Scrapped a pole backing out - what to do about paint and scratches? (2014, best)
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The pics don't load for me but you might be able to buff out. Run your finger across the scratch if it "catches" or you can feel it, you may need to get it repaired. Otherwise you may be able to use some polish
Touch it up. Unless someone is on all fours with their nose an inch away, no one will know it's there but you. Best advice my paint expert ever gave me.
how new is your car? And do you want it to look Perfect? Your accident looks similar to my friend's Audi. She paid around $600 out of pocket to have the bumper removed & sprayed to match. The bodyshop did say they could touch it up for $100 and it would be unnoticeable from afar like 5 yards away but still it would be obvious closer in. Her A4 is only like 15 months old so she was willing to spend the bucks to do it right.
Touch it up. Unless someone is on all fours with their nose an inch away, no one will know it's there but you. Best advice my paint expert ever gave me.
The dealer will have the paint, but the problem is you scratched the paint off down to the black plastic. I have a few places like that on my red Vibe's bumper, and after painting on 3 layers of touch up paint, you still see the black through it so I gave up on it. It might need to be professionally repainted to fix it so it is not that noticeable. I had a quote of about $300 to have my front bumper redone.
If the surface is rough you may want to carefully wet sand with 1000 grit sand paper first before you touch it up. Brushing touch up paint on a scratch is not going to fill a scrape.
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