I have some stone chips on my bonnet and want peoples impressions of the chips away type franchises, anyone actually had stone chips done on their bonnets and what are your honest opinions please
many thanks

 

I've seen some of there work when I was a vehicle inspector. A corner of a tailgate was scratched so they sprayed the area and left it. They didn't try to blend it in to anything and the spray job wasn't even that good either.

Also, someone else I know had their car done by them. They had to take it back to them 4 times before they got the job right

I'd stay away to be honest

 

..utter shit...unless your car has the same paint shade it rolled out the factory with it wont blend in at all ...used them twice now and wont give them another chance.

 

it would depend on the guy that was actually doing the car, most of the franchises are people who have had a few weeks training!!!
theres a place near us called littleknocks, there work is shithot, they done the corner of a bonnet on a rangerover for us before, i couldn't fault it

 

I've used a company called smart solutions before, they're a national and shit hot

My new Focus came with a big fuckoff scratch down one door so the dealer sent them out to sort it. It was either that or wait another 13 weeks for a replacement car

 

used them and to be honest they were quite good. my dad also used them they blended his rear quarter in on a Audi A4 the colour is that aqua colour (green/blue) it went back once as the colour wasnt exact, but when it came back, it was perfect, you couldnt tell it had been painted

 

hmmmm interesting..............some conflicting thoughts-thanks guys

 

it depends on the cometancy of the person who comes out to you

i'm after gettig a few scratches touched in but the prices vary hugely

 

There only as good as the individual. Ive seen good and bad jobs done in the past. I think you'd be able to tell more on darker cars, as ive seen a few stonechips on bonnets done and you can see small rings around where the chip was.

I dont think id use them on the escos especially on a panal, although i was going to use them for a couple of chips but on the front bumper but decided against it and left it. Its probably going to cost about half as much as getting to painted properly, so may as well pay the extra for a proper job in my opinion.