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[Asinine]

I hardly trust myself to do my own hair so i'm definitly not going to detail (paint) my car myself, but i was wondering how hard it would be to take what is generally a good finish and take it to "dealer condition"?

I have some chips at the front of the hood, some scuffs on front and rear bumper, and a odd little scratch on a door i want to get taken care of.

Any good body shop should be able to colour match my black car without having to do a full paint job n'est pas (that's french)? I assume it wouldn't be too hard, and i know a guy who seems good and dirt cheap (i had him fix my old car after a little fender bender and he colour matched my faded red Ford Escort GT perfectly and rebuilt a bashed in portion of my bumper for $200CAD).

Anyhow, is that my best bet to fill those blemishes - i've met with some resistence from you folks on the idea of the Turtle wax with the colour sitck - just want to know what my other options are.

[theunderlord]

take some GOOD pics of the chips you speak of..

your car black ?

[Asinine]

Yes the car is black (refer to the sig there sig nazi )

Here we go, the car is dirty so bear with me...

There are the stone chips or whatever along the front of the car


Here is another example from a different perspective:


Same general deal, but this is along the side of the car (this may be one of 2 or 3 examples, most of the damage is on the hood)


Here is the front bumper scuff i want removed/repaired (more appropriatly)


While hard to see there are some scuffs on the rear bumper - about the size of a license plate


Could a auto body guy fix that stuff without repainting the whole hood and/or car!? I'm such a detailing noob!

[Asinine]

Oh, and wow it looks gross un-clean!

[theunderlord]

Man, that's pretty bad..

I'd definitely seek out professional help, the hood needs replainting bigtime.

Edited by '98S70R, 27 April 2005 - 10:22 PM.

[Asinine]

Wow, now i feel horrible, i'll have to go wash it tonight despite the fact that it is supposed to rain off and on for the next 2-3 days!?

Please do recall that my car can be cleaned, and for not being waxed in the past little while (hopefully not too long of a while) it isn't as horrible as those close ups made it look!



Spring in Canada isn't the cleanest time of year, that's for sure!

[theunderlord]

The page you are requesting cannot be found!

[Asinine]

I moved some stuff around on photobucket..

[beachnut]

Well, since I can't see the pics of your hood I can't say for sure whether it needs repainted ... but if Kevin thinks so then it probably does. If however you're just talking about a few chips here and there you might want to give LANGKA a try.

[Slater]

I hardly trust myself to do my own hair so i'm definitly not going to detail (paint) my car myself, but i was wondering how hard it would be to take what is generally a good finish and take it to "dealer condition"?

Those airbrush paint chip repair guys work wonders! Once you see a repair using an airbrush, you'll never use touchup paint again!

[Asinine]

Ok, Kevin made me so upset with myself i went and got a car wash then it rained (i knew it would).

Then i drove to Canadian Tire and bought $80 worth of detailing stuff including turtle wax with the colorstick to fill in the holes.

Now, should i pursue a body shop or polish and wax or; polish and wax and body shop?