How to fix my car?
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Hi, I've had my Audi for a year now and the paintwork has been through a lot of unfortunate stuff. My paintwork has a lot of swirls in it and I have some pretty big scratches on the rear passenger door, when I wash the car and there is soap over these scratches they are not visible at all. I also have quite a few stone chips on the hood and passenger side of the vehicle (probs 10 in total). I am now looking to get these repaired so I can stop being so disappointed every time I look at my car.
I am pretty confident the swirls on the car can be taken out by a polish and wax. There are light scratches on the paintwork in other places which I also believe should be fixable without a respray. The rear passenger door scratches are deeper so I am not too sure about them, I was looking at ChrisFix's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYF46P7B2c - which shows him sanding through the clear coat and then polish + waxing to remove the scratch. I am wondering if this is possible with my car and who I can find to do it for me.
In an ideal world I am looking for a detailer who is willing to spend some time touching up the stone chips, polishing and waxing and removing the bigger scratches. Ideally I want to avoid respraying the door, also I don't think respraying the whole car is needed.
I am interested in your opinions as I am a little confused who to take the car to or exactly what work I should do on it. I don't want to spend tons of money fixing it but am willing to put a good few hundred into it, if not more.
See below for pics:
I am pretty confident the swirls on the car can be taken out by a polish and wax. There are light scratches on the paintwork in other places which I also believe should be fixable without a respray. The rear passenger door scratches are deeper so I am not too sure about them, I was looking at ChrisFix's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYF46P7B2c - which shows him sanding through the clear coat and then polish + waxing to remove the scratch. I am wondering if this is possible with my car and who I can find to do it for me.
In an ideal world I am looking for a detailer who is willing to spend some time touching up the stone chips, polishing and waxing and removing the bigger scratches. Ideally I want to avoid respraying the door, also I don't think respraying the whole car is needed.
I am interested in your opinions as I am a little confused who to take the car to or exactly what work I should do on it. I don't want to spend tons of money fixing it but am willing to put a good few hundred into it, if not more.
See below for pics:
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