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Old 01-19-2007, 02:08 AM
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really... a whole hood for $75? wow... that's freakin' AMAZING... what was their #?
It was in NY. It was this franchised Scratch and Dent repair company.I talked with the guy doing this for me They go through a month of training on cars and colors and stuff. 2 body shops by me wanted between 350 and 600 for the hood.So yeah $75.00 was a steal of a deal and they did it in my driverway. This guy had this wierd tent and **** too it was dried and on the car the next morning.
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Old 01-19-2007, 02:09 AM
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damn, and here I am in TX, 2100 miles away from this steal, I mean deal...
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Old 01-19-2007, 02:12 AM
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damn, and here I am in TX, 2100 miles away from this steal, I mean deal...
These type of companies have to be everywhere.This one actually the guy said he could only do work in certain counties cause all over the us these people had rights to certain areas and dealers.So Im positive these types of companies are right under your nose.
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Old 01-19-2007, 02:15 AM
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really... a whole hood for $75? wow... that's freakin' AMAZING... what was their #?
It was in NY. It was this franchised Scratch and Dent repair company.I talked with the guy doing this for me They go through a month of training on cars and colors and stuff. 2 body shops by me wanted between 350 and 600 for the hood.So yeah $75.00 was a steal of a deal and they did it in my driverway. This guy had this wierd tent and **** too it was dried and on the car the next morning.
Sounds pretty effective. I wish I had someone like that round' here.
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Old 01-19-2007, 02:17 AM
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I'll have to start looking then... lol here soon I'm gonna have a wing that needs paint...
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Old 01-19-2007, 02:39 AM
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touch up generally is worse than the problem.. however they have kits with a little bottle of clear with it... use barely enough paint to get the color on there then a few drops of clear (piled high) then wet sand the clear down the factory height and buff.. should have decent results use 2000-3000 grit
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Old 01-19-2007, 03:30 AM
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I just bought (2) servings of it today from Ford. Its on order for like a week or some crap 'cause of HazMat shipping crap. I just went in with my VIN and they got the paint code off of that. Cost me $12.21 each.

EDIT: As far as applying it, I'm just going to dab it on. I'm cool on all that wet-sanding and buffing jazz. I have little black speckle marks all over the lip of the hood from wind storms blasting dirt and rocks against it. All I want is to blend the Silver back into it, dabs of silver touch-up here and there don't look half as bad as black specs, and from further then 5ft away you'll never be able to tell I touched em up. I could see doing all the prep work and sanding and buffing and crap if you had a BIG scratch to take care of, but nicks and specs should be fine with dabs. My $.02c
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Old 01-19-2007, 04:12 AM
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well im picky
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Old 01-19-2007, 09:41 AM
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I got mine from a Ford dealer for like $6. You can either use it like a pen or it also comes with a brush.
So I go to the stealership and what exactly do I ask them for? Some Zinc Yellow(car color) touch up paint thing?
Yup. You need to give them your paint code.
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Old 01-19-2007, 10:36 AM
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i have never used it but my cousin used it and he got really lucky because you cant see it unless you are looking for it
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