Ive had my car for about 4 months, when i went to wash my car today I noticed a big rock scratch that i thought was just smashed bugs.

Here's a pic



This is my first scratch and it is smack dab in the center of the hood about 4 inches up from the scion logo on the front of the car.

Should I attempt to use some kind of touchup paint or would that just make it worse?
Does it have to be repainted? How much would that run? Or should I skip the whole thing entirely since it will probably just happen again?

Anyways I'm pretty bumed. Let me know what you think.

Thanks guys.

 

Just be prepared to get many more of those. My front end is a mess from rocks, road debris, and last week's bird-strike.

 

basically, if you want ur car perfect...leave it in the garage...otherwise...stuff like this is bound to happen no matter how careful you are

 

Yeah I know that stuff will happen. Still sad to see.

 

that actually doesn't look too bad. I'd try some rubbing compound + Scratch X. Love scratch X.

 

wet sand then rubbing compound easy to take out.

 

Your lucky if thats your only scratch. Come live in NY where the salt in the winter destroys your paint. Thank god for wax. Theres no way you escaping flying rocks and debris in NY after the winters and all the plowing. Roads here suck. My hood and bumper get destroyed daily. I wax normally and use SCRATCH Doctor on my rock scratches though. Seems to work pretty good for surface mount scratched.

 

That little scratch?

 

Thanks guys, ill try some scratch X or something.

 

90/94 in Chicago stinks..my entire front bumper and hood is covered with chips and scrapes -.- but what can you do...I feel like smackin Major Daily because there is always construction on I-94

 

That will buff out with some compound.

 

Yeah, sucks being an FM, I have a tone of those things and my car is not even 2 years old.