While tidying my engine bay i found this...

jyc093 · 10-09-2017, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylan86

I'd have it looked at by your local Dealership. Paint guarantees are supported by BMW corp, not up to the dealership, but they'll get the ball rolling for you.

Best of luck, get it fixed! Shouldn't cost you more than some time..

Thanks, unfortunately i just got my ceramic coating done today too ... Next week when I have an appointment with my local dealer for another issue I will bring it up and see what they can do. I doubt they will give me a new bumper for that and even if they do, I will be left with an unprotected bumper ... I'm slowly accepting my fate but an answer from the dealer would be nice haha

spuntyb · 10-09-2017, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jyc093

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Originally Posted by Dylan86

I'd have it looked at by your local Dealership. Paint guarantees are supported by BMW corp, not up to the dealership, but they'll get the ball rolling for you.

Best of luck, get it fixed! Shouldn't cost you more than some time..

Thanks, unfortunately i just got my ceramic coating done today too ... Next week when I have an appointment with my local dealer for another issue I will bring it up and see what they can do. I doubt they will give me a new bumper for that and even if they do, I will be left with an unprotected bumper ... I'm slowly accepting my fate but an answer from the dealer would be nice haha

You did the ceramic coating *over* this? Or someone else applied it? I would have just bought a new bumper and had it painted for all this concern.

jyc093 · 10-09-2017, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

You did the ceramic coating *over* this? Or someone else applied it? I would have just bought a new bumper and had it painted for all this concern.

Yep, it's not a scratch or anything it's just a botched paint job. Is it bad that i coated over it????

spuntyb · 10-09-2017, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jyc093

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

You did the ceramic coating *over* this? Or someone else applied it? I would have just bought a new bumper and had it painted for all this concern.

Yep, it's not a scratch or anything it's just a botched paint job. Is it bad that i coated over it????

So it?s an unpainted portion of the bumper from the factory, or the bumper was repainted at some point? Either way, coating over a defect is like building a house on an unstable foundation. It?s not *bad*, but it will increase the chance that the coating will chip or peel in that area. Likely it won?t, but fixing that defect without repainting the whole bumper seems out of the question at this point.

jyc093 · 10-09-2017, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

So it?s an unpainted portion of the bumper from the factory, or the bumper was repainted at some point? Either way, coating over a defect is like building a house on an unstable foundation. It?s not *bad*, but it will increase the chance that the coating will chip or peel in that area. Likely it won?t, but fixing that defect without repainting the whole bumper seems out of the question at this point.

I'm not too sure whether its repainted or it's an unpainted portion. I get where you are coming from, but whats done is done and lesson learnt! If it gets worst I'll just get a new bumper.

spuntyb · 10-09-2017, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jyc093

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Originally Posted by spuntyb

So it?s an unpainted portion of the bumper from the factory, or the bumper was repainted at some point? Either way, coating over a defect is like building a house on an unstable foundation. It?s not *bad*, but it will increase the chance that the coating will chip or peel in that area. Likely it won?t, but fixing that defect without repainting the whole bumper seems out of the question at this point.

I'm not too sure whether its repainted or it's an unpainted portion. I get where you are coming from, but whats done is done and lesson learnt! If it gets worst I'll just get a new bumper.