Car paint expert anyone?

[drawboy]

I've just got a new car, it's my first brand new one, a VW Polo. I know it's not a Merc but it is to me. Anyway I've had it 7 days and some *wat has chipped the paint on the door. Gutted it's only the size of half a 5p coin but I'm really gutted, six months in yeah 8hit happens but after 7 days I'm suicidal. Can anyone suggest the best course of action to get it repaired the best way possible?
Thanks.

 

[Mark_G]

Localised repair companies can repair it, the trade have been using companies like Chips Away, for years, they are cheap and very good, and do virtually invisible repairs.

 

[drawboy]

Thanks Mark, I've thought of Chips away but wasn't sure of the quality of repair, how good are they?

 

[Scottjd1]

I think the technique a lot of mobile repairers use is called 'Smart' repair, have a lok online and see if you have anyone local.

 

[Mark_G]

I believe they are a franchise so you would really need to get local opinion, I can tell you that our local chap, we used for years until he retired and he was superb, and used to charge per panel repaired so a stone chipped bonnet with a dozen chips would be invisibly repaired. Obviously flat colours are easier to match but pearls and metalics are still possible.

 

[Lump]

Gutted wayne! What colour? I'd go first to VW and see what they say, you want to make sure the job is done right so you keep your paintwork warranty.

 

[MegaSteve]

You need to find a competent 'smart repair' operator... See if you can find one by reccommendation rather than yellow pages... Be wary of franchise 'operators' some can be good others less so...

Be 'realistic' about what you expect from the final repair... You'll always be able to see it as you know where it is <wink>...

Seen similiar repairs by someone who really knows what they are doing and you'd be hard pushed to see a mark...

 

[drawboy]

It's White James.

 

[CMAC]

When I bought a brand new Black TT when they first came out, someone with the intelligence of an amoeba keyed the whole side of it in the first 5 days.......... £360 to repair. Vindictive jealousy is a terrible thing.

 

[RGDave]

I have a local chap who does all sorts of paint/spray work from his garage/premises. He's a genius at small jobs and even whole panels.

I'd imagine you could find one locally to you and get it done for not too much. A back street guy is going to be cheap-ish, whereas a proper paint shop will probably talk about doing the whole panel, which can be necessary on some metallics etc. but depends on the coats and the laquers to get the right finish. Don't despair.

My chap did some sills and arches for me, then a few days later I got a peanut sized chip on a front wing. He weaved his magic in about 15 minutes, you can hardly tell.....and that was on Panther Black, which is supposedly quite a tricky Ford metallic.

 

[thecraw]

When I bought a brand new Black TT when they first came out, someone with the intelligence of an amoeba keyed the whole side of it in the first 5 days.......... £360 to repair. Vindictive jealousy is a terrible thing.

Maybe you just gave a bad haircut!

 

[bladeplayer]

I've just got a new car, it's my first brand new one, a VW Polo. I know it's not a Merc but it is to me. Anyway I've had it 7 days and some *wat has chipped the paint on the door. Gutted it's only the size of half a 5p coin but I'm really gutted, six months in yeah 8hit happens but after 7 days I'm suicidal. Can anyone suggest the best course of action to get it repaired the best way possible?
Thanks.

This mark sounds realy small mate , would a genuine vw touch up not sort the problem , they are very good quality .. not sure how deep (which is more important) it is .. if its a small mark like a stone chip , id touch it in rather than repair it, or get the touch up genuine & get it touched in ..