How would you get rid of these scratches if you had these on your car and what would be the best, fastest, most cost effective and expensive way to fix this sort of thing?


Top of rear bumper under left tail light


Rear OEM lip from the left side



Please, help and tips would be most appreciated.

 

Get some rubbing compound...

 

the second picture is pretty bad if you see it in person....i mean please be specific on this. what else would i need besides rubbing compound?

 

iono maybe get a better picture on the second one but rubbing compound usually works... that what vallet drivers use if they bump and scratch people's cars from bad driving / parking.

 

yeah get some wax and rub that thing out, or can you actually feel the scratch?

 

the second picture basicly is like this...if you were there and touched it in person it would feel like a plastic toy being scrapped on concrete. you know...that feeling when something is really scratched up and small chunks of it are sticking out.

 

something like this....



or this....

 

if it's digging into pass the primer then you might need professional help. if it's scratching on the surface of the clear coat then rubbing compound

 

by rubbing compound do you guys mean things like "scratch x" and "scratch doctor"

 

yea ScratchX would be considered as a rubbing compound but a less aggressive one.

 

All do is hard to evaluate the damage just from a picture, I could use a light cut compound with the buffer, in the past we have remove similar damage with our light cut compound or swirl remover but it depends on the damage, If you feel the scratch with your nail it may be to deep which may require to wet sand the area.

Heres a sample of similar damage

Before



After



Hope that helps

 

the thing is that i dont have a buffer and im thinking about taking it to a shop but they might over charge me. you know how these guys work.