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Woke up this morning to find a luvvly 12" key scratch on my front qtr panel just back from the headlamp & a lighter one back towards the passenger door. There are some jealous low-life "front bums" (simply called cu:censored:ts in Oz)around who need to be held down & tattooed with a rusty key. Not fu:censored:kin happy! When the white undercoat is exposed is the only choice a re-spray or can any one suggest a cheaper alternative?
I feel for you mate, I really do.
I tend to refer to those "low-lifes" as 'Zombies'. Coz to me they're just the walking dead.
I thought you parked your car in the locked compound round the back? If so they must have been really desperate to get in and key your car. Did they do anybody elses at the same time? Any security cameras covering the car park?
I tend to refer to those "low-lifes" as 'Zombies'. Coz to me they're just the walking dead.
I thought you parked your car in the locked compound round the back? If so they must have been really desperate to get in and key your car. Did they do anybody elses at the same time? Any security cameras covering the car park?
Jeeez sorry to hear that Julian! We live in times of total tw*ts and clearly they are all around us. I really feel for you mate!!
If the undercoat is exposed then to be perfectly honest only a respray will bring it back to satisfactory condition. Chips Away and companies like that will do a decent job for less money BUT you will notice the scratch close-up. OK for selling purposes but not for ownership in my opinion.
If the undercoat is exposed then to be perfectly honest only a respray will bring it back to satisfactory condition. Chips Away and companies like that will do a decent job for less money BUT you will notice the scratch close-up. OK for selling purposes but not for ownership in my opinion.
Not 100% sure it happened in our apartment's car park.. was at Tescos after dark last night.. could of been there but didn't notice it when I put the car cover on last night and the cover didn't look disturbed this morning... who knows?? was in one of the Heathrow long term carparks (right in front of the 24 hr manned office)for the last two days but I gave it a good look all over when I got back so I'm sure it wasn't done then.. n e way.. wherever & whoever.. they are still oxygen thiefs and most likely f
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ing retards !!Yeah, I am continuely worried about the same thing. Thinking while putting together this computer system for the car, going to put a camera in the car as well. Just would have to figure out the best place to put it to get good coverage of the car. I honestly don't know what it is with the pricks in this place.
Thanks for the sympathy boys... I guess I'm a lucky one as ya hear some of these CHAV cts are not happy with a 12" scratch but they wanna key the entire car. I think its time we hired the services of that techo wizard off the James Bond movies! He had some cool gizmos that could do the trick. Maybe a 10,000v zapper would be a good idea?
Anyway... these problems are small when ya see what those bomchukkas have done again in London. Sympathy to all involved and shitloads of applause for those tireless emergency guys & gals.
ts are not happy with a 12" scratch but they wanna key the entire car. I think its time we hired the services of that techo wizard off the James Bond movies! He had some cool gizmos that could do the trick. Maybe a 10,000v zapper would be a good idea? Anyway... these problems are small when ya see what those bomchukkas have done again in London. Sympathy to all involved and shitloads of applause for those tireless emergency guys & gals.
If my memory serves, your car is black.
I have managed to get rid of scratches by painting the scratch with a very small paintbrush (with mixed 2 pack) and building up the layers until it is as high as the surrounding paint.
Once dry, it can be levelled using using a de-nibbing block and then polished using a good polishing compound (eg 3M)(not t-cut!!).
Time consuming and tedious though. Not likely to be very succesful with metallics, but with a solid colour is do-able.
The worst that can happen is you polish through the paint, in which case your back to a panel respray.
Hope this helps!
I have managed to get rid of scratches by painting the scratch with a very small paintbrush (with mixed 2 pack) and building up the layers until it is as high as the surrounding paint.
Once dry, it can be levelled using using a de-nibbing block and then polished using a good polishing compound (eg 3M)(not t-cut!!).
Time consuming and tedious though. Not likely to be very succesful with metallics, but with a solid colour is do-able.
The worst that can happen is you polish through the paint, in which case your back to a panel respray.
Hope this helps!
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