Deep scratches on car

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Ok I’m not even a month in and quite depressed about what I found on the car today. I must not have been paying attention because I didn’t even hear it happen.

I’m looking at this and imagining bmw isn’t going to take it back without a charge. Thoughts from you all:

  1. I’ve got 35 more months left on this. Should I do anything now or wait till turn in?
  2. thoughts on what fixing this might run?
  3. should I do anything to make it look less hideous in meantime (ie chipex or dr color chip or touch up paint)?

Here I am thinking about what soap to buy etc and instead this is what happens. I can’t believe I didn’t hear it happen…blah.

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Personally, I’d fix it now because I wouldn’t want to spend 3 years looking at it, even if the net cost was higher.

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Buff it out as much as you can, then get a touch-up kit from Dr. Color Chip. Will make things look a lot less unsightly

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Would you do it yourself or take it in?

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That needs paint work. I’d take it to a body shop.

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That won’t damage it more and require me to spend more to fix it you think?

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Those deep scratches will need a body shop to repair fully. Touching it up just makes it look less ugly, especially on a white car.

Take a look at how dr color chip works, there’s no excess paint leftover when it’s done well. I had the same issue on another car, and touching it up just let me live with it long enough until I got it fixed properly.

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Nah, you won’t make it worse doing that.

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I wouldn’t bother fixing it to spec just yet.

Buff it out/Fill it in as best you can stand it.

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Alright sirs. What do you all recommend to buff a car? I’ve never done this before. I’ll get the dr color chip kit too.

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Has anyone used getdriveway.com or carbodylab.com?

They claim they get factory finish with lifetime warranty and it would cost less than 300. I see they have multiple locations or they farm it to multiple folks.

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I haven’t used either, but there should be plenty of bumper repair guys on Yelp that can fix it for around that price. It’s amazing what they can do.

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I would get the bumper cover resprayed if I were you unless these deep scratches happen frequently in your cars.

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Less than $300?

Hmmm. Thats hard to believe. Butttt

If that’s the case I would jump at that deal.

Also looks like both of those companies aren’t in every state and city in the US. Very selective areas of the US.