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parking lot "incident"
Posted by jeff (more from jeff) on Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:23:31
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Posted my sob story on the 9-5 board, figured I'd put the updated info here. Short story: some s.o.b. put a couple scratches on the 2 month old Cosmic Blue Aero over the weekend. One scratch is not too nice, white in appearance, not too deep looking but it does catch a fingernail. A second scratch is more of the scuff type and doesn't have any texture. The scratch is on the rear driver's side door, approx 6" long going from the door handle backwards. The scuff is about 1' back from there on the rear quarter panel. It's not very big, maybe 1"x2".
Took it over to the VOB body shop in Rockville. The quote was $580. This included "refinish left rear door" 2.4 hrs, "refinish left rear qtr" 2.7 hrs, and "polish light scratches on right side of roof" 1.5 hrs. Another 2.4 hrs for "clearcoat" and $216 in unspecificed "materials". Those roof scratches are from my fiance's shoebox incident discussed in an earlier thread.
So my question becomes, should I give the light scratches a shot with some 3M Perfect-It "scratch & swirl remover for dark colored cars"? From what I gather doing small spots by hand is fairly easy with that? Then use the Imperial Hand Glaze, then wax?
For the bad scratch, is it worth shopping around to try to find a place that'll do a touch-up job as opposed to a full blown repainting of the entire door? thanks,
jeff
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