narsty scratch

[eXi7w0unD]

was about to hail, so i moved my car into the drivethrough at work (i work at a pub as a chef) anyway, i drove in and their was chipboards and plasterboards in a pile no to higher then 5 cm, so i stop the car and the manager starts closing the big metal rolladoor... i didnt know so i drove over the wood, as i did this the manager closed it on my boot whilst i was driving forward, manager didnt know my car was their so he starts to pull the chian down harder onto my car while i was moving forward :(

yer long story short i have 1 key like skratch very deep on the boot and lots of little paint scratches, i went to 2 panalbeaters and got a quote for $250 at 1 and $341 at the other.

what i would like to know is how do they fix the scratchs.. 1 guy said he had to sand the whole boot, after he debadged it and then he is to do a 2pac galaxy blue paint on it., will this look like a differnt shade colour to the rest of the car when its done?

btw, the manager is paying for it all.

[Whoosha]

sounds about right if the scratches are real deep may require a light fill or putty.
paint match shouldn"t be a problem to good paint shop they will blend it into the tops of the 1/4s + should be good again. just check for over spray on other panels be for you accept the finished job .. dam unlucky tho.. hope all goes well
Cheers Whoosha....

[XR6-VCT-2000]

Really , imo too - a full respay of the boot WOULD be need, light scratches u can usually toutch up and cut and polish out and get away with it , buf for the sake of trying to fix a huge deep scratch/scratches then sand it flat to the last paintjob surface without leaving scratches in ya old paint then having to match it absolutelly spot on ( or ull see lines ! - more obvious its been repaired imo than a slightly diff color full resprayed boot ) - is just to much work - is easier just to fully sand it roughlly and respray it totally . If the scratches are that deep and alot of them , then I wouldnt be suprised actually if it would cost u more to get it toutched up propperlly than getting it fully resprayed ! . much easier imo to just do a full respray of the boot. - and as far as looking a different color - so long as your car isnt fadded , that paint color is manafactured my the gallons and is pretty spot on ;) ! , can allways cut the new shiny boot back lighty when u get it back to make it match the older paint so it looks like it was never done , up2u ..lol

[XR6-VCT-2000]

lmao....Or read about basic panel beaing repairs if u wanna save some money , it will take a bit of time to get it spot on repairing just 1 deep scratch but it is possible to get it spot on np , just takes alot of patience and time cutting back the toutchups spot on flat to the existing surface with VERY fine wet and dry sandpaper , then when totally flat - buff the finish up with something like nu-finish and bla bla bla ..lol....... thats just a quick general description ... good luck.

[eXi7w0unD]

thanks, i just wasnt sure if it was a good idea to paint the boot 2pac and leave the care as is.

ill book it in tomorrow and yea, after that im getting an exhust !

[Baboon_AU]

leave it alll to the pros,,, paining is a c*nt

[XR6-VCT-2000]

..lol .. yeah painting aint fun , had my share of good and bad experiences , nearlly killed myself years ago accidentlly inhaling to many epoxy fumes from expoxy paint while repainting my old motorbike - i couldnt breath -thought i was gonna dye - ended up in hospital ) - taught me a valuable lesson , if u are going to SPRAY paint then allways wear a mask , they dont do much but do help ) - i remeber seeing a doc years ago about some crap and they showed a spray painter by trade who died at age 36 , they cut his lungs in half and it was like a fullblown rainbow with tons of thin layers of paint colors layer upon layer , was hardy any room left in his lung :( - no way i would do it as a trade .