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I got my first car 4 weeks ago, I had spent 2 months tracking down a perfect condition Honda Civic Sport. Today I found a fairly deep scratch down the drivers door, quite obviously been keyed. I honestly can not express my fury at the petty little ****** who did this...
What I could do with help is I am not sure of what to do now. What is the best repair and is it worth "wasting police time" telling about it?
What I could do with help is I am not sure of what to do now. What is the best repair and is it worth "wasting police time" telling about it?
Sorry to hear about the damage to your car 
The general rule is that if you can feel the scratch with your fingernail then it won't polish out. If that is the case then you are looking at either a touch-up pen (normally under a tenner, you'll get one from Halfords or from Honda parts department) or if you want a proper repair then you probably need to look at getting it booked into a bodyshop.
Price for a bodyshop is dependent on where on the door the scratch is, the colour of your car, if it is a metallic finish etc but the bodyshop would possibly be looking at removing door handles, window rubbers etc, painting your door and "blowing-in" to the front wing and rear quarter panel. Guess at least £150+ for a decent repair.
Thing is though, unless you know who did it (and why) there is a chance it will just get done again once you've had it repaired.
Have you pissed anyone off recently?
The general rule is that if you can feel the scratch with your fingernail then it won't polish out. If that is the case then you are looking at either a touch-up pen (normally under a tenner, you'll get one from Halfords or from Honda parts department) or if you want a proper repair then you probably need to look at getting it booked into a bodyshop.
Price for a bodyshop is dependent on where on the door the scratch is, the colour of your car, if it is a metallic finish etc but the bodyshop would possibly be looking at removing door handles, window rubbers etc, painting your door and "blowing-in" to the front wing and rear quarter panel. Guess at least £150+ for a decent repair.
Thing is though, unless you know who did it (and why) there is a chance it will just get done again once you've had it repaired.
Have you pissed anyone off recently?
Get Halfords to mix you a paint touch up.
Their's have a hollow fine needle tip so you can use it to fill scratches like yours, it works very well indeed and is much better than a fine brush.
Let it harden for a few weeks and then compound it, polish it and wax it and you'll probably be hard pushed to notice the repair.
Their's have a hollow fine needle tip so you can use it to fill scratches like yours, it works very well indeed and is much better than a fine brush.
Let it harden for a few weeks and then compound it, polish it and wax it and you'll probably be hard pushed to notice the repair.
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