And now im ____ed , i have a freaking scratch on my car and a litle dent, any one has any ideas how much would be to get it repaired, it's like a 1/2 inch scratch and like 1 inch dent!

 

man that sucks bro..hope you can get it fixed...take it to the dealer..but they going to rip you a new one

 

no point in 'repairing' them b/c someone else will do the same again.

 

yeap but now im gonna see it every time i go into the car, it's on driver side right by the door

 

3M scratch remover and maybe http://www.paintscratch.com./ Maybe this will help, but I don't know.

 

My Accord awhile back had a door ding. I had a professional "massage" the ding out from the inside panel. It was worth the $70.

 

i have been through this many times. first get a scratch remover like scratch x and then take it to the dealer and ask their pdr guy to take a look at it. you should be able to get it done for less then 100 if its just one ding

 

What soros said, or use Meguiar's Scratch-x. Be prepared to spend about an hour buffing the scratch out by hand.

Just be paitent, make sure the car is clean, and keep applying small amounts of Scratch-x to the spot, and buff it out.

For the dent, go pick up an automotive Dent Puller at your local Pep Boys or Autozone, or whatever. Looks like a large suction cup with a handle on it.

For that, spray some detailing lubricant (like Quik Detailer) then use the suction cup to pull the dent out. It will take a while, but the dent will come out.

Has anyone posted a Detailing/Repair how-to? It's about time we had one up.


BTW, I know how you feel. I have zero body damage on my tC, and it's two years old. The only paint blemishes I have are rock chips on the front bumper, and I keep after them with Scratch-x and touch-up paint so they aren't noticable.

Of course, my car looks like that because I spend WAY too much time detailing it, and park far out in parking lots. It's a good way to get some extra exercise in.

 

it's happened to me twice. the first was $150.00 and the second was $85.00. no evidence they were ever there once they were massaged out. here's a thread:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...658&highlight=

 

good luck. i dont see why people are so stupid. just start parking away from evereyone.

 

^^I ask the same.

 

thats what i do!

 

i always park away from everyone because of the expansive size of the unprotected side of the car and how obvious a ding is on this thing. some people aren't "stupid" when a ding occurs. both times i was dinged i had parked as far away as i could and when i came back to my car the lot was full and i was dinged. (first one i arrived early to an empty amusement park parking lot and parked all way in the back even though it was empty up front. the second time i had to park in a three story parking garage for an event and when i got there i purposely went up to the empty top level and parked on an end space. the freakin' lot was full when i came back to my car to find another ding.)

i think honestly i get dinged because i watch so effin' closely to not get dinged that god has a sense of humor about it. i roam parking lots looking for spaces where no one can park on either side of my car.

 

If I'm somewhere where I know someone will park next to me, I just take up two spaces.

 

see there is a fine line there....particularly if you park on an angle....sometimes if one does that, one comes back to find they were keyed instead of dinged

 

true!

 

Well i used the scratch dr from NU finish, and that product is amazing of course after a few hours of elbow grease and lots of coats of this and Voila :D the scratch is almost gone, you cant really see it unless you really are looking for it and the dent its almost gone with the pops a dent thingy, i never would have thought this products would work but they do!