Dr. ColorChip

Howdy. Anyone have experience with Dr. ColorChip Paint kits? Got some road rash (not significant) on the hood and this looked promising as an interim fix before I get the hood repainted down the road. Priorities, priorities.

For $60 its a lot better than a respray - i had a mobile service apply here to my hood and a couple of other areas in san jose (good Groupon type deal) - and was quite pleased with the results ... i'm going to do the bumper cover next ... Bottom line - it will be big imporvement over roadrash - but maybe not quite as good as full respray from prof. body shop - at 10% of the cost ....

I bought their kit for my wife's old BMW Z3 (Atlanta Blue). It did not work very well for me, but I am willing to concede it may have been my lack of skill with the product. Your results may be better than mine.

It works pretty well on non-metallic colors. I tried it on my Polar Silver 993 with not positive results. YMMV

It takes a bit of practice, but worked OK on my Audi with metallic grey paint.

I've used it on my midnight blue C4S. It's better than traditional touch-up paint. It definitely covers up some blemishes, but nothing will ever work as well as a full respray.

Used it on my Guards Red '99 a couple years ago, and everything I did then still looks great.

Excellent to hear, all! Since my car is simple black (L041), hoping the results will keep me content until the full respray. Still trying to find a partner if DFW in crime for some of these projects planned, but no takers yet :-)

used it on my artic silver 996..... from about 2 feet away almost not noticeable however you can still see the paint divit several coats may fill it I have a guy that will do an entire car with multi chips for like 125$ he is mobile PM me if interested and I'll look for his card...

My old '99 Audi A6 Avant. I used Dr. Color Chip on it. Much less expensive than painting a bumper on a car that had 160,000 miles at the time. Before: After:

Jf - you should check out New Concept Autoworks in E. Plano for your respray. They handle all the bodywork for Lambo of Dallas and are really reasonable price-wise. I had them to work on my last two bimmers and was really happy with the results.

Any good paint chip/road rash repair guys in the Seattle area?

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Eric, great results. We'll definitely give it a try. ZMan, thanks for the lead. I'll give them a call to get an estimate.

I wasnt that impressed, if you have a lot of rash just have it shot.

Just remember that it's pretty much a temporary cover up. It looks much better from a distance. Here it is about 30K+ miles later at 195K miles

Targa996, do you happen to remember the name of the shop that did yours? Contact info? David

Yes, we'll I may have over spoke. I literally have 6 minor chips in the hood. Nothing like the road rash I am seeing posted here. We'll I've it a shot. If it doesn't work, I'll be at a shop getting a new hood spray. ;-)

I used Dr. Colorchip on my Ocean Blue Metallic 996. Decent results on a handful of small hood chips. The product is fairly easy to use. I had much more luck dabbing each chip followed by blending. Applying it "road rash" style to a large area did not work as well for me. The color match was very good. The color basically lays in the bottom of the chip, so in the right light, you can still see the chip is there. But from a distance, the repair doesn't look bad.

I'm a huge fan of Dr. Color Chip for dark colored cars -- I've used it on my black 996 and have been extremely happy with the results, vs. other options. Works equally well on my wife's dark blue SUV. You will note a remark earlier that it doesn't work well on metallic colors, particularly Arctic Silver. That is absolutely true. Even on the Dr. Color Chip web site, it notes that Silver is always problematic for touch-up work. But for a dark car, I think its a terrific touch-up system.

Woo Hoo! Dr. Colorchip arrived today. Can't wait to get my car back from the shop so I can touch it up. I only have 4-5 minor chips on the front, so hoping this will hold me until the respray. I try to post before and after.

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Better post pics. So does the application paint "wear-out" over time?

I can confirm. Does not work well on silver.

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I have read on here that it will last pretty long. I am not looking for a long term solution, though. If it gets me a year, it's done its job. Just moved the hood respray to the bottom of my project list, so just buying some time :-)

I used the arctic silver metalic a few weeks ago, for just a few chips it did an excellent job. Doesn`t fill it perfectly but the colour match is excellent and looks far better that traditional touch up paint. Don`t think I`d use it on more than the odd chip - so I don`t stay behind other cars - problem solved!!