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    Anyone else here get black moles (that don't come out) that pop up on your paint? Possibly from dirt or pebbles or where does it come from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by illuzion View Post
    Anyone else here get black moles (that don't come out) that pop up on your paint? Possibly from dirt or pebbles or where does it come from?
    That's the plastic panel showing through where the paint has chipped away. I had some deep scratches in parts of mine where some stuff fell on it in the garage, so I used it as an excuse to get a paint job. I wanted blue before BRP made a blue spyder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by illuzion View Post
    Anyone else here get black moles (that don't come out) that pop up on your paint? Possibly from dirt or pebbles or where does it come from?

    Yep, chips, really noticeable with the yellow,The panels are black underneath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SSG Bean View Post
    That's the plastic panel showing through where the paint has chipped away. I had some deep scratches in parts of mine where some stuff fell on it in the garage, so I used it as an excuse to get a paint job. I wanted blue before BRP made a blue spyder.
    Okay, here is my stupidity showing. I have looked at both sides of the trunk, and they are both blue. It looks to me like BRP used blue plastic to make the trunk (it is the only plastic I have looked at both sides). From what I am reading I guess I am wrong, so why don't BRP do this to save on paint chips?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue Star View Post
    Okay, here is my stupidity showing. I have looked at both sides of the trunk, and they are both blue. It looks to me like BRP used blue plastic to make the trunk (it is the only plastic I have looked at both sides). From what I am reading I guess I am wrong, so why don't BRP do this to save on paint chips?
    I think they probably look at cost before they look at what would be better to stand up to paint chips. I know my panels were all made of black plastic, then painted. Unless something has changed, I'm assuming things are still the same.

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    Good thing I have the 3M film on the front part of the spyder. But it looks like the side panels are taking hits (showing moles). I should've covered the whole side panels with 3M as well.

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    Default plastic pigment

    the colorant for plastic is V E R Y expensive.
    it was fun while it lasted.

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    Color matched paint for Spyders available here, anything from touch up to spray gun.
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    So funny, I used the polisher spray from BRP and the mole came right out. It was just tough dirt that the pledge wipes couldn't pick up. Oh pledge, thought you could pick up all dirt.

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    If they stick up, they are probably tar. If they are indented, they are chips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NancysToy View Post
    If they stick up, they are probably tar. If they are indented, they are chips.
    The size of it is similar to a mole, so it's hard to tell if it's sticking out or not. I usually try wiping it with a pledge wipe, then if that doesn't work I use the BRP polisher with a microfiber towel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by illuzion View Post
    The size of it is similar to a mole, so it's hard to tell if it's sticking out or not. I usually try wiping it with a pledge wipe, then if that doesn't work I use the BRP polisher with a microfiber towel.
    Pull the edge of your fingernail across it. You can usually feel it better that way. A nail will catch more on the leading edge of a bump, and the trailing edge of a divot.

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