Hi,

 

couldn't find what I was looking for on search but this subject may not be model specific.

 

anyway.  I was unfortunate enough to scrape a stone wall with my rear nearside wheel arch and its taken the paint off down to the white undercoat  on a few scratches and was looking to get it 'sorted'.

 

Q 1 - would you go with a professional body shop or  just buy a can of spray paint to go over the scratches.

 

Q 2.  If its the latter, has anyone used an online paint mixer/supplier and are they a great match? 

 

You will note that the edge of the rear plastic bumper has also been effected anyone with some experience in "smoothing that out" before applying paint would also be appreciated.

 

I thought I could sus out the colour code from the vehicle data sticker but not too sure as mine looks different to what I've found on here. 

 

Thanks

That looks like a £450 - £500 body shop repair……….?

Body shop i reckon ,a home job will look terrible ,is there a local spray shop near to you to get a price .

If you want it to disappear and look factory, body shop for sure.

 

Any job you do yourself will likely look terrible but I guess if you just want to stop it corroding then slapping some 'close match' paint on will achieve that.

2 hours ago, Davet30 said:

Q 1 - would you go with a professional body shop or  just buy a can of spray paint to go over the scratches.

Mibbae aye, mibbae nay.

 

Even if I was going to DIM, you can and should get properly matched paint from a decent body shop.

If you don't want to spend any real money, a touch up paint for along the body crease and a rubbing compound plus a lot of elbow grease on the rest of the scrape. Polish and wax.

 

It will withstand a casual glance from twenty feet away. Then you can decide if you need the pros to get involved.

Hi Davet30.

If you consider yourself capable of DIY, I strongly recommend checking YouTube for possible solutions.

This will give you an idea of the skills and materials needed, and whether or not you could be capable of executing an acceptable repair.

Would DIY be up to the same standard as a professional job - probably not.

Would anyone else be able to detect the repair - thats for you to decide after checking YouTube.

Good luck, and please let the group know how everything ends up.

Hmm, the wife doesn't want/trust the DIY route and I've yet to visit a body shop for quotes.  The reason I was entertaining the DIY was I've a few other minor blemishes which could do with a touch up so a can of matching paint like from here ..  https://www.paintnuts.co.uk/category/colour-matched-paint would suffice for those but not sure how "matching" they would be?

 

Thanks a bunch lads and I'll let y'all know the outcome.  NB there is a slight dint in the wheel arch and was wondering about trying to knock that out myself.... 

The wheel arch is usually double skinned ,so it will need pulling out or a skim of filler ,deffo a body shop if you want it to look right ,diy jobs are nearly always visible and de-value the car.