![]() Usually the less touch up paint you use - the better. Let dry and add layers until you think it looks OK. As it dries it will pull down into the surface of the chip. Even if it looks like the first drop covered the chip fine - let it dry - the touch up paint has a lot of solvents in it. If it doesn't cover enough - let it dry and then add another small drop. Just let the drop of paint flow into the chip. I'll dip the blunted end of the toothpick in a drop of the paint and then transfer the small drop of paint on the toothpick to the chip. I'll take a wooden toothpick and cut the end back slightly so it is blunt and not pointy. Sometimes the pen end is too large as well. Don't use the brush end of the paint pen - it is too large for small chips. Don't try to fill the chip in one application. Let it dry for a day - then apply another layer as needed. On a deep chip apply the touch up paint in layers. You need to shake the touch up pen really well before you apply it. FWIW - the Toyota touch up paint pen that I bought from my local Toyota dealer (think you can order them on Amazon too) seems to match the MGM color of my 4Runner pretty well. I would have thought the primer color under the paint wouldn't contrast as much with Lunar Rock - but if the chip is large enough it is probably pretty noticeable. It appeared to me that the primer color under the paint on my 4Runner was a light gray color - and it really contrasts with the Magnetic Gray on my 4Runner making small chips noticeable until they are filled with touch up paint. I would think that small paint chips on Lunar Rock would be not as noticeable. I haven't seen any chips in the areas covered with the PPF - but I have a few small ones past where the PPF extends that I have fixed with a Toyota touch up paint pen. If you tend to drive close to vehicles in front of you - try backing off a little and leaving more space between you and the car in front of you (especially on higher speed limit roads/hwys) - you'll get less chips in your paint. You might not even hear them hitting - especially if you have the windows down or the radio volume up. They are usually small - but with the velocity they shoot from under the tires of the vehicle in front of you + the forward velocity of your vehicle the relative velocity that they impact the paint on your vehicle is high. Usually these small rocks are shot back at you from under the rear tires of the vehicle in front of you. Thanks for posting your comment.The chips are from rocks hitting your vehicle. I might have to go down tomorrow and see if they will lay down a small strip to protect the top part of the grill you are talking about. I wanted to get the front covered in clear bra but in my area they wanted $2300 for a full front and $1500 for a partial and that just isn't affordable to me right now. I know the profile of the 4Runner hood wouldn't let this happen but I still like the idea of a bug deflector on my ORP. I have a 1997 Chevy Z71 that I had a bug deflector on for years and it was looking bad so I took it off and about a week later a massive rock came out of a 4x4 trucks tire and put a major dent in the edge of my hood. I've got 2 days to think about using this before my long road trip in the Western USA. I thought the hood would have some bumpers that are screw in/out up/down for aligning the gap but on my 2022 ORP it is only set grommet type bumpers and there is zero adjustability to bring the hood slightly up. It didn't feel like I had to force it down so I didn't worry about that area until your comment. I have just had this on for a few miles and I can see some sight rubbing. Click to expand.I 100% see what you are talking about.
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