Posts from May, 2009

New Audi A4 wheel arch repair. Leicestershires premier video maker needs the help of Peter after the wheel arch is damaged. Affixxius – http://www.affixxius.com/ – know of Peter through Working Breakfast – http://www.workingbreakfast.co.uk – and he was able to carry out the work while the car was in the office car park, thus minimising any further […]

Bird lime update – early removal is best. I don’t know anyone who carries a full water mister in their car ready to remove bird lime so I have been trying other options. The answer was really easy, it just took a lateral jump. Keep a small pack of baby wipes in the glove box. […]

Smart repair in Leicester, Avensis bumper. At the end of the lease this black Toyota Avensis was in first class condition except for a scuff on the N/S/R bumper corner. After finding this web site a call was placed to Peter who was able to fix the bumper for a lot less than the lease […]

Damaged lease car due back soon- what to do next? After being advised that a charge of £500 would be applied for damage to the wheel arch Peter was contacted to correct the damage. Working on the drive the repair was carried out in about half a day and less than half the cost. If […]

Hole punched in MX-5 bumper. Can it be fixed? At yesterdays Working Breakfast meeting I showed these pictures and was told it should be on the blog. A fancy bollard punched the hole in the bumper of the Mk3 MX-5. The hole was filled by welding in a piece of plastic then using filler to […]

I’ve kerbed my alloy wheels, what to do next? Like most things in life it is usually more difficult (or expensive) to fix a problem after you have suffered from it than it is to prevent it in the first place. In the case of alloy wheels this is not always possible as we get […]

Bumper scuff in Leicester – what to do next. You get a nice new car and just as you get used to it someone scuffs the bumper while you are at the supermarket. What to do? The main dealer will sell you a paint stick that seems to be designed to make it look worse, […]

Bollards! Plastic bumper repair needed. When a Working Breakfast member caught his bumper on a bollard the air was blue, but the bumper was yellow and it had a very large dent and broken bracket for the driving lamp. After removing the wheel and the wheelarch liner Peter was able to re-shape the bumper and […]