Options for repairing door and hood scratch

[need_4_speed]

Hi all,

I have some scratches on my car that are bothering me.

Would the BMW paint touch up kits work on this or should I be looking for professional help?

Thanks

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

That's a lot to touch up. I'd seek professional help to sort that out if it was my car.

 

[modocrat]

I'd seek professional help

Like a Shrink..?

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

Like a Shrink..?

Nah too far gone. No help for that

 

[TurboLlew]

Definitely spray the door IMHO. It is going to look just as bad with touch up paint.

The bonnet seems like something only you're going to notice. At best, I would attempt a touch up and live with it until you have a need to spray the whole panel. TBH I am living with worse scratches because it just isn't 'damaged' enough that it warrants action. You could try air brushing that spot maybe? Sometimes this has a 'streisand effect' of sorts and ends up just drawing more attention to that spot though as it will be a relatively large 'blob' of different texture to the surrounding area as opposed to scratches within a uniform surface (Friday afternoon explanations... but hopefully I am making sense )

 

[need_4_speed]

any recommendations for shop that would do a good job repairing the ding on the door? A got a quote for R2.5k, not sure if it's reasonable?

 

[Mrvaughng]

any recommendations for shop that would do a good job repairing the ding on the door? A got a quote for R2.5k, not sure if it's reasonable?

Put an insurance claim

 

[FILV]

When it is very small scratches, sometimes its better to rather leave it as is, then touch it up with touch up paint.
The touch up paint is always a different shade or the metallic comes out different and looks like you let a child try touch it up, no matter how well you touch it up.

Rather leave it as is, until a professional body shop can do it for you.
The door looks like it will need to be professionally done.

 

[Scotty88]

I swear by scratch x. For light scratches, it really works well.

I have even managed to get some deeper scratches out with a with a bit of elbow grease.

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[need_4_speed]

Put an insurance claim

my no claim bonus is more than R2.5k, I'm sure it would've been accepted though. The door was a parking lot hit and run

 

[need_4_speed]

I swear by scratch x. For light scratches, it really works well.

I have even managed to get some deeper scratches out with a with a bit of elbow grease.

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thanks will try this