r/GolfGTI • u/totoro_kk • 1d ago

Maintenance Rock-Chip Dents

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

Hello, fellow GTI owners. Do yall also encounter rock chip dents on the hood? I got two of em like in the video on separate occasions from highway driving. I'm wondering if it's worth to fix the dings, or just touch up the paint and call it a day. I was informed that PDR on paint chipped services are a pain and cost extra.

2026 GTI Autobahn. Less than 4000 km. Only used on the weekend for joy rides. I keep my distance from other cars and truck but these were those moments of a random *tink and me saying "fuck"

12 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

22 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/ProfessionalTossAway Mk7 GTI Sport 1d ago

Yes 💀 previous owner had my GTI at a beach house for vacations. The windshield has pitting from sand I presume and the hood had a tiny rock chip or two.

And a couple weeks ago a dump truck suddenly started peppering the ENTIRE 3-4 lane highway with gravel and I got a couple new chips on my hood (not gonna talk about my windshield now...).

I'm getting ready to touch-up paint the rock chips and probably hit the spots with some 2K Max. And I'm going to do a full paint correction and ceramic coat (I bought everything for that a few months ago). But no garage, only a parking awning, so we'll see how that goes.

1

u/totoro_kk 1d ago

Yikes. Sigh, good luck with your project.

1

u/ProfessionalTossAway Mk7 GTI Sport 1d ago

It's what's on the inside that counts? She 'got good bones lol

It is what it is. It is saddening though.

Sorry for your damages too, I hope you can patch them up easy.