equisch3x

Hey,
Im looking for a good detailer around the san gabriel valley. Im located in Rowland Heights.
Im looking for a decent price as well
I got some minor scrapes on my bumper thanks to a lady who couldnt drive.
Im not trying to detail the whole bumper, just the scratches.

Heres a picture.

TheMole

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I have not used these guys personally, but you can try http://www.shine-masters.com/. I think they are in Pasadena.

eyezack87

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I sure hope thats paint transfer, not primer showing. Otherwise you'd have to repaint if it IS primer

There is no official detailer sponsor for SoCal anymore since John's thing expired this month or something. However, theres plenty of people around you who do have some experience if I have my bearings correct

rominl

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yeah can you tell us more about those marks? are they marks or deep scratches down to primer / paint / bumper? if so then there is no cure

equisch3x

well im pretty sure its the paint from the other car, considering the car was gray.
im almost pretty positive its paint transfer

can anyone recommend me a person on the forums?

edwinbong

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cant really tell by the pics...looks like its right on the edge too as well yeah? is the paint cracked? or are those just swirls?

lexusscturbo

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The edge looks like its down to the plastic primer.. Toyota does not use the best paint on plastics nor the best prepwork.

equisch3x

so what do you recommend i do?

GSteg

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If it's down to the plastic, you're going to have to retouch it with some paint. Detailing wont really do anything if there isn't paint on the spot. I had kind of the same problem, but I eventually fixed it. However, most aftermarket paints didn't match OEM that well. I really need to find a place that sells OEM paint in a small bottle without killing me.

equisch3x

wouldnt buying touch up paint from lexus do the trick?

GSteg

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I guess but I was looking more for spray paint rather than the pen. It's harder to apply the touch up pen on a long/big gash of scratch.

equisch3x

oh yeah i get it. where can i get the spray paint?

lexusscturbo

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doesn't paint scratch sell it

GSteg

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Thats where I bought my original spray can. It's not a perfect match. In fact it looked slightly dark gray than black. I used it on my roof spoiler and it came out pretty bad so I lost motivation to fix it.

I also used it to fix a scrape on the front bumper (down to the plastic). You can't tell where I repaired it but if you look very very close, you can see the slight difference.

Now the touchup pen I had at the dealer was PERFECT. It was true OEM match, but I couldn't use it to repair anything more than a rock chip, thus I want to get an equivalent in spray can form.

equisch3x

so how much you think a dealer would charge for a whole spray can?