e-man

Well, I just got back from a car wash at the local Lexus dealership only to find a nice deep scratch in the driver's side door (that'll teach me for not washing it myself). I'm sure it wasn't there before the wash (because my car wasn't all that dirty), but it's definitely there now. It's about 4 inches long, smack dab in the middle of the door, and it's the kind of scratch that catches your fingernail as you go by (in other words, it's fairly deep). Two questions. Should I bother trying to touch it up with a tooth pick and a bottle of touch up paint (which I already have), or have the door refinished. If the latter, about how much would that cost? I wouldn't think it would cost that much because the driver's side door is half plastic molding and half metal, so it's raelly just a very small area that needs to be painted. Any thoughts?

JacobT

It will cost you around $300 to fix the door. I'd say paint the whole door and send the bill to your Lexus dealer. Tht's exactly what happened to my Bimmer and the dealer picked up the bill

ILOVEGIRLS

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if the damage did not scratch off the paint to the primer, you can get it buffed out by a body shop. i had a very deep one before and i was for sure it needed paint but i took it to a body shop and they buffed it out.

e-man

Thanks. At least there might be some hope.

GammaLex

Damn that sux dude. Kinda the same thing just happened to me. I went to the mall in my GS instead of my daily beater. So I parked 10 spots down from everybody else so none could hit me. I came out 2 hours later and BAM! my passenger door has a small dent and a scratch 2 feet long and 8 inches thick . I maneged to buff most of it out. so now I need to get my door repainted too. I fugure my deductable is $500 so I guess its coming out my pocket. Ill just have to get some other things down to it while its in the body shop

e-man

Wow. That's much worse than what happened to me. Doesn't that just figure? I do the same thing. Park at the end of the lot so no one will bother me. If anything, it ends up drawing more attention to you. About a month ago, I was at a mall parked in the back away from everyone. Someone came by and put a big wad of gum on my rear window. Sometimes I wonder if you're better off parking with the masses.

varcity64

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some people are ignorant and some people are haters... whoever did that must have been an ignorant hater... and to be honest w/u, if i EVER saw anyone do something to my car b/c im not lookin or there to see it and i find out... well, lets just say that payback is a bit$H

rominl

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wouldn't it be more than that? you repaint the whole door but you have to blend the colors in the other panels too?

GammaLex

Well on my car i can get away with it since its black. But I dont know what color emans gs is. If its PDW hes screwed and will have to do the whole side of the car unless he has a great Body shop

fever

I just had someone back in to my car while I was eating. It was in between a ding and a big hit. They fixed the damage and had to blend through the quarter panel.

I also had the rubber strips replaced below the doors on both sides and the bumper repainted.

Total cost $1150. And yes it was worth it.
BTW, the bumper cost around 350 bucks to repaint.

e-man

The color is Alpine Silver. By the way, what is PDW?

GammaLex

PDW= Pearl Diamond White or DWP

Yankees Diva

you paid $1150 just for a door and a bumper? i got an estimate to paint the whole drivers side of my car for 1200$

~ Stella

fever

Well, I had the quarter panel and the driver's door repainted. If we back out the rubber strips and bumper the cost would have been ~700 bucks.

Remember, I had body damage as well. I would guess the actual paint job for the quarter panel and door would have been a maximum of 500 bucks. So I think both of our quotes are close to equal.