cos jon

Just had a small scratch which required a small repair (rather than getting rid of the factory finish and having the full panel painted). ts been done today to the worst std i have ever seen (its matt) and the paint finish is nothing like the original, plus nearly half the panel has been painted.

To top it off I had my rear bumper and rear spoilers painted a few weeks ago by a body shop to a very high std (and cost !!) and now it has overspray everwhere........so dissapointed.

The bloke reckons waxing will bring back the shine.........now it looks like I will have to get the whole panel done and have the rest of the car machined polished to remove the crap off it.

DO NOT USE !!!!

Damo V

Oh Dear Oh Dear... Hence the reason I Wont get involved in SMART repairing panels...

If you are really anoyed with it mate, tell him to come back wipe it all off and give your money back..

You got any pics? What panel / colour? where abouts on panel?

Damo V

What he charge you too?

RedeXStylE

This must be one of the dodgy ones as my mate does Chips Away round the Birmingham area and does a fantastic job

cos jon

He has agreed to come back, but made excuses about the weather was no good for painting.........well why do it (its real sunny and warm) !!!

I don't really want him messing about with it anymore so I will be asking for my money back and i'll have to get the whole panel repaired and re-painted.

Worst still is you can see where he has rubbed the scratch out with his fingers rather than using a flat block.

Its a black escort cosworth (he probably though it was worth 1500 quid) and the damage was from the edge of the rear window to near the back light, was scratched with a key.

cos jon

Stupidly I couldn't get home today to be with him so I left the missus to check it out and pay him. Ł95

I was told they do a real good job too..........never again !!!!

markk

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all to familiar story

Damo V

He was silly then he couldve used the swage line in r/1/4 as a soft edge mask line... Ł95 is steep, though I wouldnt even do it for that pmsl

It prob will look bit better once he has flattted and polished, as the clear was probably drying too quickly in the heat (though there are ways around that )

IMO Black would be one of the worst colours to blend the clear in the middle of a panel, which is probably why he ended up spraying half the panel, cos he couldnt get it looking right, you will nearly always see a clear blend line in this area oin a colour like this...

I could do it pretty damn well, but I would want too much money and the car may aswell go into a paintshop in that case...


SMART repairs are good but they do have limitations...

I woud've come and looked at it if I was local and you had belled me, if it needed paint, I wouldve just walked away ......

cos jon

I'm hoping he has put enough paint onto it to flat it back and polish it up.

He was also using a heat lamp then he was saying the panel the weather was playing a part..........oh well I don't know enough about these things.

I suppose you just hope that when your paying for a good job you expect to get one.........unfortunately these days its one dissapointment after another.

It was more the convenience factor more than anything else, a day to do rather than two weeks. I know what i should have done !!.

I cant seem to get a good picture with the camera unfortunatly

Damo V

BTW I AM NOT a Chipsaway Franchisee

THE RADMAN

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jon,where did he come from? as when i was after one once the nearest place was skeggy/mabo area

The Gravedigger

Miracle bodywork repairs = too good to be true.

Glass Eye

isnt chips away the old name for super chips ?

cos jon

Radman : This guy was from cherry, I had some good recomendations for him too.

THE RADMAN

iTrader: (2)

its a shame mate,ill make sure i never recomend him then

cos jon

I just really hope he can polish this out and do a reasonable job with it. if not i will be asking for my money back, if not there will be calls to both trading stds and the main chips away company.

from the advert .....

Repairs carried out with the unique ChipsAway system are of the highest quality, undetectable and preserve the integrity of the car's original paintwork - and therefore it's value.

This is not true !!!

cos jon

Well he came back this afternoon and tried to flat it back and buff it up, looks alot better but you can see the clear coat fading into the quarter which I wasn't happy with so he has given me my money back !!!

EssexMikeSi

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i always wondered how they repair scratches. ive got a key mark which has gone through the paint on my rear wingg, about 3inches long. didnt know who to get to di it tho

Damo V

Yeah as I said, extremely difficult to lose the clear on a panel which stares straight at ya

safflad

a mate of mine had scratch on his civic done by them you can hang your fcuking coat on it shite mate