ChipsAway - Advice Please

[roadsweeper]

I have some stone chips on the bottom of the bonnet, round the front lights and on the wing mirrors of my Chimaera an I want them sorting out.

I've heard ChipsAway are good and wondered if anyone else had experience with them, particularly if that experience is on an Imperial Blue Chimaera!

Cheers.

roadie

[mustard]

Dont expect miracles and you wont be disappointed, IMHO with front end stone chipping if your skilled with a touch up stick you can do just aswell.

Where chipsaway etc are really worthwhile is scuffed bumpers/mirror housings etc and things like that

[chim_girl]

roadsweeper said:

I have some stone chips on the bottom of the bonnet, round the front lights and on the wing mirrors of my Chimaera an I want them sorting out. I've heard ChipsAway are good and wondered if anyone else had experience with them, particularly if that experience is on an Imperial Blue Chimaera! Cheers. roadie

I used them on a scratch one of my previous cars and they did a fantastic job. You really couldn't tell that it had anything wrong with it once they had done their stuff. Quite cheap too, about £60 ish.

As I was so pleased I asked if they could do anything for the stone chips on the Chim, they were very reluctant. They said that they couldn't treat such a big area and that they thought I'd be better getting a respray. It may be worth pointing out that the chap who did mine was fairly new to to the job.

It's probably worth speaking to your local franchise owner.

[edc]

It's a franchise operation so AFAIK quality varies a lot. The branch in Woking I hear is particularly good whilst the one that serves Milton Keynes made a right hash of another car.

[roadsweeper]

edc said:

It's a franchise operation so AFAIK quality varies a lot. The branch in Woking I hear is particularly good whilst the one that serves Milton Keynes made a right hash of another car.

Aargh, that's frustrating. I'm working in Woking but have already booked my flights back so can't bring the car down.

[roadsweeper]

I should get a quote from a decent bodyshop I guess - can anyone recommend a good one near Manchester/Cheshire?

[honestfreddie]

If you have the time you may wish to spend the weekend fannying around with a touch up brush. But for what it costs you may as well sit back and let "chipsaway" do it. The results will not be a perfect repair (for that you will need a front end respray about £900) but for around £100 it will be as near as dam it!! Thus giving you more money in your pocket for Xmas and a few quiet but not too much or you may end up with on your nice new paint work.