Is this a repair or respray job?

[spud989]

A friend of mine reversed into my car at very low speed (2mph maybe). He's obviously admitted responsibility etc. What sort of damage does this look like?

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/4166/img0037wk....

Possible to get fixed easily, or is it a respray job?

The picture's not brilliant, but basically the paint is creased on the corner.

[Shaw Tarse]

Hard to say from that pic, can you take another/or a couple more?
I've used Chips Away in the past, not sure if they could repair it?

[mybrainhurts]

If that's under the sidelight, won't it polish out?

[KungFuPanda]

Is it by an exhaust? If your friend did it and you want to try to keep costs to a minimum, why don't you initially try going to a detailer who might be able to get a machine polisher on it, cut it back and polish it up. If not, might be a small area respray?

[Jayzee]

Silver is by far not the best colour to blow in. Very difficult.

[Shaw Tarse]

Jayzee said:

Silver is by far not the best colour to blow in. Very difficult.

That's the colour Chips Away (HQ) fixed for me, did a good job

[Alexdaredevilz]

sure thats not been dented/bowed the plastic aswell?

[Anatol]

Simple repair. With the current generation paint systems, silvers are no more difficult than any other colour for localised repairs

HTH

Tol

[bazking69]

Very, very simple repair for one of those chips away places.

[Jayzee]

Anatol said:

Simple repair. With the current generation paint systems, silvers are no more difficult than any other colour for localised repairs

HTH

Tol

Really? So they have finally cracked it

I have avoided silver for a number of years because of poor localised repairs in the past

[Anatol]

Despite its reputation among body repairers who fear change the switch to waterborne has made high-metallic repairs no more complex than any other repair nowadays. Provided the prep is done to a professional standard, silvers in waterbase behave perfectly - compared to VOC-borne, the flakes sit in suspension in a wet film build for far longer and have plenty of time to properly orient themselves

Tol

[spud989]

The corner it is sat on is just as the bonnet turns into the front grill on the Z4. There are a couple of light scratches out of shot, but the crease was my main concern.