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tC_Crazy
10-27-2006, 08:17 PM
Well, today is officially a horrible day. I messed up my paint big time. :aww:
I was backing out of a very awkward situation at a gas station so that I could turn around. Long story short, I scraped my bumper/rear drivers side panel against another car. His car was perfectly untouched, but my poor black tC lost some paint. I tried some Meguiars deep crystal polish/paint cleaner on it, but it still looks terrible. I`ll post some pics in the morning when I can get some light. Any ideas on how to fix my baby without getting the panel repainted or anything like that?
:(
imported_paradigm
10-27-2006, 08:28 PM
His car was perfectly untouched, but my poor black tC lost some paint.
if you scraped the paint off then there isn`t anything that can be done but either touch-ups (if small enough areas) or repainting the panel. with pics we can better assess the damage.
BigAl3
10-28-2006, 01:54 PM
if the damage is light enough, try a touch-up paint pen... www.paintscratch.com
salty
10-28-2006, 02:44 PM
Here`s a resale car i did a couple days ago. I don`t remove dents and the scrape was deep in places but it came out fairly well.
http://autopia.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22881&cat=500&ppuser=17724
after
http://autopia.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22882&cat=500&ppuser=17724
tC_Crazy
10-30-2006, 09:47 PM
Yeah i`ve been kinda busy lately, but here are the pics of the damage.
BlazerLT
10-31-2006, 12:36 AM
That`s not that bad at all.
You might be able to polish that out with a little elbow grease.
BigAl3
10-31-2006, 01:13 AM
Yeah i`ve been kinda busy lately, but here are the pics of the damage.
http://autopia.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10903
tC_Crazy
10-31-2006, 04:45 PM
Nope, the lighter looking spots are actually past the CC and paint. You can clearly feel that it is deeper than the rest of the paint. I`m guessing the light stuff is the primer. :(
dudley doright
10-31-2006, 09:13 PM
Someone did the same thing to me (hit and run) a few months ago on my black A4. I couldn`t do anything to it even using the polish and PC didn`t work. Since the bumper is black and made of plastic, I repainted it using the permanent marker.
If you find a better solution, please post because it will be helpful for everyone.
Ron Harris
10-31-2006, 09:43 PM
Body Shop!
paul34
10-31-2006, 09:59 PM
sorry to hear that man. As a fellow tC owner, I feel your pain =(.
I guess if it is too deep, then just try to live with it for as long as you can, and try to save money to buy a bumper. Check junkyards to see if you can score a Flint Mica bumper that`s not in too bad of shape (btw we have the same color!).
At least you don`t have to worry about it rusting or anything since the bumpers aren`t metal.
tC_Crazy
11-07-2006, 04:59 PM
Yeah, I`m going to take it by a body shop this week. And lol paul, i didn`t know my flash offset colors that bad... it`s a black sand pearl!!
Well, i`ll see what happens.
paul34
11-07-2006, 05:47 PM
haha whoops sorry... yea I should`ve seen it was BSP :P