Paint Quality On Corolla

[Billy]

Hi, can anyone tell me how durable the paint is on the Corolla i.e. does it get stone chips quite easily? I read that some other cars have thin paint and will get stone chips quite easily.

thanks

[Firebreather]

yes, well on my 98 corolla i notice that chips occur quite easily, there are even small dents where larger stones hit the front bonnet of the car

[billlllll]

Yeah right ... My 7/02 E12 rolla has many stone chips that look awful when the car is clean (almost always :P )

If u have a dark color the problem is bigger...

Recently i bought a color pencil from my Toyota dealer and 'painted' some of the chips and i can say that only if u go close and 'search' for it u can spot the differnence..

[andrew1952]

Yes Had my Corolla T Spirit since Jan 04 & you've only got to look at it & it gets a chip! I think the worst thing is the colour coded door strip, which is supposed to protect against damage to door - just has to touch another surface and it chips. Not what I was expecting.