Key marks, what to do?

Methodical4u · 01-03-2012, 06:59 PM

If I were local to you I would help you get them out. You can try the scratch X, but there are better products out there. It doesn't look like it is down to the primer, so a good detailer could get a lot of it out. Nissan's paint is not a hard paint which is good and bad for obvious reasons. Look at your local yellow pages for detailers... I don't think one would charge more than about 50-75.00 to get most, if not all of it out.

nmjaxx9 · 01-03-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Methodical4u

If I were local to you I would help you get them out. You can try the scratch X, but there are better products out there. It doesn't look like it is down to the primer, so a good detailer could get a lot of it out. Nissan's paint is not a hard paint which is good and bad for obvious reasons. Look at your local yellow pages for detailers... I don't think one would charge more than about 50-75.00 to get most, if not all of it out.

Funny that you mention that, but at the time I had a scratch over my left side back fender on my car, and I took it to the body shop and they quoted me 250 dollars to buff out and detail. Even more to complete respray and replace that area. So I went home and tried the Scratch X and it worked like a charm, and it saved me about 240 dollars. If the OP is concerned about his inability to do it himself I would recommend a shop, but it is totally doable and could potentially save him a lot of money.

RoadZter · 01-03-2012, 10:08 PM

Ditto that! I just keep the stuff in my trunk now. It's awesome stuff!

Methodical4u · 01-04-2012, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by nmjaxx9

Funny that you mention that, but at the time I had a scratch over my left side back fender on my car, and I took it to the body shop and they quoted me 250 dollars to buff out and detail. Even more to complete respray and replace that area. So I went home and tried the Scratch X and it worked like a charm, and it saved me about 240 dollars. If the OP is concerned about his inability to do it himself I would recommend a shop, but it is totally doable and could potentially save him a lot of money.

which is why I said detailer and not body shop... of course a body shop is going to quote high like that and say it needs more work.

nmjaxx9 · 01-04-2012, 12:34 AM

Yeah but a lot of body shops are detailers as well, such as the shop I went to.

01-03-2012, 10:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
RoadZter Base Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sunny South Texas! Posts: 228 Drives: 370z Roadster Rep Power: 14	Ditto that! I just keep the stuff in my trunk now. It's awesome stuff! __________________ 2008 Nissan Titan Crew, 2010 Nissan 370Z Roadster 2011 Mercedes GL 450 "Guess who drives the Nissans?"

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01-03-2012, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Methodical4u A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,393 Drives: 11 370 6mt pw w/sp Rep Power: 17	If I were local to you I would help you get them out. You can try the scratch X, but there are better products out there. It doesn't look like it is down to the primer, so a good detailer could get a lot of it out. Nissan's paint is not a hard paint which is good and bad for obvious reasons. Look at your local yellow pages for detailers... I don't think one would charge more than about 50-75.00 to get most, if not all of it out.

01-04-2012, 12:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
nmjaxx9 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Middletown, Ct Posts: 5,853 Drives: 2011 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 27	Yeah but a lot of body shops are detailers as well, such as the shop I went to.