1. I've owned this MINI Cooper S GP for over a year and this damage to the unique side sill has been on it since purchase. A replacement lower half of this sill costs £190 from BMW, so I was keen to look at a more cost-effective solution!

2. After masking off the affected area of the sill, Steve the trim man rubs the damage back carefully with an orbital sander.

3. This is what the damage looked like after Steve's orbital sander had done its work. He also spotted there was previously repaired damage here.

4. On with the filler! Steve's using plastic padding to hide the damage and re-shape the offending area.

5. After drying the area off with a heat gun, it's back to the orbital sander to remove the excess filler and smooth everything off.

6. This is the clever bit! To get the pattern back in the plastic, Steve is using this specially mixed textured paint.

7. Final bit of wet and drying to get the area ready for paint.

8. On with the first coat of textured paint, it's looking good now. Just a last coat of factory matched satin black top coat to finish.

9. Steve's almost finished now, this is the final coat going on.

10. The finished job and you'd never really know there was any damage thanks to Steve and Chips Away. The best news was the price, which at £108 is over £80 cheaper than the new part. I was well chuffed!