Hood with thousands of little paint chips. Can it be fixed without painting the entire hood?
This is my favorite damage to fix. It’s very unsightly and might of happened without you even knowing it. On a windy day, little bits of dust and sand get kicked up. It can be especially bad if you’re driving into the wind – maybe a trip to Las Vegas and back through the dessert. […]
Road rash – the bane of car lovers. Porsche GT4; hood chips are gone!
The bane of any car lover is getting those pesky little rock chips all over the front bumper and hood. The design of Porsche’s cars make them susceptible to rock chips. It’s the wind flows over the front of the car. Contrary to what most people believe, most paint chips come from your own car […]
When do I need a body shop, and when is touch up good enough?
I’ve made a few posts about this, and that’s because it comes up in the requests I get almost daily. Body shops can be very expensive, even if the damage is minor. If someone swings wide while pulling out of the parking spot next to you, even if their wheel barely scraps your car, it […]
Should I go to a body shop, or is touch-up gonna work well enough?
Minor damage to you car can be very expensive. Simply backing out of your driveway and rubbing up against the trash can cause thousands of dollars worth of damage. The worst thing to do is to take it back to the dealership where you bought it. Dealerships rarely have their own body shop. They generally […]
Porsche Carrera 4S paint chips and scratches
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/12/23 I saved this customer at least $2,500 in respray costs, or him trying to do it himself with terrible results. The car is a 2006 Porsche Carrera 4s. It’s in great condition with only 20,000 miles on it. The previous owner rarely drove it, but it got […]
I saved this customer about $2500 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more.
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/22/23 I saved this customer about $2500 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more. In all fairness, you probably wouldn’t take your car to a body shop to fix these things. There are several small issues. A body shop would […]
I saved this customer about $900 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more.
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/12/23 I saved this customer about $900 and having to leave his car at a body shop for a week or more. The car’s front bumper was peppered with tiny paint chips. Most of them are from high-speed freeway driving – probably around 70-75mph. It’s typical damage here […]
Daily Diary – I fixed this car today!
Diary of a Paint Chip Repair Craftsman: 12/2/23 I saved this customer a couple thousand dollars, assuming he would have gone to a body shop. Someone backed into him. The damage was fairly high up on his right rear quarter panel, so I’m assuming it was a truck. There’s a big dent where the metal […]
Picky About Touch-Up
Would you believe me if I told you that, as car paint touch-up artists, our customers apologize to us all the time? Usually this apology sounds something like, “I’m sorry I’m so picky, but the car is new!” Or they might say, “I’m sorry, I know it’s just a small chip, but I can’t NOT […]
Touch-up for Car Collectors
As a car collector, you’re probably very particular about even the tiniest bit of paint damage on your vehicles. You probably also know that having a panel resprayed at a body shop could drastically reduce the value of your car. Even though the respray may have been for a single rock-chip, that extra layer of […]