[RetroB]

Hello!

I have found a few scrapes on the boot of my BMW X3 in mineral silver. And i would like to know if i could use Dr.colorchip to repair them. The scrapes are around 1 cm long (0.4 inch) and you can see the metal. Has anyone here used Dr.colorchip and did it do the trick?

Thanks!

[MrFargo13]

What is the "Boot?"

[RetroB]

Trunk door? English is not my native language... Sorry

[Teemo Panda]

Dr color chip works well with small chips and scratches IME,

The only downside is that, people will notice the chip if their eye is literally 5-6 inches away from it

From afar, they won't know the difference!

[crvgt]

yes agreed. if you are patient and apply as directed, it does a reasonably good job at hiding small chips. At normal viewing distances, they wont really be noticeable.

[roadkillrob]

It is ok for a quick fix and will look better, basically they just provide a solution that you put on a cloth and it helps remove the excess paint to flatten it to the surface, so looks better than a blob of paint, but is not as good as water sanding and buffing the excess paint off (but that is much more work). The only thing I have ever found that looks almost perfect is someone skilled with an airbrush, especially with metallic paint as it has to be sprayed for the metallic to really match well - on non metallic paint, you can do a pretty good job, but metallics are very difficult to get a good match.

Definitely put something on it to help protect it if the scratches are that deep though!

[RetroB]

I can send you a picture of the scratch if you could tell me how to upload it here

[cblandin]

Here are the results on my M5. http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39...p-results.html

[RetroB]

Looks good thanks!