Car Keyed Need Advice
#1
Car Keyed Need Advice
I work with insurance adjusters everyday so as far as getting it payed for I can handle, but I have no idea about body work. I already had one person tell me not to let them burn in the clear coat? I have no idea? I have a body shop I have used in the past to paint my GT500 bumper and they did a good job, but as far as the proper way to fix a keyed automobile I have no clue. I just want to make sure when I get a estimate I know what I am looking at and that the proper steps are taken.
Thanks, James
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Thanks, James
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Last edited by jmose77; 09-23-2008 at 07:50 PM.
#3
+1, if it's fairly smooth and not too deep you can probably get a detailing shop to buff it out for you and have it as good as new.
However, if it's deep (like you can feel it with your fingernail, as Irgnation said) you will probably need a repainting of the panel(s) that the scratch is in, and then they'll blend it into the adjacent panels that the scratch is near.
If the insurance isn't going to be an issue for you, just take it back to the body shop that did a good job with your bumper and talk to them about it.
However, if it's deep (like you can feel it with your fingernail, as Irgnation said) you will probably need a repainting of the panel(s) that the scratch is in, and then they'll blend it into the adjacent panels that the scratch is near.
If the insurance isn't going to be an issue for you, just take it back to the body shop that did a good job with your bumper and talk to them about it.
#5
I did stop by the body shop and he said the door and the quarter panel needs to to be painted . I know it is pretty deep, I took some rubbing compound to it and it didn't even phase it. I just want to know the best way to go about the entire process from start to finish and making sure the body shop does this.
#10
+1, if it's fairly smooth and not too deep you can probably get a detailing shop to buff it out for you and have it as good as new.
However, if it's deep (like you can feel it with your fingernail, as Irgnation said) you will probably need a repainting of the panel(s) that the scratch is in, and then they'll blend it into the adjacent panels that the scratch is near.
If the insurance isn't going to be an issue for you, just take it back to the body shop that did a good job with your bumper and talk to them about it.
However, if it's deep (like you can feel it with your fingernail, as Irgnation said) you will probably need a repainting of the panel(s) that the scratch is in, and then they'll blend it into the adjacent panels that the scratch is near.
If the insurance isn't going to be an issue for you, just take it back to the body shop that did a good job with your bumper and talk to them about it.
I heard that blending isn't always a good idea.... that in the long run the blending will be visible on your car and it won't look good at all. Not sure how true that is though.
In any case, I HATE people that do that kind of stuff. They're worthless.