Help. needing Dr Colorchip advice

[gclark26]

one of my customers scuffed the front left bumper against a pole in a drive thru. The car is a 2014 Lexus E350. The bumper is plastic and i can catch my thumb nail in the scratches. Buffing wont remove them. Secondly, paint is missing down to the metal in a couple places on the fender.
This is bad.
Will Dr Colorchip fill in and hide the damage?
Which kit should I use to make the repair.
And lastly is Dr Colorchip the way to go or should a body shop be a better option.
Thank you

[Eldorado2k]

I've never used Dr. Colorchip. How much of an improvment have you been able to make with what you've tried so far? What have you used on it? Any pix?

[billddrummer]

Re: Help. needing Dr Colorchip advice

I've never used Dr. Colorchip. How much of an improvment have you been able to make with what you've tried so far? What have you used on it? Any pix?

I went to the Dr Colotchip website with my paint code and it wasn't shown.

Hope you have better luck.

[Eldorado2k]

I don't even know what Dr. Colorchip is. I thought it was a rubbing compound. Haha

[J-Francis]

Re: Help. needing Dr Colorchip advice

Hi there,

I recently used the product on a relatively deep chip 1/4 x 1/16 of inch and 2 smaller chips (which was actually a dent that was first removed). I applied several layers -- which is not shown on many of the videos I found on YouTube. I am also including a link of the review video I put together.

Link to video review: YouTube Review - Before and After of Dr. Colorchip

James

[billddrummer]

Re: Help. needing Dr Colorchip advice

On another forum, one person said to go to the dealer's parts department and buy a touch up paint pen keyed to the paint code of the vehicle.

Will try that when the weather improves and I can actually drive for a week without running into snow/sand/salt.

[billddrummer]

Re: Help. needing Dr Colorchip advice

Have been fortunate recently, no random rocks in the road or tire cast offs falling onto my hood.

Discovered quite by accident the silver metallic color of my Accent was unique to the 2013 model year, so I'll need to go to the dealer for that color match pen--no aftermarket outlets I'm aware of stock the exact touchup color.