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YOUR RESEARCHOh bugger - scratch..... - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

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Use hairdryer

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As for the slight indentation, I've used a hairdryer to good effect on something like that - warm the area & then push the indentation from behind.

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Can anyone recommend any other smart-repairer....?

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Recommend any other smart-repairer

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Can anyone recommend any other smart-repairer....?

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Repair (such as you have been quoted

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Suggestion

I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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Repair looks perfect

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Seemless smart repair looks perfect.

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Repair £144 (inc vat)

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Very pleased with County Coachworks repair, £144 (inc VAT).

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Suggestion · Original poster

Can anyone recommend any other smart-repairer....?

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Repair (such as you have been quoted

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Suggestion

I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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Suggestion

I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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Repair looks perfect

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Suggestion · Original poster

Seemless smart repair looks perfect.

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Repair £144 (inc vat)

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Suggestion · Original poster

Very pleased with County Coachworks repair, £144 (inc VAT).

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Use bodyshop

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Suggestion

I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for).

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Use hairdryer

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As for the slight indentation, I've used a hairdryer to good effect on something like that - warm the area & then push the indentation from behind.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Unwittlingly caught my front bumper on a bicycle pedal in my garage. 'Chips Away' have quoted £180 + vat......is this a fair rate...? Can anyone recommend any other smart-repairer....?

POST 2Original post

Sounds like quite a bit to me, but I'm no expert. Could be the area you live in I guess, or the Porsche badge! I paid Chips Away in Cardiff £105 about 10 months ago for a scratch a little bigger than that on a Clio Sport.

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It looks like it's dented at the right hand end of the scratch, in which case it will need painting. I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for). However, I think you'd get an acceptable result by having the scratch flatted (if it's worse than it looks) then properly buffed and polished. For where it is I think you'd hardly notice the slight dent afterwards.

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thegoose said: It looks like it's dented at the right hand end of the scratch, in which case it will need painting. I'd use a bodyshop to remove and do the whole bumper in a proper environment for the sort of money you've been quoted, or for about a third of that a so-so localised smart repair (such as you have been quoted for). However, I think you'd get an acceptable result by having the scratch flatted (if it's worse than it looks) then properly buffed and polished. For where it is I think you'd hardly notice the slight dent afterwards. +1 A machine polish should get 90% of that out & I doubt the scratch would be all that noticeable afterwards. As for the slight indentation, I've used a hairdryer to good effect on something like that - warm the area & then push the indentation from behind. Be careful though, you don't want to overheat the plastic & damage the paint.

POST 5 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Very pleased with County Coachworks repair, £144 (inc VAT). Seemless smart repair looks perfect. http://countycoachworks.co.uk/

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