Originally Posted by houstondan
anyway, i don't trust the shop to get a new one put in without screwing up something so i just have the chip-guy do patches at 15-20$ each. seems to work ok and all you can see when he's done is a really tiny (head of pin-tiny) gray spot where the chip was.
Depending on size and location, doing a "patch" is illegal in many places. Here in VA, they have a chart they hold up while sitting in the driver's seat, and if a chip is in the "primary view cone" they are prohibited from doing a "patch". At least, that's the way it was last chip I had.