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Stonechips on pearlescent paint
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:42 am
by TerraTag
I've got quite a few stonechips on my bonnet and on the front bumper, could I fix these with good results or should I just splash out on a proffesional job?
Its pearlescent indigo blue so would be hard to do?
also, where can I get the paint from? VW?
cheers
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:00 pm
by PoloCornwall
Personally i would make a list of where every stone chip/scratch/scuff and mark is on the car and take it to a bodyshop and get them to do it all at once not just the bonnet, and git it polished, its hard enough to spray and get it looking proffesional anyway without the right equipment + its not like halfords sell perlesant paint in an aerosol + the bonnet is such a large expanse and something you always see first get it done properly tbh mate
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:53 am
by dino
I'd find your local franchisee of a company called chips-away or such like.
They might be able to do you a good price and there usually very good!
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:45 am
by TerraTag
rang chips-away for a quote and the guy said they cant fix stonechips without it being noticed, so that was a bit pointless... what a s**t company!
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:57 am
by dino
What do they mean without being noticed?
Ask them to come out to quote you. Maybe thats what he meant
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:26 pm
by TerraTag
No, the guy said it wasnt worth it because the chip will still show through...
just getting the whole bonnet resprayed..
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:15 pm
by dino
I'd try another company mate, theres loads in the yellow pages.
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:06 am
by andyg
I used chips-away recently. On certain colours they can't fix the stone chips 100%. Mine is metalic silver and he said he could only get it up to 70% quality as the rest of the bodywork.
I used him anyways, it was pretty cheap and he did 10x better job than I could have, also got some nasty little scratches out.
Chips-Away are good, but at the end of the day they are patching stuff up and its difficult to fix a scratch on a panel without respraying the whole thing (which costs a bomb)
I reccomend using them, stone chips leave ur paintwork vunverable.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:13 am
by blackgti2000
Get armourfend on your car if you want to stop the chips. Their number is 01992892896.