jfintexas

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.

targa996

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 ....

kr3678

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.

Hal

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

YMMV

heligear

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

Dennis C

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.

Thundertub

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

jfintexas

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 :-)

One Nut

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...

uberskier

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.

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zman2002 C4S

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.

RF5BPilot

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

jfintexas

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.

Shark Attack

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

uberskier

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