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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: vance1 on 15 January 2018, 18:22
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Hi, bit of a scrape with my garage tonight, just on the plastic bumper :cry: Can anybody recommend, somebody to repair it in or around Scarborough?
Thanks
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I’m a franchisee with chipsaway, Pm your postcode and I’ll put you in touch with your local tech
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Thanks for that, I've been in touch with him and he's coming to give a quote. Do you normally get good results with plastic bumper scrapes?
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Yes, I get really good results, the system we use is really good,
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That's good to know ,thanks.
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Good luck with the repair... I went to my local chips away branch for a stone chips ok was only £35 but I was very disappointed with the result you could still see it and was still dimpled that was the 1st and last time I'll use chips away...
Just my experience and opinion btw...
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Thanks for your experience, just had it done and it seems ok, not seen it in good daylight but seems a good match
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Thanks for your experience, just had it done and it seems ok, not seen it in good daylight but seems a good match
What colour is your car :smiley:
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Thanks for your experience, just had it done and it seems ok, not seen it in good daylight but seems a good match
Grear news then probably goes to show not all chips away have the same sub standards
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Lapis blue, they're all franchises so I guess they will vary.
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Good luck with the repair... I went to my local chips away branch for a stone chips ok was only £35 but I was very disappointed with the result you could still see it and was still dimpled that was the 1st and last time I'll use chips away...
Just my experience and opinion btw...
I know you’ll think I’m biased lol, but although the name is chipsAway, we dont really deal with stone chips, whoever came up with the name needs a short sharp kick to the bollocks in my opinion lol...the only way to effectively deal with stone chips, on for instance, a bonnet, I.e to get a smooth factory finish, it to sand the chips out, and respray the area...on a bonnet, that could mean by time you’ve primed the area, painted and blended the colour in and lacquered it, you could of treated the whole bonnet, which isn’t a SMART repair, and to get a decent finished, you’d need to keep heat in to whole bonnet, hence the reason, a temperature controlled booth is the best option, if I get a customer with stone chips, I always explain this, but also offer a touch in repair...dab paint into the chips and dab lacquer on to protect it, and I always explain the customer can also do this with a kit from Halfords...it’s surprising how many people want me to do it, for £35, than do it themselves...saying that, as we all know paintwork can fade overtime, so I always take a reading with my spectrometer and mix the paint on the van, so I know it’s a pretty much bang on match, I don’t like touching them in, as I feel I’m not doing a great job, but never had any complaints.
We are all franchised, some franchisees employ others to carried out the work, we all have to pass a IMI accreditation exam, so we are all following the same procedures to the letter, including employees...I know of a franchisee who employs a bloke with 26yrs experience, and is sh!t hot!!
Hope that helps you all, please no haters, I’m not here to argue/make excuses. :smiley:
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Good luck with the repair... I went to my local chips away branch for a stone chips ok was only £35 but I was very disappointed with the result you could still see it and was still dimpled that was the 1st and last time I'll use chips away...
Just my experience and opinion btw...
I know you’ll think I’m biased lol, but although the name is chipsAway, we dont really deal with stone chips, whoever came up with the name needs a short sharp kick to the bollocks in my opinion lol...the only way to effectively deal with stone chips, on for instance, a bonnet, I.e to get a smooth factory finish, it to sand the chips out, and respray the area...on a bonnet, that could mean by time you’ve primed the area, painted and blended the colour in and lacquered it, you could of treated the whole bonnet, which isn’t a SMART repair, and to get a decent finished, you’d need to keep heat in to whole bonnet, hence the reason, a temperature controlled booth is the best option, if I get a customer with stone chips, I always explain this, but also offer a touch in repair...dab paint into the chips and dab lacquer on to protect it, and I always explain the customer can also do this with a kit from Halfords...it’s surprising how many people want me to do it, for £35, than do it themselves...saying that, as we all know paintwork can fade overtime, so I always take a reading with my spectrometer and mix the paint on the van, so I know it’s a pretty much bang on match, I don’t like touching them in, as I feel I’m not doing a great job, but never had any complaints.
We are all franchised, some franchisees employ others to carried out the work, we all have to pass a IMI accreditation exam, so we are all following the same procedures to the letter, including employees...I know of a franchisee who employs a bloke with 26yrs experience, and is sh!t hot!!
Hope that helps you all, please no haters, I’m not here to argue/make excuses. :smiley:
To be fair the ChipsAway guy I have used in the past has been spot on and I have been really impressed with what he can do out of his van on my drive. He even refused to attempt to sort out a big 10” scratch just above the rear wheel arch of my Mk4 Golf years ago saying it would become noticeable where the repair was over time and their (ChipsAway) main area of expertise was small scuffs and dings not repairs in the middle of a panel. Unfortunately a lot of people think that they are going to get better than it left the factory finish for peanuts and expect a miracle to occur.
Everyone will suffer a little scuff from time to time whether they do it or some other careless git does it but I know I can get it repaired at a reasonable cost by my local franchise :smiley:👍
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Chipex system works really well and is easy to do and if you make an arse of it can be removed also using the blending solution they provide.
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Chipex system works really well and is easy to do and if you make an arse of it can be removed also using the blending solution they provide.
+1 for the Chipex system.
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Used it on 4 cars with metallic, pearl and normal paint and worked well on all. The pearl actually had the best resukts