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true-blue:
Had a quote from a professional detailer for a correction and detail on my new acquired gti and the paint measured very thin on his paint gauge?

The car is metalic black.... is this common?

Also my bonnet has significant stone chipping, is this common on the Black ?

Cheers.

bacillus:
The previous owner(s) could have regularly machine polished the car to get rid of swirls. Swirls are more noticable on black cars! This would reduce your paint thickness (more specifically the clear coat thickness).

As for stone chips, they occur on all cars but are more noticable on a black or dark colour car as the primer is white.

true-blue:
He measured in the door shuts as he said the lacquer was usually at it's thinest there and it was quite a lot thinner than the rest of the car. In other words the lacquer is relatively thick on the bonnet, roof etc.

I had a black golf tdi for four years as a company car (04 Plate), did over 80k miles in it and the bonnet wasn't as stone chipped as my current car. It's not a big issue as I have a mate with his own body shop so having the bonnet painted is no big deal really.

winrya:
did he give you an actual thickness measure?

true-blue:
he did but I struggle to remember exactly,

I have a feeling it was about 65 microns? in the door shuts and 90 odd microns elsewhere  - the paint on his own car was about 130+ microns.

He showed me the gauge as he was measuring it.

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