I was at Wal-Mart last night and parked pretty far from any other cars. I came out to find a shopping cart against the curb in front of my car. I inspected the entire front and found nothing. It was getting dark but I did not notice any damage. I should have looked near the back. Today I noticed a gray streak and three chips down to the metal right above the tire on the rear left fender.

Needless to say that I am less than happy right now. I need some advice on what to do now. I have a black truck that was hit (ironically) in the rear left fender, and it is very obvious where the repainting was done. Is there any secret to matching the paint (Black) or will they have to repaint the entire panel? I need some advice from all of the gurus out there. I would rather not have to use touch up paint.

To think yesterday the only worry I had was which speakers to install.

Thanks. BOZ

Here are some photos.

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Please excuse the bad resolution. It just took me over an hour to figure out how to add the pictures.



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Also, any advice on how I could make photos look better for future posts would help.

 

This should probably go in the detail section. I know it sucks, but I would go with touch-up paint. There are ways to build it up, then buff it down and it will blend pretty well.

 

I'd ditto that. Better than a big scratch anyway.

Enevitability sucks.

 

That is why I never park on the lowest point in a shopping center parking lot for fear of a shopping cart crashing into my car ... i've witnessed it plenty of times, and saved a few cars on my own. Haven't you ever seen that Volkswagen commercial with a guy diving at a cart that was rolling at his car?? That's ME!!

 

Thanks guys

I actially just got some Langka in the mail today that I ordered last week. I will give that a shot, and if it does not work then I will use the touch up paint, 2000 grit sand paper and then polish method that was described in another post. I will post the pictures after I use the Langka.

Boz

 

Definitely go with a touch up routine. Don't repaint it just for those scratches.