Stonechips on pearlescent paint

TerraTag · Post by **TerraTag** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:42 am

I've got quite a few stonechips on my bonnet and on the front bumper, could I fix these with good results or should I just splash out on a proffesional job?
Its pearlescent indigo blue so would be hard to do?
also, where can I get the paint from? VW?

cheers

PoloCornwall · Post by **PoloCornwall** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:00 pm

Personally i would make a list of where every stone chip/scratch/scuff and mark is on the car and take it to a bodyshop and get them to do it all at once not just the bonnet, and git it polished, its hard enough to spray and get it looking proffesional anyway without the right equipment + its not like halfords sell perlesant paint in an aerosol + the bonnet is such a large expanse and something you always see first get it done properly tbh mate

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:53 am

I'd find your local franchisee of a company called chips-away or such like.

They might be able to do you a good price and there usually very good!

TerraTag · Post by **TerraTag** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:45 am

rang chips-away for a quote and the guy said they cant fix stonechips without it being noticed, so that was a bit pointless... what a s**t company!

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:57 am

What do they mean without being noticed?

Ask them to come out to quote you. Maybe thats what he meant

TerraTag · Post by **TerraTag** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:26 pm

No, the guy said it wasnt worth it because the chip will still show through...
just getting the whole bonnet resprayed..

dino · Post by **dino** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:15 pm

I'd try another company mate, theres loads in the yellow pages.

andyg · Post by **andyg** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:06 am

I used chips-away recently. On certain colours they can't fix the stone chips 100%. Mine is metalic silver and he said he could only get it up to 70% quality as the rest of the bodywork.

I used him anyways, it was pretty cheap and he did 10x better job than I could have, also got some nasty little scratches out.

Chips-Away are good, but at the end of the day they are patching stuff up and its difficult to fix a scratch on a panel without respraying the whole thing (which costs a bomb)

I reccomend using them, stone chips leave ur paintwork vunverable.

blackgti2000 · Post by **blackgti2000** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:13 am

Get armourfend on your car if you want to stop the chips. Their number is 01992892896.