paint scuff
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Burning Brakes
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paint scuff
Strike three, we have been hit three times in the rear. Twice, we were there and their insurance paid the tab. A $1000 plus rental car both times. Great paint matching result. This last time, not so lucky. The scuff is in the rear fascia on the side and back. When hit with a bumper it collapses and so you end up hit twice as it springs back. I'm no body guy but it doesn't look too bad. Monterey Red. How do you buff this out or at least try? If I try and it doesn't work, will it look worse yet? We have $500 comprehensive dedutible so it will cost that to have it fixed by a shop.
Safety Car
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Strike three, we have been hit three times in the rear. Twice, we were there and their insurance paid the tab. A $1000 plus rental car both times. Great paint matching result. This last time, not so lucky. The scuff is in the rear fascia on the side and back. When hit with a bumper it collapses and so you end up hit twice as it springs back. I'm no body guy but it doesn't look too bad. Monterey Red. How do you buff this out or at least try? If I try and it doesn't work, will it look worse yet? We have $500 comprehensive dedutible so it will cost that to have it fixed by a shop.
Burning Brakes
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If you think that you would be happy with the result of buffing and polishing, you might consider taking it to your paint shop and asking them to do it. If you tell the paint shop that is all you want, they will do it. And, it will not cost you an arm and a leg for a buff and polish. The advantage is that they are experienced in working with paint. You, on the other hand, are not experienced with paint and run a much higher risk of making it worse with a result of requiring the more expensive repaint. Either way, good luck with it.
Safety Car
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Not every one who owns a corvette is rich, and has money to burn.
I wanted a vet since I was 14.Now at 56 and saving for the least 10 years just for the down payment about $18000. I bought an 05 in 2006.Now I save to buy the mods that I like.Sorry just had to vent.
You see post every so often about not understanding why some one needs to save money by trying to do there own work.
I wanted a vet since I was 14.Now at 56 and saving for the least 10 years just for the down payment about $18000. I bought an 05 in 2006.Now I save to buy the mods that I like.Sorry just had to vent.
You see post every so often about not understanding why some one needs to save money by trying to do there own work.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,070
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From: Coralville Iowa
Not every one who owns a corvette is rich, and has money to burn.
I wanted a vet since I was 14.Now at 56 and saving for the least 10 years just for the down payment about $18000. I bought an 05 in 2006.Now I save to buy the mods that I like.Sorry just had to vent.
You see post every so often about not understanding why some one needs to save money by trying to do there own work.
I wanted a vet since I was 14.Now at 56 and saving for the least 10 years just for the down payment about $18000. I bought an 05 in 2006.Now I save to buy the mods that I like.Sorry just had to vent.
You see post every so often about not understanding why some one needs to save money by trying to do there own work.
Many Vette owners are VERY picky about their vehicles - just seems short of "abuse" to do a Mickey Mouse repair on body damage to such a nice vehicle for what I'll say is "a lousy $500". I may be totally wrong - but when someone asks about how to buff out a scuff I tend to think they have little to no experience in this area. IF you know what you are doing it can be a fairly painless process that is economical to repair. IF you don't you screw it up and it will cost you much more money to repair than if you just had the right person repair it the first time. An even better example is changing the oil. Piece of cake in my mind - but not knowing what you are doing and all kinds of badness can happen - cracked rockers, wrong filter, stripped oil pan, oil blown out of engine from not removing old filter gasket, engine seized secondary to no oil, etc. etc.
"A man's got to know his limitations"
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