Scratch Repair?

[AutoNoob]

LOLOLOLOL,
my Type Rofl has been owned due to my dodgy driving.
I reversed outta a car park spot at broadway and hit da pillar!!! damn it.

Any ideas how to quick fix paint red my bumper? Alternatively its a good excuse to get a new cooler looking bumper. hehe.

[shadou]

... wow people these days must love throwing money at stupid things.
your options:
fix + respray (depends how bad a condition it's currently)
touch up paint
buy a 2nd hand bumper (lots floating around)
replace and respray (as you've stated, please factor in shipping time, spray time, fitting time, ect.)

[AutoNoob]

well soz NOT hit, scraped the pillar, so scratch marks no dents or anything :)
maybe touch up paint...any recommendations to where what to get>?

[shadou]

honda or a spray shop they can match a batch up and send you on your merry way, either method will require a 'paint code'
good luck (paint code usually found near the tire placard on the passenger side door well. If not happy hunting)

[aaronng]

Respray that scrached spot and feather around it. Touchup paint isn't going to being it back to like new (or even 1/4 of like new)

[AutoNoob]

ok sounds good, how much to get a can of spray approx...funny thing is ive been spending $$$ for evil mechanics and yet too tight to pay for a bottle of spray paint. >___<

[aaronng]

ok sounds good, how much to get a can of spray approx...funny thing is ive been spending $$$ for evil mechanics and yet too tight to pay for a bottle of spray paint. >___<

You can't DIY and hope for it to come back to like original. Call a mobile spray painter and get a quote. About $150-200 I reckon.

[AutoNoob]

hmm fair enuf, thats like 2days working my ass off lol.. guess that is okay. Also, if i just leave it unfixed for a while is that bad?

[shadou]

no the bumper is made from some form of plastic so leaving it will not be of any harm in short term. If you are planning on respraying the whole bar then I would not worry at all long or short either way it has to be prepped before any work is to be carried out.

[aaronng]

hmm fair enuf, thats like 2days working my ass off lol.. guess that is okay. Also, if i just leave it unfixed for a while is that bad?

You can leave it for a very very long while. I have similar damage on my bumper from 3 years ago and I just left it there. Not going to repair it because I'm sure the bumper will be damaged again in the future.

[AutoNoob]

yeah kool, im just gonna buy some el cheapo touch up paint so theres not massive white scrap spot!!

[shadou]

... that's it just a white scrape mark? have you tried polish? that usually removes surface blemishes as such (trust me I've tried on a 07 FD civic I ran into a pole on the left, damaged but made it look so so after a bit of polish)

[xtat1k]

pics will help.

[Dane]

if you're not skilled with paint then alot of the time you will make it look worse thank it already does.

Just leave it till you can afford to do it properly.

[AutoNoob]

i used to be an artist, hope that helps me out lolololol, will post pics on saturday. yeah, used my nails to peel some of the scrap off...phew was only the paint on the wall thing i scrapped on.

tomoroow im gonna get an ozhonda sticker from ben.
then save up for sway stuffs, probably buy some in june.

[vinnY]

if its just paint from the pillar your car kissed, try going over it with a claybar and see if it takes the pillar paint off