Amuse, Vertex or NismO's V1 or V2 front would look nice w/ that San Marino Blue


My bumper have so many tiny rock chips on my 07' it's pathetic.
Thinking bout repaint it cause i would like to cover the Nissan hamburger & license plate hole but it'll chip again and no i do not like clear bra's

 

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i would of said drunk. . . buff it. then get a nice gray primer to fill in the scratch. .you can tape it off so as not to primer the good spots. ..get a identical mini spray can.(autozone) .and glide over it back n forth each time letting it dry. .when it looks somewhat good. .get a very fine grain of sand paper. .wet sand it. .to a smooth service and buff the hell outta it agian. .clear coat it and it should blend in nice. .i've done it b4 to a gold color altima for a friend. .and it looked pretty good. .

 

Are you serious? You must know nothing about body shop.

OP, please don't listen to this guy.

 

i said i've done it b4 and it looked good. .if he wants to pay the body shop then go ahead. .you can least try some things on your own. .cause if your planning to go body shop anyway they can always fix your mistake!

 

You should have begun with “My wife...” Everyone else does.

 

Look at his paint. it is the second hardest color to match at bodyshops. It has high volumes of metallic as well. I rather have a scratched up bumper than a bumper that looks like it was repaired half *** from a spray paint can. This is a 30k car, not a 1k car. It has to be repaired professionlly or not at all.

Doing what you said will just give the bodyshop a harder time later when they are trying to remove it and it will cost more in labor! Also will look like ***.

 

^Yeah, I tried to ask my local shop to if they could repair these 2 spots without having to repaint the entire panel. First they thought they could, but then they realized by my colour (DB) is just too hard to match. Pretty much came to same conclusion: Rather have a couple scratches/marks/whatever and wait to have it repainted than to get a half assed- badly matching patch job done that would probably look worse than it did before. Good luck whatever you do.

 

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it really depends on how deep the scratches are, and they dont look that deep
to be honest, that looks like a job for a good detailer. i would love to help you.

ive seen worse, turn out amazing...
there might be no need for touchup, matching paints, etc...

i'd try some scratch and swirl removers before anything
try http://www.poorboysworld.com/super-swirl-removers.htm



youd be surprised what you can do
http://www.poorboysworld.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=130



you dont have to be a pro, you just have to know what your doing
im sure you dont want to fork out the dough for a PC, im sure you can find someone around you that has an orbital buffer.
http://www.autogeek.net/po.html <-- fyi