Milk Float hit & run

[AlexR]

We don’t like speed humps. We don’t like milk floats much either. But I didn’t realise til this morning how dangerous they were in combination. Woken early on by a loud crash out front; went to check and feared the worst when I saw a lot of broken glass around the front of the Chim. On closer inspection, it turned out to be at least a couple of smashed milk bottles (and their contents). A couple of inches closer to the car and I would’ve been picking the glass out of the bonnet even now, so it could’ve been a lot worse – but I’m left with several tiny chips in the offside front wing where the glass hit the road and ricocheted up against the car. Gutted – I’ve only had the car for a week, and the speed hump I’m assuming was partially the cause, was put there about ten days ago. Apart from lying in wait for the culprit at dawn tomorrow, any ideas how best to get the damage repaired? Has anyone used Chipsaway for this sort of job, and if so were they any good? It’s not bad enough to warrant a full front end respray, the car’s 4 years old so the front’s not entirely free of stone chips anyway – but I had a nice shiny front wing yesterday and I’m mightily p’d off!!

Alex.

[AlexR]

Ta for that Ged, Armourfend sounds a good idea when I get to respray time. Does it change the appearance of the car at all - can you tell it's there? And how is it applied - can it be done by the paintshop or does it need specialist contractors?
(Still can't quite believe what happened the other day - the number of untaxed rustheaps in our street, and it just had to be the TVR that copped it...law of sod indeed!)
Alex.

[AlexR]

Not sure yet what we're doing this weekend yet - my other half doesn't get his work roster for the w/b Sunday until tomorrow afternoon...but I suspect Brands Hatch is the more likely option for us. Bound to be another opportunity at some stage, though - and thanks again for the help!
Alex.