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I would be very upset.
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i've used Lanka and/with the touch up products BUT they will NOT be the same nor you will be satisfied. MY recommendation to you would be to take it to a bodyshop and spend couple hundred dollars to paint it. I've spent close to 100 dollars already withOUT the result I hoped for. I've made an appointment with a corvette specialist to get mine painted for 400 dollars.
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I had some minor to moderate scratches on my car, and I used the Meguiars Step 1 in the 3 step products with a radial buffer and it took them right out. I would place this step 1 product from Meguiars right below a rubbing compound. I was impressed.
If you use a radial buffer, be very carful with it, they can be dangerous to your paint....
If you use a radial buffer, be very carful with it, they can be dangerous to your paint....
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Originally Posted by Antonio BananaS
i've used Lanka and/with the touch up products BUT they will NOT be the same nor you will be satisfied. MY recommendation to you would be to take it to a bodyshop and spend couple hundred dollars to paint it. I've spent close to 100 dollars already withOUT the result I hoped for. I've made an appointment with a corvette specialist to get mine painted for 400 dollars.
I was just about ready to order the Lanka until I read your post. 
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My car is black. Yeah, I'm still pretty irritated about the whole thing. I checked it out again in the sunlight and it's REALLY thin but CANNOT be mistaken for a branch or a cart bumping into it. The other spot where they tried to get a deep scratch didn't get in very good. I guess that's one good thing out of a horrible situation. I'm super paranoid now. It's just a car, but if it was a little more than a week old I may not be as angry about it. It's only got 500 miles on it! But that's the risk you take with a daily driver. At least no one can ever jack up my interior. It will always remain PERFECT!
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You may be able to buff most of it out - talk to a body shop on this. I use a product called Adam's Polishes Scratch Out that works well. It can be bought through the manufacturer or West Coast Corvettes.
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Here is what I would do. Avoid re painting if you can. Take the car to a good detail shop and have them try to buff them as much as they can then try to live with it. My 04 Zo6 has two deep scratches behind the driver side front wheel just in front of and below the cove. I didn't notice it untill my first washing. They had the car at Bloomington Gold in June in there Dealer Tent and it appears they scraped the lower fender on tent stake or maybe a tree branch. One of the scratches is to the primer, I used a buffer and really reduced them to the point of it not being visable unless you are on your knees. The Dealer did agree to re paint the fender but that might open up another can of worms with a mis match on the Yellow.
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This is a job for a professional detailer when it comes to messing with the clear coat. Take it to a good one in the area and you will never know they were there. OH to catch the dirt ball in the act.(I`ve had one of my cars done)