stone chip repair costs
02-20-2008, 05:08 AM
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stone chip repair costs
got normal wear&tear stone chips on the front of my S, off the top of my head:
- 3 back-to-metal chips
- couple that have just chipped the laquer
- scratch across top of bonnet from opening it with wipers up
- what looks a weird circular 'crop circle' chip. touch bigger diameter than your thumb.
- and an unfortunate incident with a raised edging stone (that rounded concrete edge that they use down the side of paths/driveways) thats just scraped the very front lower bottom of the bumper.
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- 3 back-to-metal chips
- couple that have just chipped the laquer
- scratch across top of bonnet from opening it with wipers up
- what looks a weird circular 'crop circle' chip. touch bigger diameter than your thumb.
- and an unfortunate incident with a raised edging stone (that rounded concrete edge that they use down the side of paths/driveways) thats just scraped the very front lower bottom of the bumper.
are we looking
02-20-2008, 06:04 AM
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One concern I have with onsite repairs is the paint are specially formulated to for quick dry so it can loose its sheen over time. From what you have described I would be tempted to get the bodyshop to get the front blown over, which should cost around
02-20-2008, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by veehexx,Feb 20 2008, 02:08 PM
- what looks a weird circular 'crop circle' chip. touch bigger diameter than your thumb.
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02-20-2008, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Trevi,Feb 20 2008, 07:24 AM
I have just suffered 4 consequtive evenings of fresh egg attack (haven't caught the bastards yet) about 4 eggs each time thrown at each of my cars. A number of them have resulted in, as you say, crop circles of chipped laquer. On the S, I have only found them on the bonnet. I'm not doing anything other than cleaning the mess up each day until it's stopped. Its bloody annoying.
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You have my sympathies.............i'd be savage by now.Who have you upset recently? 
02-20-2008, 09:44 AM
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well its free and worth a go ! ive got all the propper pc / pads / polishing stuf and im normally quite supprised how good a job it does ! im also about to start on the 100+ stone chips on my 5year old black car.. then wet and dry sand them and buff them back ! if you can get us a photo and we can take a look , if the plastic bumper has been scrached though to the plastic then there is not a lot we can do other than ' bodge ' but gentle scraches marks in the paint etc i can easily get out, im just up by the A41
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