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YOUR RESEARCHHow to fix bumper scratches
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You're usually better of using the least abrasive compound or polish first, then if that doesn't work try something more abrasive.
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Used that exact combination and it worked perfectly, you are my hero.
Hey all,
Got backed into last night by an SUV. Left some minor scratches above the front plate on my 996. Was wondering if there is a quick fix that will make my baby look beautiful again! Thanks for the help!
Sanjay
I dropped a ladder that grazed my rear bumper. I cleaned it off with a towel and soapy water, rubbed it out with rubbing compound, then used Meguiar's scratch-x followed by sealer/glaze (#7 I think) and wax. Only thing that's left is a very slight depression in the plastic that can only be seen if you know where it is. If your scratches are through the paint, you can get a paint pen and try to match. If your paint is metallic, you're probably SOL. Best of luck to you.
Lee,
I've got some scratches on my hood (I'm too embarassed to tell what happened) and I'm going to try your procedure this weeked. I hope I get a good result too!
Tim
I was working in the yard and had put on some gloves with garden soil on them. Walked by the p-car and noticed a spot or something and instinctively reached out to rub it off. I didn't think about the fact that I was wearing dirty gloves so I got rid of the spot but left a bunch of fine scratches in the clearcoat
Dumbass move
I was putting up a basketball hoop on the garage. After sternly lecturing the kids about not shooting hoops with the garage door open, I hoisted up the ladder with the door open and dropped it on my car...
Hi Lee,
I need to fix some scratches on my wife's RR. You mentionned a 1- rubbing compound, 2- the sractch x and 3- the sealer/glazer #7.
Are 1 and 3 also Meguiars products ?
Thanks,
Marc
Yes on 3 and no on 1, but: Rubbing compound is generic. It's a little coarse. You might start with a polishing compound, or just Meguiar's fine cut cleaner. The sealer/glaze is good for fine scratches on it's own too. I took a fine scratch off my taillight lens with it.
Meguiar's has a decent website and their stuff is available just about everywhere.
3m fine cut compound is a relatively light compound to use. You're usually better of using the least abrasive compound or polish first, then if that doesn't work try something more abrasive. Also only compound the immediate are your working on, compounding may introduce paint marring that you can't polish out.
Agree with JB. start with the lightest grit you can and work it and see if you can fix the problem. Remember the paint on flexible bumpers is usually formulated differently than the paint on the metal. I'm not familiar with all the brands, just with what worked for me.
You want to hear stupid?
When I was 16 and a new driver I took my Dad's brand (less than 500 miles on the car) new Plymouth out to a construction area down in Burlingame, California where we used to live. There were no houses on the street everything was just being built. Big time empty.
I wanted to see how fast his 318 with a four throat carb could do in a quarter mile. I found a culdusac and backed my rear wheels up against the curb and measured off exactly a quater mile on the odometer.
I turned the car around and lined it up with the quarter mile mark...and punched it. About 100 feet from the curb pushing about 60 I realized that I needed another 200-300 feet to stop the damn thing.
Slamming on the brakes and turning the steering wheel full cocked to the left I slammed drifted sidways into the curb at about 65 MPH. I collapsed both right wheels and pushed the front axel up into an inverted "V" into the engine compartment, exploded the radiator, shredded the fan, bent the block and somehow blew out the rear window passenger side right.
Car totaled. Grounded till I was 30.
