pubsmeister

Had to park on the street for a week while carport was repaired.
Some kids came by and left marks on cars in the neighborhood.
Look what they left on my baby.





What would you do?
Is this something you would take to the dealer, a body shop, or cover-up yourself with a color-matched marker? If you had something like this repaired can you give me a ballpark estimate on cost?

I briefly thought about leaving it alone but it's really obvious on the sapphire black exterior.

I was thinking about getting the dealer to repair it and, oh by the way, let's load 16.2 at the same time.

Gudge

Personally, I would take it to my local bodyshop (a good one), thereby saving a packet on BMW Main Dealer Labour rates, but still getting the scratch sorted out to my satisfaction............Beware though, if you get it fixed, the next time it happens (chances are it will), it will hurt even more!!!

stream

Take it a high end detailer. They can wet sand and buff it, and you'd be surprised what a difference it can make. I had a 2" scratch on my last car repaired this way, and you really had to look hard to find it.

Hard to tell from the pic, but if the scratch is through the clear coat and color coat (down to the primer or metal), wet sanding probably won't do much, but it's worth a try before deciding to have it painted.

Ruf930

"Look at the mess they made of my boy... I want all inquires made... I want no acts of vengence... I want a meeting with a heads of the five families... We will settle the families business..."

Find the little bastards and get mid-evil!

garehaan

Have it repaired, you'll have a bad feeling everytime you see your own car, let alone clean it.

This is through the paint, a good repair shop can do a spot repair. Complete repaint is better.

Should cost you about $350-450 with a professional paintshop for a complete respray of the bumper and left rear panel (not spot repair)

jsal

That kind of stuff really PO's me. Sorry to hear about it.

I would do some research and try to find somebody that can do a spot repair. There are somepeople out there that are really good. You would probably still see a little of it, but I hate the thought of spraying a whole quarter panel. It is never as good as factory German paint.

stream

If the wet sanding doesn't work, an alternative is having somebody airbrush the scratched areas. Car dealers do this all the time when reconditioning used cars (particularly rock chips on front bumpers), although I've heard that the airbrushing will be somewhat noticeable after some number of years.

MaxBuck

A dissenting voice here. I actually plan to park my new e60 in "high-risk" spots right after I get it. My reasoning: it's going to get dents and scratches eventually; let's get it out of the way so I can enjoy my (cosmetically flawed but great nonetheless) vehicle.

However I know my point of view is somewhat unusual.

subterFUSE

If your car was a white or silver color, then you could just use rubbing compound on the scratch and it would disappear.

Unfortunately for you, you cannot use rubbing compound on black.

Don't go to BMW about it. Just take it to a professional. If you tell BMW about it, then they'll just take note of the fact it was damaged and use that against you when you try to trade the car in for a new car.

NEVER give a car dealership easy ammo against you by involving them with issues like this.

PeterJoyce

I would punch the kid in the face