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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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Default Keyed...D:

I just got my car less than a month ago too.

Well, I guess haters gonna hate.



Anything inexpensive I can do about this? I'm a college kid, so I'm broke, and I'm trying to get coils in a month, so I'm even more broke.
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Old May 5, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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God, it takes a real scumbag to do something like that. I've often wondered what I would do if I was strolling up to my car and saw someone in the act of doing that.

Looks deep. Sorry man!
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Old May 5, 2011 | 11:27 PM
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Shouldn't be too bad for a detailer to fix. By detailer, I recommend AGAINST those cheap shops. Anyway, I fixed a key scratch for joeeker that ran from the beginning of the rear fender to the end. Blended it in to the point where you couldn't see it unless you looked. It did take a week tho since you gotta apply touch up paint, let dry, then wetsand and polish. That however took place in 2 days (week break)

Thats my recommendation anyway. You can PM me for more info if you wish
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Old May 6, 2011 | 12:01 AM
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Damn this sucks...only retards would do such thing...sad hearing about it..hope you get it fixed asap
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Old May 6, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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Are you sure it was keyed? Someone might've accidently brushed against it with their purse/backpack etc.
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Old May 6, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
Are you sure it was keyed? Someone might've accidently brushed against it with their purse/backpack etc.
srsly... i think OP has never seen a keyed car. Someone brushed up against it with a backpack/whatever.
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Old May 6, 2011 | 11:05 AM
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That's bad. let us know if you can find an inexpensive way to fix it.
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Old May 6, 2011 | 12:11 PM
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Sorry to hear this, it happen to me last week also. I'm planning to use my touch up paint that matches my color with a toothpick to fill it in alittle at a time. ( will take some time) so over time it will be like a bump over the paint. I will then wetsand from 1500-4000 grit paper follow up with a compound and polish. I will post it when I can get a chance to do this.
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Old May 8, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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Can you feel the scratch with your finger nail?
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Old May 8, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 01LEXPL
srsly... i think OP has never seen a keyed car. Someone brushed up against it with a backpack/whatever.
It does kinda look like a light scratch, scuff mark, but its hard to tell from that pic. At least in that pic it doesn't look too deep, but ya never know.
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Old May 9, 2011 | 06:19 AM
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To me it's a scratch of sometype and needs to be repair. Let us know how it's going.
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Old May 18, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Any repair yet?
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Old May 23, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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Not yet. I'm pretty tight on money since I plan on buying coils soon, but I'll let you know when I have some cash to spend to buff it out. :P

Thanks,
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