Is it just me or is renault paintwork rubbish

[andyclio172]

Evening all,

Is it just me or does the paintwork on our beloved clio's seem to chip very easily???

Spent the best part of this afternoon touching up the front bumper on my renaultsport 172 and I could not beleive the sheer amount of chips there were out of the paintwork.

 

[Tyler@Ultimate]

[h=2]paintwork is rubbish[/h]

 

[Martyn-172]

Mine looks lyk its bin blasted with a shotgun mate lol

 

[andyclio172]

At least it is not just me that shares that opinion then.

 

[JackJack]

Not just you it's sh1t.

 

[:( clios]

my front end is so bad i dont bother any more, and we all laugh at bonnet bras

 

[andyclio172]

And I thought the paintwork on my Subaru impreza chipped easily but it is a hell of a lot tougher than the clio paintwork. Oh well might just save up my pennies and have the front bumper resprayed.

 

[EngineerD]

It's a cheap car, what do you expect?

Anyway chipped paint = less weight = win.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Stay off peoples tails

 

[JCC]

Nope, it really is s**t.

Could be worse though, could be a Honda.

 

[mx1_champ]

why put good paint on a s**t car haha..i must admit its not the best

jcc .. your a painter arent you ? what brand do they use, if you know ?

 

[JCC]

I am yeah, no idea what stuff they use though, just know it's soft as feck.

 

[Dyewitness]

My 200's paint is so soft, anything seems to mark it.

 

[bmh.01]

Problem with crappy water based paints, its not the worst though either.

 

[andyclio172]

I see what people are saying. I did not know honda's chipped really easily either. Glad I bought the 172and not a type r then as I have £££'s left over for mods and tidying my car up.

Does anyone know how much a respray would be to the front bumper roughly???

 

[mx1_champ]

100-200 ish depending on were you go