Someone Keyed my Car!!!!!

[CatastrophicBlend]

Two weeks after I got my car, someone keyed the passenger door. I don't drive like a jerk, I don't tick people off, I don't park like a jerk either and someone keyed it pretty good. Any ideas on how I can get this fixed without repainting the door?

[Derf]

A picture would help assess the depth and type of damage. If not able to add picture, did it go down to the bare metal, or just scratch the color? Have you used touch up paint or painted before? Answer will depend on damage and abilities.

[Salsa Guy]

That sucks! Someone back into my VIbe. No note or anything.

[Salsa Guy]

Well today I noticed someone scrapped the right hand side doors. Nicked up the side molding pretty good and scrapped the paint on the doors. That's twice in the last 3 months.

[CatastrophicBlend]

It's from my passenger door handle to just underneath the side mirror. About three quarters of an inch in right down to the metal and the rest is white. My car is grey. I tried buffing as much as I could, but it's still pretty bad. The pictures I took didn't come out Very good. I am going to try again tomorrow using the camera on my phone.

I have had this car for two years already, so I learned to live with it, but now that I am Doug all of these other upgrades on my car, I want her to be in mint condition.

[Raven]

Usually if you can easily feel the scratch with your fingernail, it will need painting.

[Derf]

If the scratch is about 2 years old, you may soon have issues with rust. I used the following for fixing chips and scratches on my car, results were good. If you take your time and follow the directions exactly you could get great results. With such a long scratch you will have to sand, prime, sand, prime again, sand, and spray paint to blend. Despite the accuracy of the touch up paint, if you use a small tipped brush applicator, the repair would likely look like pin stripping due to the type of scratch, variation in depth, and sun/environmental effects on the existing paint.

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If you never worked with automotive paint, I would get a can of cheap spray paint and practice painting a pieces of smooth scrap plastic, (5 gallon bucket) to get used to painting contours, preventing drips, and "feathering" the new paint to existing for a seamless transition. Then try a little of the spray touchup paint on a hidden part of the car to compare against the existing paint color. Make sure to cover the non-affected area with lots of news paper and paint on a calm day to prevent drift and waves in the paint.