It seems as though on one of the times I pulled into my short garage I went a little too far and barely hit the front bumper to the trim on the door at the back of my garage. My question is how can you get rid of a scratch on the front bumper, or make it less noticeable? Is their some touch up paint available that will help me? Thanks for the help!

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Anyone?

 

You can try to buff it out, Ask your dealer if they have a guy like Chips Away or Aero color that does touch up on their vehicles. Those guys do some awesome work at reasonable prices.

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It all depends on how deep the scratch is. If it is NOT through the clearcoat, it can be buffed out. An experienced painter at any body shop can give it a quik look and tell you if it can be buffed out or not. Ford seems to put a decent amount of clearcoat on the paint jobs these days, so hopefully all it will take is a touch of 3,000 or finer grit wetsanding paper, and a swipe with the buffer.

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Jacob, On that type of light scratch, you can use McGuiers (spelling?) fine cut compound and a soft cloth(I've got some). It is a very mild abrasive for buffing. It will clean dirt out of the scratch & make it less noticable-the less you do the better cause it tends to dull the clear coat slightly. I also got OEM touch-up paint from the Spradley's parts department, it is a dull finish, but the color matches pretty good. Once again, finesse is the name of the game, use very sparingly. Black is the worst to touch up(sorry), red next, silver and white are pretty forgiving colors.

 

Some of the paintless dent removal experts also do some touch up work with an airbrush. If the scratches are too deep, check into having it professionally touched up so you don't have to break the factory paint and spend a ton of money.

Trace

 

When I bought my Cobra in 96 they sent me a little bottle of touch up paint in the mail about a month or so after I bought it. Do they still do this?

 

I agree with all of the above, but would highly recommend the chip specialist at your dealer. Get his name and call him on the side or go throughthe dealer. Look around a nice used car lot, see any dings or scratches. If its really a little scratch, i'll do it, otherwise let a pro fix it for 20-30 bucks. Oh ya, keep his number. You also may want to know who repairs windshields just in case, i drive a lot.IMHO

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A friend of mine just showed me this trick and I would like to pass it on...
If you scratch the plastic part on a front/rear bumpers (like if you accidentally slide your snowblower into your brand-new Screw *&@#%$!)
Use the butt end of a screwdriver and rub on on the plasic. I was told the plasic has air bubbles in it and will slightly squish down and cover up a sizable scratch. This will make mush LESS noticable
I didn't believe it at first, but the proof is in the pudding.

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