Freebie bumper scuff repair (with slight catch)

[Anatol]

Dear all,

I'm putting together a promo video comparing the cost and quality of a DIY minor bodywork repair to a professional SMART repair.

I need a volunteer with a typical bumper or wheelarch scuff on their car who'd be prepared to have a go at a DIY repair with high street materials paid for by us, give their honest on-camera opinion of the result and how easy it is in reality (compared to how easy the instructions on the tin/DIY leaflet make it sound), we'll then remove the DIY work, and repeat the repair with professional materials and techniques, and compare the results and costs of the two ways of doing it.

The volunteer ends up with a professional repair free of charge, and would need to be happy granting us all necessary rights to use the footage generated for promotional purposes.

Ideally you'll be reasonably competent with your hands, but with no bodywork repair experience, to give a genuine picture for a typical car owner, and ok with being filmed attempting your repair and a talking-head debrief of it.

My back-of-an-envelope calculations suggest that if you don't have any of the kit or materials necessary for a repair, the costs of DIY vs pro are surprisingly similar, and it's my expectation that professional results with the right equipment and properly matched paint will be far superior to a rattle can mixed to a default recipe, but in the spirit of intellectual honesty, we'll publish the results regardless.

Anyone interested in taking part, please PM me. You'd need to be within striking distance of our base near Ely/Cambridge, or prepared to travel.

Tol

[chris.mapey]

I'd be very interested in this - I have a 1999 VW Passat Estate in Silver that has nicks and scrapes on the bumpers.

I'm happy to "have a bash" myself, and let you sort out the mess afterwards

Car is due back on the road in the next two weeks (awaiting new ECU to be delivered) and I'm happy to travel down the A14 from the coast.

Chris

[markCSC]

I work in Cambridge and would also be happy to do it

[Naughty Magpie]

I want to do this but no longer live in Ely! Got a mahoosive scrape on the bumper of the MINI too. Hit a gate whilst trying to run away from being pursued....whilst dressed in a bikini. So, there is an interesting story behind my scuff.

[Simpo Two]

Naughty Magpie said:

Hit a gate whilst trying to run away from being pursued....whilst dressed in a bikini.

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 8th June 23:19

[Naughty Magpie]

Simpo Two said:

Naughty Magpie said:

Hit a gate whilst trying to run away from being pursued....whilst dressed in a bikini.

Of course John, how true, here's a picture of a similar gate.

[Simpo Two]

A very fine gate indeed!

[markCSC]

Simpo Two said:

Here you go

[Anatol]

Thanks to those who have responded, either by PM, or on the thread, replies should be on their way to you all.

Any other potential volunteers, can I invite you to email me a couple of digital photos of the damage you have acquired?

I'm not sure about PH rules about giving out email addresses in threads, but our business website is on my profile details, and email contact details for us are easily found there.

Thanks,

Tol

[Simpo Two]

Anatol said:

I'm not sure about PH rules about giving out email addresses in threads

I don't think there's a rule about it, but it's generally thought inadvisable due to harvesting spambots and possible contacts by loonies!

[Anatol]

If I didn't want contact from loonies, I wouldn't be posting on PH ;P