Scratches and scrape

[HKz]

im on the trd lowering springs and yep scraping unfortunately happens quite often, even if i turn into nearly every speed bump/garage curb i encounter. i used to be super anal about scratches on my car until i got a real bad ding on my first frs that wasn't totally pdr fixable. told myself tis a cheap car that i'm having fun in, not worth the agony so I haven't looked back since lol...my front bumper is trashed from all the rocks round here

[alone1i]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Do not use touch up pens until you talk to a detailer and possibly a body shop. If the scratch just needs buffed out, a touch up pen will literally ruin your paint. It's surprising how much can actually get fixed with simple polishing.

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I exactly did what u said. Went to shop, they told me same like you that most of the scratches will go away with a good polish and buff. Now, I will wait for more scratches and do fix it when I can't stand

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by alone1i

I exactly did what u said. Went to shop, they told me same like you that most of the scratches will go away with a good polish and buff. Now, I will wait for more scratches and do fix it when I can't stand

GG EZ

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[soundman98]

Originally Posted by alone1i

I exactly did what u said. Went to shop, they told me same like you that most of the scratches will go away with a good polish and buff. Now, I will wait for more scratches and do fix it when I can't stand

if it hasn't been detailed since you bought it, then get it detailed. i usually try to detail my cars once a year, though lately, it's closer to 2-3 years between detail jobs. but i also would never own black... there's no reason to have to wait and cringe. it'll only make you hate something you love.

[alone1i]

Originally Posted by soundman98

if it hasn't been detailed since you bought it, then get it detailed. i usually try to detail my cars once a year, though lately, it's closer to 2-3 years between detail jobs. but i also would never own black... there's no reason to have to wait and cringe. it'll only make you hate something you love.

Heya thanks again. I will ask for a quote. :-)

[CB750F]

I have a 6 yr old car.
Had something bounce on the hood, left a nice dent.
Got a paintless guy to fix it, great job!
1 week later something else bounced off the hood 2" away.....
It's still there, I gave up, I have a bunch of little dents/scratches.
It's life. Worry about the bigs things in life, not dents or scratches on a car.

[radroach]

Best polishing advice I can give is to use the lightest possible polish. An Ultra-Finishing polish is very light, while other compounds will have more "cut". You want to preserve your clear coat as you get the most gloss from your clear coat having thickness.

Meguiar's M205 is very light for polishing the entire car. And with a good set of Lake Country Green pads. After you've finished the entire car, then you can "spot polish" deeper scratches out with a medium-cut compound like "Meguiar's M83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish" and a white pad.




You don't want to over-polish the car. Take it from a guy who is nuts about keeping his car clean and scratch-free. One of the greater problems I created when I detailed my car was that I used too-aggressive of polishes and pads - which cleaned and shined the car perfectly but it took down a lot of clear coat thickness, which lowered the overall gloss and "new car look", even with the car covered in several layers of wax.

If you are new to polishing, it is good to get a good quality polishing kit. Not just some random kit from the hardware store or some Amazon / bang good special. Get something like a Porter Cable PC7424XP kit and a 5.5 inch backing plate and pads - specifically great size and power for working gently on these cars.

[alone1i]

Thank you all again guys

[radroach]

@alone1i

there's plenty of other defects I've fixed and repaired in 7 years ownership. I've had dents fixed at PDR shops. I've DIY painted over bumper rock-chips with Dr. Colorchip. I've used a heat gun to bend my bumper back in place after damaging it. I've filled in deep paint gauges with sharpee marker!

[alone1i]

Originally Posted by radroach

@alone1i

there's plenty of other defects I've fixed and repaired in 7 years ownership. I've had dents fixed at PDR shops. I've DIY painted over bumper rock-chips with Dr. Colorchip. I've used a heat gun to bend my bumper back in place after damaging it. I've filled in deep paint gauges with sharpee marker!

Thanks for sharing your experience. Actually I really tried hard to keep it safe as much as possible. But then those happened. I looked other beautiful cars on signal and looks for flow. They looks very clean and I felt like like a loser.

[BrahmaBull1990]

I bought a bunch of Avalon King ceramic coating on Black Friday to apply this spring. Will this help avoid the door ding scratches?

I am the same as OP and try to park far away, but they find me...and open their door into the Berz

[Decep]

No, ceramic doesnt do squat against scratches.

You'll need paint protection film for that. I wish i had done it on this car especially the front end, it's so sandblasted after 5 years and 60k some miles.

[BrahmaBull1990]

Originally Posted by Decep

No, ceramic doesnt do squat against scratches.

You'll need paint protection film for that. I wish i had done it on this car especially the front end, it's so sandblasted after 5 years and 60k some miles.

Well that’s not very reassuring. I guess I’ll have to just accept it may need to be repainted one day

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by BrahmaBull1990

Well that’s not very reassuring. I guess I’ll have to just accept it may need to be repainted one day

Ceramic helps with very fine scratching. Nothing sizeable. Best thing you can do for your front end, short of clear bra, is to keep more distance between you and the guy in front of you on the highway

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