someone keyed my car from front passenger side fender to rear quarterpanel. long thin white scratch is visible. will the detailer be able to get this out? should i take it to the body shop or dealer? how much would it generally cost?
i usually put my car in the garage, but last night i happened to come home late and parked on street. this is exactly what i was afraid of. i'm not too upset about it, but the car's still pretty much new(1200miles), trying to fix this somehow. thanks for any input.

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dealer or get it detailed at a car wash, expensive though. you could get a regular wash and see if you can get any of them to do a quick touch-up. Or, color it in with permanent marker, i think they have special car paint pens.

 

It really depends how deep the is the line. Take it to a well-known detailer and have them look @ it. If it's as you say it is, I'd be charging $130-$170 to remove the scratch. Be aware that key marks generally leave a pretty deep imprint on the paint, which means two things:

a) polishing necessary, but sufficient
b) wet-sanding and polishing necessary

wet-sanding will remove the upper layer of the clearcoat......probe the detailer to see how much he/she knows.

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ty... i'll try local detailers first. i didn't think this would happen so soon.


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