What are stone chips?

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Stone chips are the blight of any car owner who regularly uses the motorway. Flung at already-high speeds, your car then hurtles towards these miniature rocks with impending doom. The loud 'whack!' as the stone hits the bodywork makes you cringe, and it's guaranteed there's now a tiny crater where it mashed itself into your car's paintwork. 

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Why get your Stone Chips repaired?

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Whether you've collected a dozen of these or just one, it's best to repair stone chips on your car quickly! Why? For a few reasons:

• They make your paintwork ugly

• They will devalue your car when it comes time to sell it

• They will start to 'bubble' once water gets underneath the paint, which will lead to rusting and further surround damage to that area

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Some people opt for a respray job but , they can usually be dealt with much more cheaply and quickly by using a Chipex car touch-up paint system. Stone chip repair costs can be high with a respray, and it's often an unnecessary thing to do, so let's have a look how you can repair stone chips on your car yourself, using a Chipex paint repair system and in just a few simple and straightforward steps. 

1. Chipex have outlets all around the world, so if you're reading this from somewhere other than the U.K., simply go to this page to find your country's Chipex supplier. For your information, Chipex give a 100% paint match guarantee, and they can supply paint kits for a huge amount of different car makes. To find your car's paint colour code, please use this page.

2.  Next, order your Chipex kit in the size you require (12 or 24 chips, or the 'heavily chipped' kit) and wait eagerly by the door for the postie to deliver it. Important: This product is not suitable for vehicles that have been recently painted, and it is recommended that you allow at least 1 month for the original vehicle paint to cure from the time of painting.

• Interior cleaned and vacuumed

• Interior plastics dressed

• Interior glass cleaned

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Final inspection using 3 different light sources to ensure the finish is to our exceptional standards.