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[xkadajx]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to the forums but I have the Megiuar's DA G110v2 with the cutting, polish, and buffing pads. My reason for joining the forums was because I recently got keyed =( and had some questions on how I should repair it. I'll post some pics. (Sorry for the big pics) The scratch goes from the door handle to the rear quarter panel near the gas cover.

Btw, my car is the Acura RSX if that matters.

Anyway, I bought some touch up paint from the dealer to try to repair this myself. My insurance comprehensive is 1000 so I can't afford to go through that and I got some quotes from body shops that ranged from 700-1000 to basically repaint the whole driver side. I also ordered the langka paint chip repair kit mainly to use in case I overfill in the scratch and need a means to take the overfill out.

My question is how should i repair this? Should I attempt to wetsand? Some parts of the scratch near the part of the car that curves near the window seems very shallow. I have already tried to buff the scratch out with Scratch X- but it did not work. The rest of the scratch is pretty deep and although I can still see spots where there are still some basecoat- its well into the primer. I'm pretty sure it isnt through the metal yet though.

 

[CEE DOG]

I noticed nobody had replied to this thread yet. Sorry about that. In the future labeling your thread title more specifically will yield better and more answers. That scratch would be quite a job for touch up paint! If it's through the paint and you cant have the panel repainted then you can make it look better with touch up but it will require a lot of patience. First if you have a DA or can have those swirls corrected I would do so. Run a search for "touch up paint" and another for dr color chip in the search box in the upper mid to right of this screen. You'll find some good info on it's application. After reviewing that start another thread and ask some more questions.

Where do you live? There might be someone on this forum near you that can help you out on some fine day.

Oh, And WELCOME to AutoGeek!

 

[xkadajx]

Thanks ceedog! I live in Philadelphia, PA. I'll def start searching.

 

[Elite Pro]

:welcome:
Pretty nasty scratch, I hope your search yields positive results...
sorry I couldn't help...

 

[BobbyG]

:welcome: To Autogeek Online!

It's always nice to see that the scumbags of this world are alive and well.... Vandalism is a pet peeve of mine and if I caught someone doing this to one of my vehicles let's just say I hope he can write with both hands.. :bat:

It's possible that a good painter could sand and blend in a color coat then clear the entire quarter but I suspect that he'll want to refinish the whole panel to do it right.

It definitely needs to be refinished...

 

[xkadajx]

I was afraid of that... =( It'll cost all sorts of money that I don't have. Vandalism does indeed suck- I'm still pretty angry about it... I have a feeling even with touch up paint- it'll still look pretty bad.

 

[xkadajx]

Do you guys think that Dr. ColorChip will work on a long scratch like this?? Esp if the surface of the scratch would be primer and some parts will be light basecoat?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Wow! That's really bad...

You could try the Dr. Color Chip, it's basically a system for applying touch-up paint and then wiping off everything except the paint that penetrates into any below surface defect like a scratch.

A seasoned professional could remove the scratch anywhere that it's not too deep either by sanding and compounding or just compounding, depends on how deep the scratch is in the area you're working. Any place where it goes past the clear coat is to deep to fix.

Applying touch-up paint to the scratch and then sanding the surface flat and removing your sanding marks could be done but it's a lot of work and kind of tricky.

Two things that make the above kind of repair difficult is that,

The sanding marks will come out of the touch-up paint easily, they will come out of the factory clear coat with difficulty. Because the factory clear coat will be harder than the touch-up paint, what happens to most people is that when trying to remove the sanding marks out of the factory paint you'll heat up the touch-up paint, turn it rubbery and it will pull right out of the scratch, (or rock chip), and now you're back to ground zero only with sanding marks in the clear around the scratch.

You could buff and make less noticeable any portion that's just in the clear coat, buffing will turn the "white" looking portions and make them clear so you can see the color underneath.

For the deeper portions, just carefully apply touch-up paint and leave it alone and learn to live with it.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

I noticed nobody had replied to this thread yet. Sorry about that. In the future labeling your thread title more specifically will yield better and more answers.

Technically, the way most forums work is you post your "Intro" thread to the Intro forum group and then post your questions to a topical forum group connected to the topic of your questions and you're right...

With a good title, normal size pictures and posting to the right forum group, a person will tend to get more answers and better answers.

I wrote this article, it's actually a "Sticky" in "this" forum group but no one ever reads it...

LOL


Post your intro thread here but post topical question in the related forum group



:xyxthumbs:

 

[MI Mike]

I agree with M.Phillips comments about the paint.
:iagree:
If you are going to try the touch up paint route, I would suggest the Dr. Color Chip. Take your time, between applications. You may be able to fill the scratch in to a point the you can live with. You will end up doing this a couple of times. There are numerous links here that discuss Dr. Color Chip that you can check out.