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Hello all! We are excited to be a part of this forum! We just purchased a 2006 XKR - black on black. Only 66k miles and in very good condition! It needed some serious cleaning. However, the hood has some small chips in the paint from use. They are not visible until you get close but we plan on taking the car to car shows (if they ever open back up!) and would like to clean up the chipped spots. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the forum. I have not had much luck with touching up chips and making them invisible without resorting to two part urethane clear coat and a product like BLENZ-IN by SEM. If your basecoat is non-metallic you can try using automotivetouchup.com #1807 or, if it's just the clearcoat the gloss clearcoat, both available in small jars. If you need the basecoat check your paint code to be sure. Metallic paints are harder blend in.
I've had two XK8's and they were both stone magnets! Repairing stone chips on dark colours is more difficult than light ones and black is the hardest of all to get right. Avoid the Jaguar Touch-Up kit. The base colour is a good match but both the paint and clearcoat are too thick and the brush is a joke.
With time and patience, stone chips can be done but unless you are particularly skilled, a concours judge will see the repair. Better to use someone like Chips Away. Not only do they have the skill to achieve undetectable repairs, they also adjust the paint mix to match any changes from the original code due to weathering.
Paint chipped on hood
