SMART Repairs

SMART repair — Small to Medium Area Repair Technology — fixes minor damage by repairing just the damaged area instead of refinishing a whole panel. The result: lower cost, faster turnaround, often same-day, and more of your original factory paint kept intact.

Perfect for

• Car park scuffs and light bumper scrapes
• Stone chips and small paint chips
• Minor dents and door dings
• Interior trim scuffs and light kerb marks
• Pre-sale or lease-return tidy-ups — SMART repairs almost always cost less than end-of-lease penalty charges

How a SMART repair works

1. Photo quote — you send pictures, we confirm it’s SMART-suitable and give a fixed price.
2. Localised repair — the damaged area is prepared, filled or chip-primed as needed.
3. Spot refinish — colour-matched paint applied to the repair zone only and blended out, so there’s no visible edge.
4. Cure & check — cured, polished and inspected — usually ready the same day.

When SMART isn’t the right tool

Damage larger than roughly a hand-span, cracked panels, or anything structural needs a full bodyshop repair — which we also do, under the same roof. That’s the advantage of a SMART repair done at a real bodyshop rather than a mobile van: if your damage turns out to need more, you’re already in the right place, and we’ll quote both options honestly.

Why drivers choose Thames Autos

• From £79*, most jobs same-day
• Real spray equipment and colour-code matching — not van-mixed approximations
• Full bodyshop behind every SMART repair if the damage needs more
• Written guarantee, same as our bodyshop work

SMART repairs near you

1A Spencer Road, Seven Kings — serving Ilford, Barking, Goodmayes, Gants Hill and Romford. Send a photo for a fixed price — most SMART quotes are answered within hours.

SMART repair questions