Advise on Dr colorchip

[johnsimion]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

When my car arrived it had several nicks on it from a careless weed whacking at the dealer (I was thrilled!). Anyhow, I thought about getting the entire rocker panels shot but instead I'm go to try the good "doctor". The damage is so low that any reasonable repair should be seamless and I figure I always have the option to respray. So, if any of you learned something important when you used said product, let me know here. I appreciate the collective wisdom of the forum and I want to achieve the best results.

If your car was damaged by weed-whacking while at the dealer, I really don't understand why the dealer isn't taking care of the problem.

I have Dr. Colorchip. I never seem to get anything but larger and deeper chips and scratches/gouges, and it definitely does NOT work well on them. Where I have used Dr. Colorchip on the small stuff, it sorta works but you can still feel and see the damaged areas. It's just a quick fix for really small stuff IMHO. Patient work with regular touchup paint and a Qixx kit has given me good results, but it's very time consuming.

I really just don't think Dr. Colorchip is right for your car. I had an incident involving my commuter vehicle in which high winds blew gravel across the parking lot and I returned to find the entire side of the car had thousands of tiny chips. It doesn't sound much different from your incident except perhaps in the size of the affected area. The estimate was ridiculously high, but they justified it because they said they had to strip down the affected panels to get a smooth finish. They also showed me a ton of semi-chips in which the paint was nicked and no longer smooth, even though not fully chipped. They said that if they just re-shot it the car without stripping, the finish would let you see the old chips through the new paint. They did end up fixing it this way, with good results. Thank goodness for insurance, as it was several thousand dollars.

Based on my own experience, I would be very reluctant to let the dealer walk on this and to do your own repairs with Dr. Colorchip. You may have a lot of damage you haven't even noticed; Dr. Colorchip won't be perfect; and you can't assume that a body shop could "just shoot it" and give you a good job. I think your car deserves better.

[Ghostrider 310]

Well we will have to see on the colorchip, if it doesn't work I'll scrap it.

As for this though: you can't assume that a body shop could "just shoot it" and give you a good job. I think your car deserves better.


Actually, I can because it isn't just ANY body shop

[jrblackman]

My hood had a fair amount of road rash when I bought the car. I finally ordered the Dr Colorchip last week and used it over the weekend. I am very pleased with the results. Don't get me wrong if you think you are going to spend $50.00 -$80.00 and get body shop respray results you are dreaming but if you are patient with the process it does look considerably better when you are finished. You can make small nicks disappear and large ones much less noticeable. My 2000 is Ocean Blue Metallic; I don't know if results would be better or worse on light color paint. Based on my results I have no problem recommending.

[schnellman]

Don't expect respray results.