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got a few chips on the front bumper quite deep ( u can see the black surface below ) although there both about 1mm across.. what the best way to them sorted?

You get them sorted by the likes of the chips away man in a van and 6 months later you will be back to square one. As long as bare metal is not showing then I would be inclined to live with em. Ryancooke is our resident bodyshop expert, he may be along shortly to offer his professional opinion.

sara if you post wehere abouts you are a few people may have some recommendations, people like chips away can be hit or miss given they are essentially franchises

Whites pretty easy, just get some touch up paint, fill the chip so it proud of the surface, leave to dry for a week or so, flatit with 2000-3000 wet n dray to flush it, and then machine polish back to a shine. You'd never know it was there.

its about 1mm deep im not too worries about it other than possibly getting worse (if its too deep) im not sure if i can see the metal you can see black though...ps im in the nw region of the uk

I have a few chips on mine now - including a new one in the middle of the drivers door

Don't think I have the guts to use wet n dry on it!

Ahhhhhhhh just got a huge chip on the bonnet by the crease on the drivers side plus a dent

Luckly the dent is right above one of the "holes" on the underside.

Not sure what to do now, as I have never been impressed with the work of Chips away......

I am soo gutted.

adamj wrote:Not sure what to do now, as I have never been impressed with the work of Chips away......I am soo gutted.

Someone scraped my car a few months ago, Chips away quoted £150, one VW dealer quoted over £400, in the end I went to a VW dealer who did it for £250.

So I'd suggest getting various quotes from VW bodyshops.

I just phoned Chipsaway.

The guys responce was go and buy a touch up stick from the dealers

Have a PDR chap comming tomorrow to deal with the dent. I will then touch it in and see if I am happy with the result. If not I know a good local bodyshop.

Andy-GTI » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:37 am

Whites pretty easy, just get some touch up paint, fill the chip so it proud of the surface, leave to dry for a week or so, flatit with 2000-3000 wet n dray to flush it, and then machine polish back to a shine. You'd never know it was there.

Andy-GTI is onto it, I have seen many a scratch that on first look needed a body shop totally disappear after a quick touch up, mop over and machine polish, sounds scary but in reality is actaully very straightforward, if you're worried to do it yourself then a body shop should be able to do it for you for not much more than a drink.

No way, they're battle scars your best off having the front bumper sprayed after 3 odd years, personally after a few laps of a track mine will look lik its been assaulted at a firing range anyway but silver is a good colour to hide them