My Car Got Keyed...

Goran · #1 10-07-10, 02:13 PM

so i went to a party and there must have been about 20 cars parked in this field at somebodys house, get home the next day and somebody i don't know has put two huge, deep scratches in my bonnet and door, literally at random, probably because they thought it was hilarious

so as peeved as i am, you guys know a bit about paintwork, what should i do to fix it?

am i best just going to my insurance?

F-alienware · #2 10-07-10, 02:34 PM

Are they through to the metal or primer or just surface? If they are surface then you can buff them out.

If they are through the metal then you can get a pen that fills the scratches with paint then buff them back.

How old is the car? is it worth worrying about? Going to the insurance will cost you in the long run.

Thankfully in the USA no one ever messed with my car. Well, I got a baseball through the side window once but I knew who that was so when I moved out I left him a little present - two litres of Nitromors all over his car.

Youngie1337 · #3 10-07-10, 02:41 PM

Get the magic fixing pen!

Goran · #4 10-07-10, 06:42 PM

the scratches are super deep, like all the way to the metal i think

Goran · #5 10-07-10, 06:43 PM

oh and the car is an 07, i got it second hand but its still in really good condition

i'll see what happens...

F-alienware · #6 10-07-10, 07:15 PM

This is what you need mush. Halfords do them.. All you need to know is the year make and model of your car and the paint code.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/halfords-3-pen...e4d484ffcd4813

It's a three part system. Primer, top coat and laquer. It *should* also come with a pen to prepare the area IIRC.

However, know that what they will basically do is fill the scratches with some over run. So you then (once the scratch is full of the paint) buff it off with some Tcut to level it out.

It won't be perfect (due to your paint being three years old and no doubt a slightly different colour to new) but it does work quite well. My mate has an M3 in metallic black and we managed to do a pretty good job of a scratch on his bonnet. We even got a couple of scabs on the arches passable

Goran · #7 10-07-10, 09:10 PM

my car's got this like weird finish thing thats suposed to protect it, and when i bought it it had a scratch which the car place fixed for me so i reckon the paint is pretty similair to what it was new

almost every other 207 i've seen is the same colour as mine so hopefully it should be a standard job

cheers for the help man, nice to know theres actual nice people out there among the retards who think it's funny to take a key to a car belonging to a stranger

F-alienware · #8 10-07-10, 09:16 PM

No worries. I know how you can get attatched to a car. My last one had a full ground up rebuild, replacement brakes, suspension, rims & tyres, engine rebuild and turbo, etc etc. Was really sick. To top it all off I repainted it with holographic pearls and all.. Came out one day to find some tosser had lobbed a baseball through the side window. What made it worse was the cost of these side windows... $350. It's one piece and massive (2 door sports) and doesn't have a windowframe around it so it is laminated etc. Super gutted haha.

Goran · #9 10-07-10, 09:35 PM

yeah i said to my mate earlier today, at least it isnt a smashed window or something, the car is still completely drivable its just a complete ballache that theres a massive scratch on the bonnet that looks quite penis-esque

F-alienware · #10 10-07-10, 09:48 PM

Bastards. The part that gets me with tards like this is that they don't own a car and likely never will.

Still, I'm a firm believer in Karma mate. They'll get theirs.