Accident....

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:42 pm

Hi all,

Had a minor accident this morning... Cracked the front plastic girl that holds the VW logo.. Ordered a new one from VAG

Â£18 odd, not bad.

However, there is some paint damage. Of course I dont want it there and need to know the best way of hiding it and also on getting a long term re-spray?

I cant be without the car for long and need somewhere local that can do it asap.

Any ideas please??

Matt (Bradford and Sheffield)

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:11 pm

Go see tim @ FHz Audio in Bradford.

He's just started a lad on whos a dab hand with the paint gun. He will be able to advise you better if he can see what been done.

tell him karl from YC sent you

www.fhzaudio.co.uk

hope that helps

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:47 pm

Going to venture there soonish.

For the meantime, how about trying myself?

I have primer, colour and lacquer.. Seems to be only slight scratchings and would seem expensive to pay Â£70 odd a panel when i would need 2 doing?

Any ideas on the best way to do this myself?

M

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:02 pm

How big is the damaged area?

I'm getting a large stone chip fixed tomorrow - it needs the small dent pushing in, filling and priming and painting then laquer. Gonna cost about 65 quid, so I reckon if I got two done it'd be about 100.

Not sure on the extent of your damage, but worth a call if it's small? The guy reckons he can do pretty large areas (compared to a stone chip)...

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:58 pm

Excuse the white snow salt stuff.

M
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toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:35 pm

Try Chips Away (Yellow Pages will be handy to find your local person)

If they can match your paint right then thy'll fix that for relatively little

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:40 pm

toXXin wrote:Try Chips Away (Yellow Pages will be handy to find your local person)

If they can match your paint right then thy'll fix that for relatively little

Called them... they said it would take a few hours..

Are they any good as they only repair the patch affected (a few in my case). I have been told else where that if this is done - it can cloud?

M

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:51 pm

I will let you know how mine turns out...

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:58 pm

david burton wrote:I will let you know how mine turns out...

Just to let you all know... had my car done by ChipsAway today! I now have a new car less the marks

Top quality job and cant even see it

5 stars!

M

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:09 pm

Nice one! I'm glad you're pleased!

I bet you're pleased it cost a lot less than the "buying a new bumper" route, etc.

msmartinwsx · Post by **msmartinwsx** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:22 pm

Indeed! I got some other parts of the car done too

Just gotta wait 3 days to wash it... its all mucky

M

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:47 pm

"The SMART squad" did mine - it's ok. Took him ages (3 hours) and it only came to 75 quid inc VAT. You can see the filler in the right light but you can't notice it if you don't know where it is. 4 stars. Can't complain for the price really - it was rusting before!