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Can we fix it? Subaru BRZ

Here we have a brand new Subaru BRZ that was a victim of a hit and run.

I'll let the photo speak for itself.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/IMG_6735.jpg

When the customer brought his car in I was extremely skeptical at the possibility of even cleaning it up, already providing him with my body shop's phone number to him. I ran my fingernail across the scratches and they were pretty deep and there were many.

He was quite upset so I told him I would give it a shot without any promises.

The tools and products used:

Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES
Sufbuf Pad 6 inch
Meguiar's Microfiber Cutting Disc 5.25 inch
Menzerna Fast Gloss 400

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4540.jpg

As you may or may not know I personally don't like to wetsand if I don't have to hence these were the tools and products I decided to use.

After a few passes with the Rupes with the microfiber cutting pad and fg400 we were able to most of the paint transfer out of the paint but it didn't look good.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4526.jpg

Another angle
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4527.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4529.jpg

From there I decided to go a bit more aggressive with the Surbuf pad and Menzerna FG400 then went back to the MF Cutting Pad with FG400 to finish it out.
That combo was a success! We were able to get 95% of the damage out.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4541.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4530.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/DSC_4544.jpg

Total time it took to get these results about 10 minutes, not too bad.

Enjoy

holy hell! thats fantastic!!!!

I'm honestly surprised that the paint on the BRZ was still there after that.

Nice work sir! Great to see someone that not only knows their stuff but takes great pride in their work. Unfortuantely it's getting harder to find both of those characteristics in the same person or shop these days. Great work!

What. That's insane. Too bad my rear bumper scratch isn't blue and white, but plain old black urethane .:(

Was the body indented at all?

This is a great thread to reference to body shops in case owners keep getting turned down by shops unwilling to take the job.

:clap:

finished down really well with that pad switchup. well done

you sir is a magician and a scholar

Looks like i'm going to need some of this magic. Just saw this, probably a result of plowing through the icy slush a few days ago. I'm alreay set to go see Bryan (Mr Sparkle) for opticoat on sunday. Hopefully mine can be fixed up too without going to a body shop. Pretty much the same scuffing but a little less overall and on the bottom of my bumper

Quote:

Originally Posted by abutterman (Post 684070)

unfortunately there are is quite a bit of rash on that, its also the bumper so not all of that will be fixed. I would say 30-50% max.

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Originally Posted by DetailersDomain (Post 684273)

unfortunately there are is quite a bit of rash on that, its also the bumper so not all of that will be fixed. I would say 30-50% max.

yea i'm hoping to at least get most of the color out of it. It's so low down that even if the scratches themselves are still there, if it blends in i'm fine with that.