Trade in the Civic as is or ...

[VBOMB]

Here's where it has a few light scratches:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2cct6yw.jpghttp://i46.tinypic.com/33w39xh.jpg

Do I fix it or trade it in as is? :D Cheers!

[grifty]

trade it in as is, you wont get back what you spent on it fixing the scratches

[Troy]

Fix it and sell privately, you'll get better value than trading it in.

[dougie_504]

Looks like you could rub most of it out with a stiff polish.

Sell privately, don't trade it in no matter what. You'll be lucky to get 50% of it's actual value mate...

[VBOMB]

Sounds like a better idea, cheers guys :)

[VBOMB]

Do you think I could clear that up myself with touch up paint?

[dougie_504]

I use Sonax. It's a hard polish with a mild abrasive that usually managed to remove most of my deeper scratches, so long as they haven't gone all the way through the paint.

But because it's not a 'cut and polish' it won't remove your clear-coat, so that your paint job keeps its lovely shine.


Great value. I suggest you get a bottle from Repco or whatever :)

[TheSaint]

autoglym paint renovator and a polishing pad will sort that out =)

i have cleaned up much worse with that stuff

[VBOMB]

ill still need a touch up white pen wouldnt i?

[dougie_504]

nah looks like ur not thru the paint yet

[VBOMB]

I tried cut and polish already, thats the aftermath :P

[dougie_504]

aff

Just sell it privately then, and take off a couple of hundred from the value for the scratches

[TheSaint]

I tried cut and polish already, thats the aftermath :P

theres a world of difference between cheap car products and GOOD car products ... i would use autoglym and a good polishing pad n give it a goooood buff

this got out alot of scraches on my car that wer there 5 years ago when i bought it lol