Should I just try to fix this myself by buffing and adding touch up paint? I don't think this job warrants a visit to an autobody shop, lord knows what they would try to quote

 

all i see is a red x

 

 

definitely needs to be repainted.

 

I don't know if that's something you can just use touch up paint and a buffer on.

 

The whole side or do you think my first suggestion would suffice?

 

So what type of prices am I looking at?

 

Find a good body shop that does great work for dirt cheap.

 

see the picture now

looks like it needs to be repainted

 

Definitely repaint. No buffer will take care of that unfortunately

 

It would cost probably $225 for a body shop around here to do that

 

I just had that same issue after someone backed into mine, his Insurance paid for it but the total cost was 1k.

 

Before you go out and spend major $$ at a body shop why not try to buff it out and order touch up paint from Dr. Colorchip? If it doesn't blend in all is not lost, you can still use the touch up for hood/bumper chips....Gary

 

Yes, this was my initial line of thinking. I mean, this is definitely not the type of scratch I want to be paying major $$ for. Also, the pics may be a little deceiving because I zoomed in so far. The scratch isn't that big. I'm going to buff it and just apply the touch up paint. I was really just trying to see if anyone had done this before.

 

+1 on what garu said. I remember my rant before lol...