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Khangaroo · 07-07-2012, 09:23 PM

Whats the best and cheapest way to fix this? Was at work and came out and saw this. Never will i park around other cars again. Please help.

CamaroDreams07 · 07-07-2012, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Khangaroo

Whats the best and cheapest way to fix this? Was at work and came out and saw this. Never will i park around other cars again. Please help.

Best and cheapest won't overlap here. Cheapest is to touch it up with touch up paint. That won't look very good though.

Looks like it needs to be resprayed. Not cheap.

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Khangaroo · 07-07-2012, 09:48 PM

Well i might have to go with touch up paint since i cant afford to repaint it, but i may just bring it to a shop and see what they can do. Life of a college student means no money. Thanks though.

rjdapilmoto · 07-07-2012, 09:49 PM

Your bumper will need to be sanded down and re-painted if you want it to look like it was never scratched. Otherwise, touch up paint will do, but it will only look okay from a distance. Once you walk up to it, you'll notice it right away.

Khangaroo · 07-07-2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rjdapilmoto

Your bumper will need to be sanded down and re-painted if you want it to look like it was never scratched. Otherwise, touch up paint will do, but it will only look okay from a distance. Once you walk up to it, you'll notice it right away.

Thats what i was thinking but cant really afford it. I guess i live and do my best with touch up paint. Learn my lesson trying to park nearest to the building. Haha Thanks for the help.

Khangaroo · 07-07-2012, 09:58 PM

Better to go dealership for touch up paint or order online?

kiteman · 07-08-2012, 08:10 PM

Since you have white, you could get away with touch up followed by a wet sand and a polish. Being on a bend will keep the refraction of light from making it really obvious since the 2 levels will both refract light in different manners. I had similar scratches on my 2000 blue Z28 and it worked out well. You have to be very good at wet sanding though, certainly not for the faint of heart. Lastly, you will probably need to do this on your own since most places will tell you to go the more expensive route.

07-07-2012, 09:23 PM	#1
Khangaroo Drives: 2012 Camaro LS Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 37	Best and cheap way to fix this scratch? Help Please. Whats the best and cheapest way to fix this? Was at work and came out and saw this. Never will i park around other cars again. Please help.

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rjdapilmoto DAP-ONE [COTW - 12/23/13] Drives: 2010 - 2SS/RS IOM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2,907 View My Garage	Your bumper will need to be sanded down and re-painted if you want it to look like it was never scratched. Otherwise, touch up paint will do, but it will only look okay from a distance. Once you walk up to it, you'll notice it right away. __________________ Featured in "Wild About Cars" - October 2012 DAP-ONE's Build Journal

07-07-2012, 09:48 PM	#3
Khangaroo Drives: 2012 Camaro LS Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 37	Well i might have to go with touch up paint since i cant afford to repaint it, but i may just bring it to a shop and see what they can do. Life of a college student means no money. Thanks though.

07-07-2012, 09:58 PM	#6
Khangaroo Drives: 2012 Camaro LS Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NOLA Posts: 37	Better to go dealership for touch up paint or order online?

07-08-2012, 08:10 PM	#7
kiteman Drives: 2012 45th Camaro, 2SS/M6 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: At my computer Posts: 1,327	Since you have white, you could get away with touch up followed by a wet sand and a polish. Being on a bend will keep the refraction of light from making it really obvious since the 2 levels will both refract light in different manners. I had similar scratches on my 2000 blue Z28 and it worked out well. You have to be very good at wet sanding though, certainly not for the faint of heart. Lastly, you will probably need to do this on your own since most places will tell you to go the more expensive route.