Help: Solution for shopping cart sratch?

asdflkijd · 04-22-2010, 08:32 PM

I need some advice.. I think someone hit my car with a shopping cart.. The scratch isn't too deep but I can tell the clearcoat has been damaged. Should I take it to a body shop/ detailer or get one of those DIY scratch-fix products, or even try an attempt to buff it out myself with an orbiter (note: I have no experience with an orbiter).

---EDIT--- Pictures are up
1. Picture of both scratches

2. Picture of the second scratch

3. Close up of the second scratch...

Gig103 · 04-22-2010, 08:40 PM

Can you get your fingernail into it? If so, then it is not just the clearcoat. How big? Pictures help a lot.

jopa489 · 04-22-2010, 09:43 PM

Definitely post up a picture. It's really tough to give advice on something like this without seeing the damage.

asdflkijd · 04-22-2010, 10:26 PM

I don't think I can put my fingernail in it, but I can definitely feel an indent where the scratch was made. I tried to take pictures with my phone but it came out really really crappy. I'll try and get a decent picture up with my slr.

cstavaru · 04-23-2010, 07:28 AM

Where is the mandatory picture ?

PS: There is BMW touch-up paint kit available. The kit has separate paint and clear-coat containers. You may need to apply some clear-coat and then polish everything. I think it's fixable.

asdflkijd · 04-23-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cstavaru

Where is the mandatory picture ?

PS: There is BMW touch-up paint kit available. The kit has separate paint and clear-coat containers. You may need to apply some clear-coat and then polish everything. I think it's fixable.

I have leftover touch-up paint from the body shop when they painted my mtech. I would just need to find a good clearcoat.. Do you know if BMW sells the clearcoat separately?

asdflkijd · 04-30-2010, 10:45 PM

pictures are up and yet no response.. After looking at it closely, it looks more like someone keyed it..

JayKay335i · 05-01-2010, 12:11 AM

Looks like an impact. Something that flexed the bumper and those all appear to be hairline cracks in your clear coat. Those will require a respray.

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JayKay335i Banned 189 Rep 5,046 Posts Drives: ///M323 DCT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Dakota; its best DUHHHHHH iTrader: (1)	Looks like an impact. Something that flexed the bumper and those all appear to be hairline cracks in your clear coat. Those will require a respray.
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