Seat Ibiza - Seat Ibiza stone chips

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Wed 11 Jun 2014 00:04
Seat Ibiza - Seat Ibiza stone chips - BMW Enthusiast

I bought a brand new Seat Ibiza in January this year and have covered 8000 miles. There are a few small stone chips on the bonnet and a bigger one on the front drivers side door. Is this make and model of car prone to stone chips in general or is there a quality issue with the paint? The colour is non metallic emocion red.

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Wed 11 Jun 2014 00:22
Seat Ibiza - Seat Ibiza stone chips - RobJP

Much as I hesitate to say it, but try driving with a larger gap to the car in front of you.

Paints in general are less 'sturdy' than a few years ago anyway, and as a non-metallic it doesn't have the really good lacquer that a metallic would have either.

Getting a good proper waxing on the paint won't hurt, though if a stone travelling at 40 mph in one direction meets your car coming at 60 mph in the opposite direction, it's still the equivalent of the stone doing 100mph into your car, so it can't protect from everything.

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Wed 11 Jun 2014 12:25
Seat Ibiza - Seat Ibiza stone chips - skidpan

Seat Leon bought 12 months ago. Non-metallic white paint. After 8000 miles there are zero chips on the bonnet.

Compared to our other recent car purchases which have all been metallics this is the best result I have seen. The other cars (Fords, Kia and BMW) have all suffered bonnet chips within the first 12 months. The lacquer used on metallics is certainly harder but does appear to be far more chip prone that the paint used on the Leon.

All our cars get waxed twice a year using Mequiars products.

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