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Old May 16, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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Any body know of anyone who is good at getting out scatches. Got a nasty one near the petrol cap. I called Chips away in the West London Area, the came out and quoted but now I get get hold of the buggers. Quote was £140 which I thought ain't bad.

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Old May 16, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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that sounds like a rip off.

my mates a sprayer (in south yorks so no good to you) and when some idiot reversed into my old 2.6ltr gsi vectras quarter panel he filled painted etc for £200 and it was perfect. it was a right mess as well needed a lot of work

look in your yellow pages for local spray shops they will be miles cheaper.
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Old May 16, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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My mate got a cream on prescription from his GP. It smelt a bit funny but he only needed to use it for a few days and he was fine soon after. I'll ask him the name of it and respond as soon as I can...
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Old May 16, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Abdabz
My mate got a cream on prescription from his GP. It smelt a bit funny but he only needed to use it for a few days and he was fine soon after. I'll ask him the name of it and respond as soon as I can...

I tried a Back Scratcher but it only made the car worse. What can I do????

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Old May 16, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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how deep is it mate can you post up some pics, you could probly make it look better using a Porter cable buffer
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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by F1 CJE UK
how deep is it mate can you post up some pics, you could probly make it look better using a Porter cable buffer
Hello mate,

Its right down to the base coat i'm afraid. the scratch was quite deep then some numty thought it woulf be a good idea to get soem T-cut on it so polich most of it out. ME! oh well my mistake my car my money. I'll try and get some pics on there.

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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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ok mate i was going to say you could borrow my PC if it would help but sounds like it would be way to deep........
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Old May 16, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Keep away from chips away if you polish ya car alot . i had my old mr2 turbo done by them and the paint kept coming off if polished alot, total s..t and only any good if your a bent sales man looking for a cheep easy fix, to sell a car. and that price is way high

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Old May 17, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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yep i ahve read they are not good, its all down to the skill of the man doing it so hit and miss
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Old May 17, 2007 | 06:10 PM
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Go to littleknocks in harefield (just down the road for you). Chris will sort you out
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Old May 17, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Alexppp
Hello mate,

Its right down to the base coat i'm afraid. the scratch was quite deep then some numty thought it woulf be a good idea to get soem T-cut on it so polich most of it out. ME! oh well my mistake my car my money. I'll try and get some pics on there.

Alexppp
I've done the same on the wife's fiesta
Managed to get quite a bit of the scratch out but some wouldn't budge, ended up rubbing some of the paint away!
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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That £140 isn't really bad. If I were you, I'll go for this deal.



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Old May 24, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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I was told by the spray shop I use to never use Chips away.

He said half the jobs he gets are putting right poor quality repairs that they do.
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