[Matt_RN]

UGH. I am SUCH a schmuck. I was falling asleep trying to get home, finally got home. Parallel parked on the street in front of the house. Remembered that street sweeping was the next day, so i did a u turn to park on the other side of the street. I was an idiot and didn't want to park in the driveway where the freaking birds would crap on my car (there's a big tree over the driveway). As I made the u-turn, i couldn't see how far the curb was and scraped the car just as I was completing my u-turn. I did it slowly, and had to back up to finish my u-turn once I heard my car start to scrape. Now there's a scrape on the right front of my bumper. It's silver, roughly 1x4 in. this sucks.


Any suggestions anyone?

 

[Matt_RN]

Word. Be careful ya'll! Bumpers are VERY low to the ground. LOL. I'm getting it fixed tomorrow. It's $175, which isn't too bad considering Lexus Starfire Pearl is a tricolor paint that comes in three layers.

It's gonna get sanded, cleaned, filled, primed, painted x3, polished. Color matched by VIN. Can't wait. Color Creations in Placentia, CA. Will post pictures tomorrow.

 

[Matt_RN]

UGH. crawforduci, the birds are THE WORST. They seem to have an affinity for white objects, unless I'm just being overly keen on spotting bird droppings on my car. Seems like they always manage to get me, even in a parking garage. WTF.

I might have to check them out, The Car Spa. Hm. On the other hand, I neither own expensive glasses (since I tend to break them easily, CLEARLY I can't have nice things) nor a little fru-fru dog. The little ones tend to be mean and are little anklebiters. RAWR.

 

[Matt_RN]

Went to Color Creations in Placentia, CA this morning. They just finished and it LOOKS GREAT! Can't even see where the old scratch was.

Definitely recommend them for small scratches and paint work.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[Matt_RN]

It was just a spot treatment. I think the whole sanding and repainting it as three separate layers of paint was what helped blend it the best (Starfire Pearl and other pearl paints are tricolor). I'm surprised it came out so well considering this is a lighter color and I heard it's easier to blend darker paints together.

The scratch was pretty deep so it was cleaned out, sanded, then filled. After that, it was sanded again, primed, painted x3, and may have been sanded again, I'm not completely sure what the steps were since I didn't watch the guy do it. After the last layer was painted on (clear coat), it was polished. Took about 1 hour, 30 minutes. The rest of the time was to let the clear coat cure a little before I could drive it safely. No car washing, solvents, waxing, or anything of the sort for the first 24-48 hours after this whole process. Lifetime warranty on peeling or fading.