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Was a little cheesed off last weekend as managed to hit a block of wood in the road, there wasn't much I could do at the time being a busy fast road. It gave the lower bumper a good pasting and was really expecting a lot more damage the noise it made. I had learnt my lesson a few years back going through insurance with BMW on my old M135i in getting damage to rear bumper sorted so I thought I would give my local ChipsAway a go. First time I've ever used them and pretty impressed with the results to be honest. They collected the car and dropped it back off same day, cost was £170. The damage on my old M135i was a crease in the bumper which BMW replaced the bumper and painted it up at £1500, I was definitely raped that day :o I'm not sure the damaged to the Hyundai would have required a compete new bumper but I wasn't expecting a decent repair for 170 quid.

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Tim.
 
I think they're fine if you want to temporarily hide a bit of damage if you're intending to sell the car in a couple of months.

However, in my experience (and as it's a franchise, some may be better than others), it took so long for my local guy to respond (even with weekly follow-ups) that I went to a guy in the next area who responded very quickly to say that I could bring it to him to fix on site, but he couldn't go into another franchisee's area.

I finally got the repair done 3 months later (by the local one in the end) and he covered up 2 stone chips and a 1" scuff on the driver's a-pillar where something had obviously hit it.

A year later I had to have it sanded and painted again as the repair was becoming rough (little pimples) and started flaking.

Not used one since, as I realised that I with the miles I was doing, I was getting stone chips quicker than I could touch them up :P
 
I had a few jobs done on my 123d by them and was very pleased with the results. I'd happily recommend their Bracknell operative.

But being a franchise they're only as good as the guy you get!
 
I had the local rep around to look at a chip on the bonnet,. Told me he would not be able to match the metallic finish, as the reflective property is dependent on the direction it was applied. I guess that means he is good at his job. Though it didn't sort the stone chip. :(
 
Yeah apparently they won’t do any bonnet work as it’s too hard to get a match on such a big panel. Wouldn’t do one on my Dad’s red z3
 
I've posted these pice somewhere on the forum previously, Auto Windscreens sorted out a hit and run on my rear end last feb, stunning job £250. The repairer build a tent on my drive around the car and 3 hours later she was back to perfect again. :thumbsup:
 

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The red is too bright, not a good colour match.

You'll get away with it down there but not what I'd call impressive.
 
Steve84N said:
The red is too bright, not a good colour match.

You'll get away with it down there but not what I'd call impressive.
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It looks perfect to me Steve, unless I'm colorblind, it's metallic red so impressed it was blended in as well as it has been. I think it would have looked worse having the complete bumper resprayed.

Tim.
 
Steve84N said:
The red is too bright, not a good colour match.

You'll get away with it down there but not what I'd call impressive.
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You must have a special computer screen to pick that out :lol: looks perfectly fine, even on my xz3 with screen brightness on 100%.
 
Steve - compare it with the first pic (before), where the red also probably looks too bright to you. It's just down to the different angle of the panel.
 
I did ask the guy at chips away how they matched the colour but said they used the cars paint code. I did think they used a scanner but maybe wrong. Anyways it's not discernable and you wouldn't know. The only thing I can notice is the lower bumper line isn't perfectly straight but really it's not a big deal. It looks better. When I had the rear bumper replaced on the M135i by BMW the silver didn't quite match the rear quarters so did annoy me which is why I didn't go for a full bumper respray this time around, it didn't need it anyways.

Tim.
 
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