Stone Chips ,what to do?
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Stone Chips ,what to do?
My Scoob seems to have loads of stone chips all around the front,sides and it seems to just be getting worse every time I look at her. It seems to me that the paint on these seems to be quite fragile ie very easy to scratch and chip.
I was thinking about using these guys:
http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/repair/index.asp
Has any one had any dealings with them, they were at the Powerstaion open day and seemed to offer a good service for a resonable price, would like to know a verdict before getting on the blower to them.
Thanks John.
I was thinking about using these guys:
http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/repair/index.asp
Has any one had any dealings with them, they were at the Powerstaion open day and seemed to offer a good service for a resonable price, would like to know a verdict before getting on the blower to them.
Thanks John.
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thumbs down from me i'm afraid.
got my local rep for chipsaway to do mine last year.
had scratches down drivers door and while i was there i asked him to do all the chips down the door edges (from the kids bashing them when opening against our walled driveway ) and a few other bits. i also asked him to touch up some stone chips on the leading edge of the scoop, front bumber brows and the wedges in the bumper.
Took all day and when i got the car back, it looked ok (but it was getting dark) but afterwards i noticed that all they had done was just paint over the chips and so a few months down the line they look just as bad as the paint has "chipped away " so fairly pointless me thinks. but maybe your local guy can do better...maybe
got my local rep for chipsaway to do mine last year.
had scratches down drivers door and while i was there i asked him to do all the chips down the door edges (from the kids bashing them when opening against our walled driveway ) and a few other bits. i also asked him to touch up some stone chips on the leading edge of the scoop, front bumber brows and the wedges in the bumper.
Took all day and when i got the car back, it looked ok (but it was getting dark) but afterwards i noticed that all they had done was just paint over the chips and so a few months down the line they look just as bad as the paint has "chipped away " so fairly pointless me thinks. but maybe your local guy can do better...maybe
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if the stonechips are all over the bonnet/bumper etc then chipsaway won't be able to help - a full respray of said areas is needed.
I had my old scooby resprayed due to an accident. That had loads of stonechips due to the wafer this paint srayed at the factory but only picked up 1 in the 6 months that followed. The job was done at my local dealership and in his own words the paint jobs done at the factory are sh*te.
I had my old scooby resprayed due to an accident. That had loads of stonechips due to the wafer this paint srayed at the factory but only picked up 1 in the 6 months that followed. The job was done at my local dealership and in his own words the paint jobs done at the factory are sh*te.
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Originally Posted by Jdub
My Scoob seems to have loads of stone chips all around the front,sides and it seems to just be getting worse every time I look at her. It seems to me that the paint on these seems to be quite fragile ie very easy to scratch and chip.
I was thinking about using these guys:
http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/repair/index.asp
Has any one had any dealings with them, they were at the Powerstaion open day and seemed to offer a good service for a resonable price, would like to know a verdict before getting on the blower to them.
Thanks John.
I was thinking about using these guys:
http://www.chipsaway.co.uk/repair/index.asp
Has any one had any dealings with them, they were at the Powerstaion open day and seemed to offer a good service for a resonable price, would like to know a verdict before getting on the blower to them.
Thanks John.
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Thumbs down from me on Chipsaway also, did my bumper, 4 attempts at getting the colour match, paint was flat as a pankake and statrted to flake in afew months.. nice of them to give me a full refund so I could go and get the job done properly at a body shop though...
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Cheers for the replies guys, I thought Chipsaway was a bit dodgy, think I will leave them for a while, as I thinking of getting a carbon bonnet and rear wing.
Cheers again John.
Cheers again John.
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