10-21-2019, 02:14 AM
I've mentioned in other posts that I'm an OCD weirdo with stuff like this, and once I get a bike, I make patterns for the front of the tank and fork legs for clear plastic film to protect the areas prone to chips. I also have clear bras on both my wife's car and mine.
Whether you repaint or touch up, I'd suggest doing this. You seem like me - a stone chip is cause for a lot of thinking about what to do. I have touched up chips with good results, and I've also had a bike repainted based on a single dent that couldn't be repaired through paintless dent removal. Both made me happy - where I could mitigate the visual impact of a chip, or repaint, I had a perfect looking bike once again, and in the case of the repaint, also something that now looked a little different than everything else in that model.
Good luck with your decision, but I'd recommend taking preventive measures to prevent it again once you decide, or you'll be in the same position the next time your paint is damaged.
Whether you repaint or touch up, I'd suggest doing this. You seem like me - a stone chip is cause for a lot of thinking about what to do. I have touched up chips with good results, and I've also had a bike repainted based on a single dent that couldn't be repaired through paintless dent removal. Both made me happy - where I could mitigate the visual impact of a chip, or repaint, I had a perfect looking bike once again, and in the case of the repaint, also something that now looked a little different than everything else in that model.
Good luck with your decision, but I'd recommend taking preventive measures to prevent it again once you decide, or you'll be in the same position the next time your paint is damaged.