Update on "keyed" Tuscan
Discussion
Some of you may remember my post a few weeks ago on my Tuscan being keyed by some scrote www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=13&h=&t=80556
My local chipsaway man has spent all day with it and I can honestly say I can't see where the scratch was at all!!!!
Cost £200 and worth every penny. I can now get into my Tuscan with a big smile on my face, rather than frowning every time I saw that scratch all down the drivers side.
I should have done some "before" pics, but take my word the scratch was very noticeable.
Cannot recommend them enough!
My local chipsaway man has spent all day with it and I can honestly say I can't see where the scratch was at all!!!!
Cost £200 and worth every penny. I can now get into my Tuscan with a big smile on my face, rather than frowning every time I saw that scratch all down the drivers side.
I should have done some "before" pics, but take my word the scratch was very noticeable.
Cannot recommend them enough!
Glad its now ok.julianhj said:
Chipsaway et al can vary enormously depending on the francisee. I've known a couple of guys who were absolute masters - could sort practically anything.
Yes I could imagine that it does vary enormously between individuals. Fortunately the chap I had today was meticulous to a ridiculous degree and obviously took great pride in his work.
Lucky for me!
Neil,
Glad to see you had a good experience, mine was - shall we say - not so good.
Wife's black A3 had small ding with no paint damage - we asked them to sort it and they said yup no probs. Three visits later and they appeared to just give up - having 'dulled' at least a foot square of bodywork and spent 3 full days on it.
It's now 4 months later and I've heard nothing - nor have they ever billed us for anything (including spraying in some chips on my other car).
Let's just say the quote to repair it is being sent to their HQ...
But I'm truely glad to see yours worked well - indeed I've seen the work a different man has done in Henley and it was great as well. Guess like all things there are good & bad...
Glad to see you had a good experience, mine was - shall we say - not so good.
Wife's black A3 had small ding with no paint damage - we asked them to sort it and they said yup no probs. Three visits later and they appeared to just give up - having 'dulled' at least a foot square of bodywork and spent 3 full days on it.
It's now 4 months later and I've heard nothing - nor have they ever billed us for anything (including spraying in some chips on my other car).
Let's just say the quote to repair it is being sent to their HQ...
But I'm truely glad to see yours worked well - indeed I've seen the work a different man has done in Henley and it was great as well. Guess like all things there are good & bad...
tvrforever said:
Neil,
Glad to see you had a good experience, mine was - shall we say - not so good.
Wife's black A3 had small ding with no paint damage - we asked them to sort it and they said yup no probs. Three visits later and they appeared to just give up - having 'dulled' at least a foot square of bodywork and spent 3 full days on it.
It's now 4 months later and I've heard nothing - nor have they ever billed us for anything (including spraying in some chips on my other car).
Let's just say the quote to repair it is being sent to their HQ...
But I'm truely glad to see yours worked well - indeed I've seen the work a different man has done in Henley and it was great as well. Guess like all things there are good & bad...
I knew one guy who lost his franchise about 18 months ago - he messed up a new-ish Lexus to such an extent it was pretty much a full respray required! Dunno how he managed that! (he mentioned something about doing it in a very confined space).
Hmmmm Neil, that car looks familiar. I'm sure I've seen one just like that around here somewhere.
Could you email me the details of the chips man too please. I don't need it right now, but I collect recommendations when they are made.
Can you allude to the technique used to fill the scratch, it would be really interesting to know.
Good to hear that its all mended.
Bryan
Could you email me the details of the chips man too please. I don't need it right now, but I collect recommendations when they are made.
Can you allude to the technique used to fill the scratch, it would be really interesting to know.
Good to hear that its all mended.
Bryan
TUS 373 said:
Can you allude to the technique used to fill the scratch, it would be really interesting to know.
It probably wasn't filled at all but polished down.
As long as the scratch was just in the laquer coat and didnt penetrate into the coloured base coat the nornal method of removal of these type scratches is to polish them out with G3.
h
OK, but that is risky as it can take off all the laquer and flat the paint. That happened on my old Chimaera when someone open their door onto it. Chipped the lacquer, dealer mopped the chip - but made it look 100 times worse than if it had been left alone! Is it possible to fill in a scratch with lacquer, then polish it up - so adding a coat before taking some back off? That's what I'd like to know really.
>> Edited by TUS 373 on Sunday 7th March 22:48
>> Edited by TUS 373 on Sunday 7th March 22:48
TUS 373 said:
OK, but that is risky as it can take off all the laquer and flat the paint. That happened on my old Chimaera when someone open their door onto it. Chipped the lacquer, dealer mopped the chip - but made it look 100 times worse than if it had been left alone! Is it possible to fill in a scratch with lacquer, then polish it up - so adding a coat before taking some back off? That's what I'd like to know really.
>> Edited by TUS 373 on Sunday 7th March 22:48
Its not risky in the slightest and is the method used by every bodyshop in existence, how your dealer got flat spots is anyones guess,should have taken it to a professional.
You can fill a scratch with laquer and then polish it back but the chances of it blending in to the original laquer coat are slim to say the least, best advice is to have the complete pannel re-laquered, as long as the scratch hasnt gone through to the base coat.
h
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