Dealing with rock chips - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

AlloyPony · 04-26-2019, 02:23 PM

So, I ended up taking the car to the lowest bidder. He covered the front bumper and edge of the hood with SolarGard Clearshield Pro film and charged me $450. It is nearly invisible...except that the Mach 1 has the hood decal that GTs don't and there was nothing he could do except cover up the lower half of the decal with the film. It would have been too difficult to cut the film to fit around the decal and make the edges all look nice. So, the end result is that 1/2 of my decal is matte and the other half appears glossy now.

But, like he said, I'd rather have a glossy looking decal than one beat all to heck by rock chips.

I wish I had done this the week after I had the front end painted. Sigh... live and learn.

rich1 · 05-02-2019, 07:09 PM

My paint on the bumper was bad too. I took it to a real good paint shop here . They said the paint was not done correct from the factory . They did a perfect match that does not chip or crack for $500.

bris09 · 05-22-2019, 08:56 PM

I just got mine back from having the front bumper painted (4th time since 04). This time though he said there was a poor repair done to the bumper and what ever they used was gooey. Said it was preventing the paint from properly sticking. He took it down to bare plastic and started over. I was quite intrigued about this "repair" as I have owned the car since it had 562 miles and the only thing ever done was chip repairs. He said he was intrigued as well since the cover was flawless under the goo. Painter said he added a flex agent that slows the drying of the paint to keep it flexible longer. Hopefully the paint sticks better this time.

Mach! Schnell! · 07-20-2023, 02:23 AM

I realize this is a very old thread, but I just wanted to say that my yellow 2003 Mach1 has exactly one paint chip in the hood. Original paint - I drive it regularly in the summertime - 75K miles on it. So apparently not all the 03 paint jobs were not screwed up by Ford.

05-02-2019, 07:09 PM	#2
rich1 AUTOMACHTIC Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: RTP/ N.C. Posts: 4,813	Re: Dealing with rock chips My paint on the bumper was bad too. I took it to a real good paint shop here . They said the paint was not done correct from the factory . They did a perfect match that does not chip or crack for $500. __________________ UPGRADES...Tokico Illuminas Borla SS Catback , Steeda Underdrives , Strut Brace , HPM Lower K Brace , L /C Arms , U /C Arms , HPM PanHard Bar, K&N FRPK 2, GOODYEAR GT1 , MRT- H-Pipe , JLT VaporTraps , SLP-12'" Tips! , FRPP Shorty 1 5/8 Headers , Brembo D/S & PBR D/S Rotors ,FRPP Alum.DS ,Roys 3/8 Spacer , SVT Focus 255 pump SCTsw Chip PRO-DYNOjet NA 300.01hp /315tq (Auto) ,Innovate W/B ,Compucar Wet Kit (90jet) + Heater and E Gauge * 360 hp/385tq 12.5 -1/4 @112

05-22-2019, 08:56 PM	#3
bris09 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middletown, PA Posts: 3,992	Re: Dealing with rock chips I just got mine back from having the front bumper painted (4th time since 04). This time though he said there was a poor repair done to the bumper and what ever they used was gooey. Said it was preventing the paint from properly sticking. He took it down to bare plastic and started over. I was quite intrigued about this "repair" as I have owned the car since it had 562 miles and the only thing ever done was chip repairs. He said he was intrigued as well since the cover was flawless under the goo. Painter said he added a flex agent that slows the drying of the paint to keep it flexible longer. Hopefully the paint sticks better this time. __________________ Brian 04 Azure Mach 1 Mods: Enough to not be the slowest, but nowhere near enough to be the fastest. 17 Fusion Sport Now faster than the Mach 96 Laser Red Cobra Vert For those days you just wanna cruise with the top down 89 Shelby CSX Still rocking the VNT and Fiberides.

07-20-2023, 02:23 AM	#4
Mach! Schnell! Rice Hunter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Posts: 41	Re: Dealing with rock chips I realize this is a very old thread, but I just wanted to say that my yellow 2003 Mach1 has exactly one paint chip in the hood. Original paint - I drive it regularly in the summertime - 75K miles on it. So apparently not all the 03 paint jobs were not screwed up by Ford. __________________ Since I got the 2003, No more classic muscle for me! It's a car, not a lawn ornament - get out and drive it!

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