Bumper Scuff repair in Leicester Forest East. The best sort of advertising is word of mouth, so when a recent Customer asked me to contact one of their friends, Peter arranged to call round where he found a nice Audi A3 with a nasty front bumper scuff. A date was agreed for the work to be done and Peter turned up on time to carry out the work. The Mauritius Blue was mixed and applied over the primer followed by 2 coats  of ChipsAway lacquer, which when baked not only protects, but imparts a high shine after a light polish.

Toyota Landcruiser Bumper Scuff Repair. ChipsAway (PDS) Leicester were called in to repair a bumper scuff on the front of a Toyota Landcruiser. Peter found the colour from the ChipsAway Leicester database and mixed enough to carry out the repair. After a coat of primer to give a good base Peter sprayed the area followed by 2 coats of ChipsAway lacquer to protect and provide a high gloss.

Tangerine 206 GTi key scratch repair by Peter of ChipsAway (PDS) in City centre. I hope it is not a half term thing, but a hospital worker had her car ‘keyed’ in the city centre recently. The Peugeot 206 is a nice shade of metallic orange called Tangerine and is not a colour to be played about with, but the wonderful ChipsAway Aquaclear paint system allows opperators to match almost all colours today, even the ones that up until recently would have called for a full respray of the damaged side, just to hide the join. Measuring the tints to one hundredth of a gram (one drop of water weighs about 7 hundredths of a gram!) alows Peter to match parts of a panel to such a degree that the painted area does not show against the origional colour, and the ChipsAway lacquer allows the high shine of modern finished to be reproduced.

Bumper scuff repairs in Clarendon Park, LE2. Are Peters standards too high? Peter was called to look at a damaged bumper on a Honda Civic and as well as 2 areas that needed repair it was pointed out that the rear bumper had been repaired before in another town and one area was showing as a variation in colour (Cosmic Grey has a number of alternatives). As the earlier repair was close to one of the new repairs, Peter agreed to improve the earlier repair as an act of good will. Once preparation of the rear bumper was started it was clear that the earlier repair was not to the highest standard and Peter made the decision to carry out a much larger repair, in part because a good repair by Peter would highlight the poor quality earlier one.

Key scratch repair in LE2. A few weeks ago Peter carried out a repair to the paint on a silver Peugeot bumper. The Customer was so happy that when their people carrier was visited by vandals who keyed the doors on the passenger side Peter was called back to repair the key scratches. After flatting the scratched area, a high build primer was used to make sure the panel was level again. Sereral coats of the Regency Red paint was added followed by a couple of coats of ChipsAway lacquer. 45 minutes later the lacquer was baked and ready to be polished once the area had cooled down, not long in the autumn chill.

Subaru doors have paintwork repaired in LE4. Many cars have had their paintwork repaired by Peter and it is always nice to get new Customers, but it is especially nice when a Customer calls you back for a second or third time. This well tuned Scooby was repaired earlier in the year following an outbreak of “carpark rash.” This time some kind soul managed to rub their bumper along the drivers side, damaging both doors below the waist-line. Though the damage looked slight, the dents had to be filled and a little rust removed before painting could start and it is then that the full extent of the damage could be seen. Though just called Green by Subaru, this metalic colour has to be mixed to suit the car, this ensures the best possible result. As you can see in the pictures, just as an area is pushed in so another area is pushed out, this is why the repair area is often larger than a Customer would expect, and why many DIY repairs do not look so good!

Suzuki paint repair in Knighton. Even city cars are too big sometimes. A “Brilliant Yellow” Suzuki suffered the sad fate of having the rear near side wheel arch and door come into contact with a wall. We don’t care who’s fault it is, we do not place blame, we just sort it out for you, usually in a day and usually cheaper than a few days in a body shop. For most people, that is the thing. No hanging round without a car for a few days, getting lifts, asking friends to take the kids to school. Peter comes to you,working on the drive at home or, if allowed, in the car park at work. All Peter needs is space for the damaged car and his van, access to a standard 13 amp 3 pin plug and a few hours. And when he is done the repair is fully weatherproof and you can go back to getting admiring glances from fellow motorists. If you have presented the car nice and clean Peter has even been known to touch up the odd chip here and there. In this particular case the damage had been left a few weeks and rust had already set in, so the first job was to grind away as much as Peter could see before filling and painting. Just remember that especially when the weather is cold and damp, rust will start very soon after a metal panel is damaged, so give Peter a call sooner rather than later, because once rust has set in the paintwork can not benefit from the normal 2 year warrenty. Having said that Peter has yet to have a Customer come back to advise the rust had come through the new paint.

Red bumper scuff repair in LE4. Peter gets called out to fix a bumper scuff on a Pepper Red Ford Focus and it starts to rain! So it is up with the ChipsAway marquee to protect the car (and Peter) and it is on with the job in hand. This nice pearl red is, as most red and orange colours, known as a “low hider.” So although there are a dozen components to the colour it is Peters talents that help get the best possible results. One way to help is to make sure that there is as little variation between the base and the top coats, so in this case a coloured primer is used. This is followed by a few coats of the correct colour paint followed by two coats of lacquer. A good polish and the job is ready for the Customer.

Zafira bumper scuff repair at LE3 carried out by Peter. You drive into a parking space a dozen times and all goes well, then one day there is a breeze block hidden by the curb. Result a scuff to the lower edge of the bumper. Fear not, Peter calls round and fixes it for you. This Digital Green Vauxhall Zafira was returned to its full glory by Peter in only 3 hours.

Nearly new Mercedes C220, bumper scuff repaired by Peter, ChipsAway (PDS) Ltd. The almost new Obsidian Black C Class had its beauty marred when it suffered a rear bumper scuff. Proud owners found Peter on this very site and e-mailed him to see if he could help. A suitable time was agreed and Peter visited LE3 and provided a free quote for not only the Mercedes, but also the new BMW on the drive. Both jobs were booked, so keep your eyes open for a report on the second repair.