[Saleen0101]

Well my luck gets better and better with my car. I dropped a light on top of my spoiler and scratched it in two spots. One scratch , I was able to wetsand and buff it out. The other I made even worse by sanding it down past the clear to the basecoat. It is the size of a pinkie fingernail, maybe a tad smaller. My car is black in color it will be tricky to make it look better. the small spot looks faded to a lighter black color. WIll I have any luck with touch up paint or just live with it?? This really sux and no one will probably ever notice it but me , but it bugs the heck out of me.

[F8L GT]

Well its only on your spoiler so you can take it off and have it all wetsanded and resprayed. touch up paint wont really do to much but look like a big glob on the spoiler

[mylilboostedpony]

if u dont have the money, touch up paint is better then nothing

[Saleen0101]

Well I dont think its so bad that I need to take it off and get it painted again. The question is, will I be able to make it look have way decent with touch up paint? Maybe if I apply a thin layer. Do you think applying clear coat will make it look better or maybe different polishes?

[mylilboostedpony]

yea if you dont have the money then go with a thin layer of the touch up paint and a clear coat.
if you do however have the money, then i would get it painted.

[JoshC!]

if you touch it up and put clear on the little spot you will still notice it. after it sits in the sun it will look even worse. the best thing to do is pull it off the car and take it to a shop and have them touch up the spot with matched paint and clear the whole thing. call around and see which shop will give you the best deal. if you were out by me i could get it painted for really cheap or maybe free.

[mylilboostedpony]

^^ FML! lucky i wish i could get shit painted for free

[JoshC!]

i used to work in a body shop and i went through 2 years of schooling for body work and painting, so i kinda got the hook up lol.

[mylilboostedpony]

lol i might just go to school for that just to get the hook up

[Saleen0101]

Originally Posted by 00vert i used to work in a body shop and i went through 2 years of schooling for body work and painting, so i kinda got the hook up lol.

Where in Washington are you located? Im in Portland , OR . I wouldnt mind giving you some cash if you could fix it for me, I am having a hood shipped here soon and will need to get that painted as well. If you could do that you are the man! If not it's cool

[F8L GT]

Originally Posted by 00vert if you touch it up and put clear on the little spot you will still notice it. after it sits in the sun it will look even worse. the best thing to do is pull it off the car and take it to a shop and have them touch up the spot with matched paint and clear the whole thing. call around and see which shop will give you the best deal. if you were out by me i could get it painted for really cheap or maybe free.

+1 if its only as big as a pinkie so you so, it shouldnt take to much to touch it up. 00vert, I know what your talking about. I could paint it for free also but he is way to far away from me lol.

[JoshC!]

Originally Posted by mylilboostedpony lol i might just go to school for that just to get the hook up

i had a lot of fun in school and learned a lot also. cost me a pretty penny tho.

Originally Posted by Saleen0101 Where in Washington are you located? Im in Portland , OR . I wouldnt mind giving you some cash if you could fix it for me, I am having a hood shipped here soon and will need to get that painted as well. If you could do that you are the man! If not it's cool

im all the way up by canada, so it probably wouldnt be worth it to ship it up here and then back down. another thing you could do tho is talk to a painter at a shop and see if he can do it as a side project. a lot of painters do side work for pretty cheap.... there was a guy at the last shop i worked at and he would paint just about anything for a bottle of vodka lol.

Originally Posted by SMSPerformance +1 if its only as big as a pinkie so you so, it shouldnt take to much to touch it up. 00vert, I know what your talking about. I could paint it for free also but he is way to far away from me lol.

2000+ miles is to far?

[F8L GT]

Just a tad

[Saleen0101]

Its a size of a pinkie nail not a whole finger..and it is probably half the size of a dime. So its really small , but I just used some touch up paint and will let it dry for a day then wetsand it or use rubbing compound to smooth it out. How meticulous are you guys compared to me lol? I cant stand scratches or chips , but I guess that is inevitable when you drive your car.