Scuff Sorter – the video

A good friend, Ben, wanted to develope his editing skills so I scratched my own car, a very rare Subaru SVX, so he could film the repair. Get the popcorn and enjoy the movie:
Continue ReadingA good friend, Ben, wanted to develope his editing skills so I scratched my own car, a very rare Subaru SVX, so he could film the repair. Get the popcorn and enjoy the movie:
Continue ReadingI see it about once a quarter, the solution our fathers passed on to us, the abrasive cream in the back of the garage. There is a place for such products, mostly a generation ago, for removing light scratches; but if it is possible to catch your finger nail in the scratch it is almost […]
Continue ReadingMany people have a “favourite” make of car, and for all sorts of reasons. There are a number of aspirational brands out there that attract customers, sometimes it’s just price, style or reliability (perceived and real). For this family they loved the whole Toyota thing, so on the drive were included an Avensis and a […]
Continue ReadingDo you need your A/C on all the time? At the weekend I needed to visit the family in the North East, a 450 mile round trip and a chance to see if the tales of hungry A/C was true or not. 200 miles up on motorway and duel carriageway, A/C on – 46.8 […]
Continue ReadingBadges and Paintwork Repair This Ford Fiesta had it’s rear hatch and bumper damaged while parked in a supermarket car park. When the owner returned to load the car, there was, surprise surprise, no note under the wiper. The repair itself is quite straight forward, but to get the best result, the tricky part […]
Continue ReadingPlastic Bumper Dents Though known for 10 years of paintwork repairs, Scuff Sorter is often called to look at an area of damage with very little actual paintwork damage. The modern vehicle paintwork is very resilient as can be seen on this Honda CRV bumper. Despite lots of damage, the paint has remained in place […]
Continue ReadingDeja vu Qashqai. Back in November 2010 Peter carried out a repair on a red Qashqai rear quarter. Well this is the same vehicle, the same panels and the same damage. The first picture even shows some of the filler and primer used for that November repair. With the exception of the new damage the […]
Continue ReadingThere are not many posts on stone chip repair on the site in part because Peter does not repair very many,but also because they are difficult to photograph. Here is one done recently on a one week old Zafira. The first shot actually shows the stone chip with some primer in as the plain picture did […]
Continue ReadingToyota Yaris Bumper Repair Sometimes it is not a big repair that people need. This was a small bumper scuff that just spoiled the “newness” of the family car. Once a car starts to get damaged, other people tend to take less care when around it. As a result more damage happens and this family […]
Continue ReadingToyota MR2 bumper repair in Leicester. Sometimes a trip to the shops turns out more expensive than you expect. This was the case for the owner of this Toyota MR2. Returning to the car the rear bumper had clearly been damaged by an inconsiderate motorist while parked. Getting an exact colour match is what the Peter […]
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