Trav7414

I was around DFW area today and this is what i saw when I got home 30mins ago, and this is the first time I shined my car at home in a year.
It's a deep deep 2.5" scratch. Do you know if they can get it fix back to normal look with minimal cost? I'm really really mad right now.

Trav7414

Another photo. driver side hood. It's really sucks that some a**hole that did it.

desrd_spds

http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-b...-56k-owie.html

Trav7414

Will that work? This scratch is deep into metal not just paint layers. It even leave a little ding on it too. They're really using pressure to leave the deep scratch on this.

RyanV

iTrader: (9)

That sucks, your insurance might take care of that. If you can feel the scratch with your nail, it'll probably need to be painted to be fixed.

You'd be surprised how good some of the paint matching machines are. I just had my Frontier door fixed, and it look's great.

Trav7414

Where do you live in TX? Maybe you can recommended me to a good bodyshop. I live in DFW area.

UncleRay

iTrader: (2)

Damn if you were in NJ, I'd fix that right up for ya :[

Sorry to hear!

Trav7414

Appreciate your kind offer, but too bad I live TX.

kamlung

iTrader: (8)

is it like 2" long??? you can do a decent job to touch that up yourself... just take some patience and time... you just need to properly prep it and just keep adding layers of paint to build in the scratch... then you will need to compound around it to sorta 'blend' it... desired speeds has provided a great detailing site for you...

Trav7414

I have never done any paint touch up before, so I don't know if I can do it myself. Yes it's 2.5" long deep and I can see metal too. It feel very rough.

djspawn00

Damn... i need some touch up work done! stupid rock chips...


its sucks that people going around attacking other people's property like that... hopefully karma gets the culprits...

Anthony

iTrader: (4)

^ werd i have alot of chips..

I tried to hit em with touch up paint but, i need the whole hood repainted.
You can try touch up paint..if it doesnt look good then i suggest a reapaint $$

GS300Rich

damn that sucks, a scratch that big and not having experience with touch up paint would be difficult. good luck, and I hope the a-holes that did this get theirs

VNN326

iTrader: (21)

dont panic, thats a easy fix if you put time into it. just get some touchup paint. theres a DIY for scratches somewhere on the BMW forumz.

AYEmike

dang it works bad with the camera's flash on, better its not that bad in the sun.
give us a pic during daytime, if anything use touch up paint