Rain Rain Go Away

Over the last few months starting from May the weather has been consistently poor with rain forecast for most days, and has been the wettest 3 months over the summer period on record. This understandably has affected our mobile car body repair service, even though we have a portable shelter that offers us some protection the wet weather can still slow down the repair time. This has given us a huge back log of car body repairs that need to be cleared but in this weather its virtually impossible to carry out all the jobs we have on in a day as well as fit in extra jobs on top, but there seems to be an end in sight.

Over the next week starting from the 23^rd July the weather is supposed to get warmer and dryer, which is great news not only for you sun worshipers out there but for us to, for we should be able to start clearing our back log of jobs. We will have to work longer hours than usual but it’s worth it to get back on track with our business.

We have made it even easier to get a quote for your car body damage by having a simple form that you can fill out and upload photos on our website see Car Body Repair Quote.

Protect Your Car From Stone Chips

Stone chips are an irritant and virtually imposable to protect yourself against. They are generally caused when the car in front’s tyres flicks up road debris (usually small stones) from the roads surface and throws them at the car directly behind it. Don’t worry you can reduce the likelihood of your car having any stone chips by following these few simple tips

1. Try and not drive so close to the car in front of you, give yourself a good 50metres distance so if any stones or debris are thrown in your direction the distance will allow the projectile to reduce in speed and lessen the impact.

2. Avoid Motorways. It’s sometimes not always the car in front of you that is responsible for the stone chip but can also be cars on either side speeding past. If you avoid the motorways then you are reducing the chance of a stone chip from other sources than the car in front.

3. Obvious it may seem but reduce your speed. Reducing your speed may mean that it adds an additional 5 minutes or so on your journey but can reduce the chance of stone chip damage.

4. Use stone chip protectors. These are plastic sheets that can be fitted to the front of the vehicle and gives the bonnet and front wings that added layer of protection. They can be unsightly so be sure its something you need for they can be a pain in the back side to remove otherwise.

By following the tips laid out above you should dramatically reduce the chance of a stone chip occurrence.

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