Mobile SMART Repairs in Huddersfield

The HD postcodes we work through most are HD1 to HD5 in and around the town, plus HD7 and HD8 out into the Colne and Holme valleys. Marsden sits close to the A62 and is usually the first or last stop of the day, while Meltham and Holmfirth are worked into the same route.

Anywhere with off street space is fine, whether that is a driveway at home, a yard or a works car park. Villages on the valley sides can be awkward for parking, so mention when you book if the only space is on a slope or on the road itself, and we will tell you honestly whether the job can be done there.

• Huddersfield town centre and HD1
• Marsden and the A62 side of the Colne Valley
• Meltham and Holmfirth
• Residential driveways across HD2 to HD5
• Business and works car parks in HD7 and HD8

In settled weather, yes, but not on demand in winter. Paint has to cure, and cold, damp and rain stop it doing that properly. The Colne and Holme valleys hold weather longer than the town does, so a booking at Marsden or Meltham in January is more likely to move than the same job down in HD1.

Two things get around it. Either wait for a settled window, which we will happily plan around, or bring the car to the Radcliffe body shop where conditions are controlled all year and collection and delivery cost nothing. Either way we would rather delay a job than hand back paint that lifts in six months.

A SMART repair works by treating only the damaged area of a panel rather than the whole panel. The technician washes and degreases the area first, because polish, tar and traffic film will contaminate anything sprayed over the top, then works out how deep the damage actually goes.

From there the area is flatted back through the clear coat and feathered out into sound paint so there is no hard edge. If the metal or plastic underneath is dented or split, that is rebuilt with filler or plastic welded before any paint goes near it. Then primer, a basecoat mixed to your vehicle paint code, and clear coat over the top, each coat cured before the next. The colour is blended out into the surrounding paint rather than stopped at a line, which is what makes the repair disappear.

What actually gets done depends entirely on the damage. A small dent where the paint is still intact is pushed out using paintless dent removal, with no filler and no paint at all. A cracked bumper needs plastic welding from behind before the face is filled and refinished. A stone chip on a bonnet may only need touching in and flat polishing.

Huddersfield is reached over the A62 through Saddleworth, 30 miles and roughly 45 minutes from the Radcliffe body shop, which is why visits here are usually paired with Oldham on the same day. The route carries on into the Colne and Holme valleys.

We work throughout Huddersfield and the HD1, HD2, HD3, HD4 postcode areas, typically 45 minutes from the body shop at Radcliffe, M26 4AD. That includes Huddersfield town centre, Holmfirth, Marsden and Meltham.