Thursday, February 25, 2010

Chipped and peeling paint?

Hey, Well when I got out of class and went to my car I noticed a nice 2 foot dent in my rear right passenger door. It looks like someone scrapped up against my car and left, so now I have an indentation and the paint is starting chip all over the place. I need a cheap fix any one have any recomendations?Chipped and peeling paint?
i've heard of people that will come out and basically suck the dent out... sorta like if you dent a plastic water bottle. kind of a weird analogy, but like sucking the dent out with your mouth...then you'd probably have to paint over the chipped areas, so the body doesn't rust or anything like that... i don't know any of these groups, and even if i did, i don't know where u live, so you'd have to do a little research.Chipped and peeling paint?
If the panel is caved in, you could take the interior trim panel off and push the door panel back out from the inside. It won't be perfect, but the majority of the dent will push out and your window will go down if you need it to. If it's not really pushed in all that far, and what you have is a crease that runs the length of your door, you aren't going to do much about it. Knock off all the loose and peeling paint edges that are not adhering to the metal. Go to an auto paint store that sells to body shops. They will help find the paint code and mix up a half pint of paint for less than the dealer wants for a half oz. tube of touch up. DO NOT REDUCE THE PAINT or it will be too thin to brush it on. Using a small paint brush, touch up the bare metal. If you want to spray the paint on, they can sell you an aerosol cartridge to spray the paint just like a spray paint can does, but it costs more and you may have to put an additional clearcoat on as well as buy reducers and other chemicals. Now it's getting expensive.
Get on the horn to your insurance company and tell them about it. This should be covered under your Uninsured motorist coverage. I realize deductibles can costly, but ignoring it won't make it go away, and you obviously care about your car's finish. My son recently put a dent in our car running into a snowbank. The dent was about double the size of a man's palm. That dent cost $1000 to repair; my cost: $200. Er, make that HIS cost, lol.
They have a paint repairer that comes in a tube. It matches any car color and you can rub it on to remove superficial scratches. The denting will probably still show though, but it wont be as obvious.

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