wardle88

My car has been keyed on both front wings and both rear doors.

As its a red classic, the scratches are now bright white and will need painting.

I want to know if they can be sorted without me needing a full respray of each panel. Has anyone had any experience of scratch repair?

The worst is the rear drivers side door, the scratch is about 18" long, the wings about 12" and the passenger rear door has 2 about 6 inch long.

this sort of thing has never happened to me before so I'm looking for advice as I cant afford to respray 4 panels (about £400).

Thanks

chopperman

You shouldn't need a "full" re-spray. Quite often they can rub down the scratched area and spray that. Because of the many angles on panels like top of door compared to bottom of door you will not see any shade difference. I believe the repair is made harder if the scratch goes to the end of the panel and damages the edges.

I'm not a paint sprayer or any kind of expert, just been up this road myself years ago. I'm sure an expert will come along and give you more detail.

wardle88

Luckily the scratches are in the middle on the panels which I'm hoping will be easier like you say

chopperman

That's what i was told when i had a car keyed years ago. They just re-spray the scartch part of the panel that's at the same angle.

Swedge

iTrader: (1)

You an get the scratch touched up with a pen then wet sanded and buffed back up