Chipsaway quote

[freenote]

Hi,
After stupidly mashing the front of my shopping trolley in a car park due I have to get the scratches fixed. Called out chipsaway and they quoted £180 + VAT for the work.

Can anyone tell me if this is reasonable. No dents.

Appreciate any advice on this.

[CatJ]

I have used Chispaway in the past when I did similar damage to a Seat Ibiza. Now this was about 8 years ago and from memory the cost was no where near your quote.

Having said that as I've mentioned it was quite some time ago and it was in the South West, I'm sure there will be regional cost variances.

[freenote]

Did seem pricey to me but would be interested to hear any more recent comparisons.

[jimxms]

Yeah I'd say that was a bit high for a mobile service, on a flat colour.

How perfect do you need it to look? I'd be tempted to just rub that back a bit with some sandpaper and use a rattle can on it. Total cost of about £20.

Even if you F* it up, you could always then just get somewhere like chipsaway to correct it.

EDIT: oh and is the white we are seeing definitely your base coat, or is it transfer from whatever you rubbed against? If the latter, you may be able to make it look 10x better with some wet+dry and cutting polish.

Edited by jimxms on Thursday 5th January 13:35

[RTBmotorsport]

A decent bodyshop will match that price all day long

[CatJ]

I should also add that mine was a metallic colour not a solid.

[TommyBuoy]

Definately over the odds I'm afraid.

Also, do they use proper paint or that cellulose stuff?

[FreeLitres]

Take it to a bodyshop.

Damn those name and shame rules.

[freenote]

jimxms said:

Yeah I'd say that was a bit high for a mobile service, on a flat colour.

How perfect do you need it to look? I'd be tempted to just rub that back a bit with some sandpaper and use a rattle can on it. Total cost of about £20.

Even if you F* it up, you could always then just get somewhere like chipsaway to correct it.

EDIT: oh and is the white we are seeing definitely your base coat, or is it transfer from whatever you rubbed against? If the latter, you may be able to make it look 10x better with some wet+dry and cutting polish.

Edited by jimxms on Thursday 5th January 13:35

The white I would imagine is the base coat as it scraped against a concrete post.

[jimxms]

freenote said:

The white I would imagine is the base coat as it scraped against a concrete post.

Yeah you're probably right. Just thought it might be worth an ask as I noticed the same white colour on the black trim.

[DavidHM]

T-cut it before you take it in for another quote ... some but not all of that should polish off.

[TonyHetherington]

DavidHM said:

T-cut it before you take it in for another quote ... some but not all of that should polish off.

That white is the base coat - so unfortunately it won't come off

[M5 Russ]

My bodyshop would charge around £100 for that especially if it's a solid colour.

[Panda76]

As above give it a good going over yourself and see what that brings.
I would look for some local repairers over a national company every time for a small repair like this.
I had a dent on my rear wing and deep scratch done on my E91 by a local chap for £150 all in and he did a cracking job.Other places were looking for £220-250 plus vat.

• Big believer in putting money into local firms pockets if they are good at what they do for a reasonable price.

[freenote]

Appreciate all the replies.

Found someone locally now who'll do it for £110 which is what I was expecting to pay.