jdthompson
05-25-2007, 12:36 PM
Not entirely sure which forum this belongs in and if I`m being totally honest I`m after the most possible opinions so I`ll start here and if it needs moving feel free mods :)
I`ve acquired a small stone chip on the wing of my Boxster. It`s only a small chip but that`s like saying "It`s only a small spot on the end of your nose" - it`s doing my head in :)
The local Chips-Away reckon £100 and 4 hours to "blow" the area in and it will be gone.
The bodyshop the Porsche place use say "wouldn`t touch any Chips-Away" and that to respray the wing would be £170 or so.
It`s not so much the money, it`s that having the wing re-sprayed seems way OTT on a six month old car. I`m not necessarily after 100% perfection I simply want the chip to look better than it does now.
Tomorrow I`m picking up a touch-up stick from the Porsche dealers, my plan was to try the "Cocktail Stick" method out on a small chip under the number plate where I can see how good/bad a job it does without it being at all noticeable.
What I`d appreciate is any feedback on dealing with stone chips on metallics, and how you deal with only flatting down the chip i.e. I don`t want to be trying to wet sand a 6" square Porsche section wing :eek:
Best pics I could get on the mobile are:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/hutchingsp/DSC00009.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/hutchingsp/DSC00008.jpg
I`ve acquired a small stone chip on the wing of my Boxster. It`s only a small chip but that`s like saying "It`s only a small spot on the end of your nose" - it`s doing my head in :)
The local Chips-Away reckon £100 and 4 hours to "blow" the area in and it will be gone.
The bodyshop the Porsche place use say "wouldn`t touch any Chips-Away" and that to respray the wing would be £170 or so.
It`s not so much the money, it`s that having the wing re-sprayed seems way OTT on a six month old car. I`m not necessarily after 100% perfection I simply want the chip to look better than it does now.
Tomorrow I`m picking up a touch-up stick from the Porsche dealers, my plan was to try the "Cocktail Stick" method out on a small chip under the number plate where I can see how good/bad a job it does without it being at all noticeable.
What I`d appreciate is any feedback on dealing with stone chips on metallics, and how you deal with only flatting down the chip i.e. I don`t want to be trying to wet sand a 6" square Porsche section wing :eek:
Best pics I could get on the mobile are:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/hutchingsp/DSC00009.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/hutchingsp/DSC00008.jpg