Black out chipping

[emsmatt]

Ive blacked out all the chrome on my 5th gen. I used Fusion and did a pretty good job on it but now im getting pretty substantial chipping in the front. Everything else is holding up great. Its only been about 1 month. My question(s) are: any advice on touching up the chips? Thinking of spraying a Q-tip and dabbing the chips. Or do I need to just keep re-painting the front. Any similar problemes out there?

 

[harper7]

Ive blacked out all the chrome on my 5th gen. I used Fusion and did a pretty good job on it but now im getting pretty substantial chipping in the front. Everything else is holding up great. Its only been about 1 month. My question(s) are: any advice on touching up the chips? Thinking of spraying a Q-tip and dabbing the chips. Or do I need to just keep re-painting the front. Any similar problemes out there?

A Testor paint pen is what I used.A small dab will do ya!Most hobby stores will have them.Testor 2549C Enamel Paint Marker 1/3 oz - Flat Black
A q-tip with paint on it will work fine too!

I painted my center part by the emblem 3 or 4 times now and it seems to hold up alot better being thicker with more coats. The rock nick now takes it down to the next layer which is black too now. I bought new black fog surrounds as they are pretty cheap so I wouldn't have to deal with them anymore.

 

[emsmatt]

Thanks Harper! Doing the center wings is pretty easy since it is so simple to remove it and paint. It is definately the fog lamp surrounds and the chrome trim strip that has me concerned since it was kinda a time consuming process to tape and cover everything. How difficult was swapping out the foglamp surrounds? Where did you pick them up at?

 

[mag10]

^Snow&Surf has done a great/quick write up on swapping out the fog trim.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/66759-those-who-want-know-5.html

I've got these parts on order and plan on doing it this week.

As to the front wing, I did 10-12 coats of fusion + wet sanding in between every few coats with clear sprayed every few coats, and several coats of clear when finishing things up. It took me a week to do at a casual pace. I'm by no means a pro, but it has held up very well thus far. If it starts chipping bad later down the road I might try Plastidip which folks on the forum have said works very well.