that should ensure a good match to all panels.

Maybe you could get some colour coded 6n2 bumpstrips if you don't want to respray?

for a silver car most bodyshops will quote to paint the full sides

argh!!!! how much u tlkin thn????

It's not the easiest colour to match

It's not the easiest colour to match

Can go edge to edge with that colour in Dupont but its still going to need the full doors and quarters clearcoated minimum because theres no good swedge lines to local it to.

If your getting bumpers done id get the full sides done anyway and that should ensure a good match to all panels.

dunpot???huh??lol yeah yeah, I'm gettin 16v bumpers n they will obv need spraying, m=but i am doing a gloss black roof aswell

Maybe you could get some colour coded 6n2 bumpstrips if you don't want to respray?

but dont i need the top half of the 6n bumpers to fit them, and therefore wld need smoothin and paintin

cheers Dan

i shall get caramel wheel and giv it a blast, but I'm gettin new front a rear bumpers which shall have to go to the body shop for painting so may just get them to flash over themarks neways

cheers guys

its a right piss take and rather anoying tho tbf

Dan

i have done this on my black valver & the same have happened, i have white marks & a lacquer line where the bottom of the strip was, pulled the lacquer off as i pulled the strip off

can i just ask did you use a card between the door & strip when you did this?

i shall get caramel wheel and giv it a blast, but I'm gettin new front a rear bumpers which shall have to go to the body shop for painting so may just get them to flash over themarks neways

cheers guys

its a right piss take and rather anoying tho tbf

Dan

i have done this on my black valver & the same have happened, i have white marks & a lacquer line where the bottom of the strip was, pulled the lacquer off as i pulled the strip off

can i just ask did you use a card between the door & strip when you did this?

you are a genius, i jst 4, yeah i did, n the card bends so rubs along the paint work, right????

lol

tht what you are gonna say???

cheers Dan

well the white strip on the back of the card has probably rubbed the paintwork like mine did? i haven't had a go at polishing it yet tho, but getting the feeling it may be a bodyshop job, as 1 side is alot worse than the other

could this the same for you?!

this is really weird because i had no problems with my old red mk4

i'll have to get some pics up at weekend

well the white strip on the back of the card has probably rubbed the paintwork like mine did? i haven't had a go at polishing it yet tho, but getting the feeling it may be a bodyshop job, as 1 side is alot worse than the other

could this the same for you?!

this is really weird because i had no problems with my old red mk4

i'll have to get some pics up at weekend

yeah yeah they both bad, but one sides line aint as large in thinkness tbh, its anoying!!!!

lol

does this happen everytime you de bump strip a mk4? :S

^^ nope only occasionally mines fine and i no alot more that have done it and its turned out just fine. just luck of the draw

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^^ nope only occasionally mines fine and i no alot more that have done it and its turned out just fine. just luck of the draw

yes mine is only on one door its really anoying might try touching it up

why dont you just put colour coded bump strips on since it looks shag and paints going to cost a lot?

why dont you just put colour coded bump strips on since it looks shag and paints going to cost a lot?

like i said I'm going to be painting the bumpers and so will only need to pay for paint once if i do it all at once