Ohh I could cry, well Ive had my 07 sedan 4 months now and I come to find a pretty big scratch on my rear bumper, no idea when it happened :-/

the car is silver and the bumpers are made of a black plastic,
the scratch is about 1/4'' by an 1''

went to a few detailing/body shops and they all pretty much said the same thing if you want it to look as if nothing happened were gonna have to spray the whole freakin thing(rear bumper) at a cost of 350-400. . .ahhh

spot repair is possible, but close up it will be obvious. . . and this can be done at almost no cost. . .2 of the places told me if I'd get the touch up paint from the dealer they do it for free. . . but that at close range it would be obvious

last option one detailer said they could spray half the bumper and blend. . .for 200 bucks . .. .which scares me, makes me wonder if it will indeed blend so its unnoticable. . .

so those are my options. . .what do you guys think?. . .and if you want a pic, you'll have to wait for tomorrow. . .no camera with me. . .

 

Sorry to hear man, I think we all know the pain :-( I'd say get PaintScratch.com touch up paint over dealer's.

 

either go with touch up paint, or paint the whole thing. I wouldn't risk spraying half the bumper. Paint matching is tough especially if you don't cover the entire part.

Sorry to hear, Good luck on the fix.

 

They should do a blend on the scratch, but reclear the entire bumper, thats as good as a full repaint, and the match will be better than having the entire bumper repainted. Cost should be around the same as a complete repaint though

 

use touchup paint. build up 4-5 layers and then get to wetsanding. use a HB pencil (has to be HB... lol) and glue a piece of 2000grit wetsandpaper to the eraser. even it out, buff with a fine polish and wax it. you might be surprised how good it can look with a little TLC.

 

i say go with pska, if u mess up, go and take it to a shop and get it done there like you planned before.

 

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i would touch it up also and see how badly you suck at touch up.

if you can't see it from 10ft away, noone else will. when was the last time
you noticed a scratch on your neighbor's car?

 

Try wet-sanding the scratch with 2000grit sandpaper, then go over it with rubbing compound. If you do this right, you will not need to touch up. Be careful that you don't sand too much and don't be too aggressive with the rubbing compound, or you'll be down to the primer. When you're done, it may be noticeable in some light though. If you screw up, you can always take it in to get repainted....

 

^IMHO the scratch he is describing is too deep to repair that way. As well 2000 grit will leave major scratches and is not fine enough.

Check this:https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...ght=wetsanding