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Hit a stone wall; repair advice

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2.5K views 7 replies 6 participants last post by  TheRyan  
#1 ·
Dark and foggy day, a stone wall extended further out then I thought and upon parking hit the corner. Or something to that nature, there was also some female distractions, wizards, and what look to be a giraffe that all no doubt convened together to see to my car only surviving 1200 miles injury free.

Anyways, I don't think it's worth taking to a body shop for, however I would like to do something more then just slap some touch up paint.
The plastic is a bit roughed out, and would like to smooth it out a bit, but I'm not sure it's really feasible. I'm reasonable talented but by no means a body repair guy.
The non-painted fin things, seem just a matter of fine wet sanding to hide the problem, they are largely unaffected.

The bumper itself is a whole other issue. Thus I'm seeking any ideas/advice to make things more pretty, or simply be told to take it to a body shop.

What says you.
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#3 ·
Damn. Anyhow I'd go with the touch up paint first. I believe your color code is UH for Tuxedo Black.

I'd try here first: Touch Up Paint from PaintScratch.com

Dr Chip is much more expensive and I don't know anyone that's used it yet.

I don't trust anything currently advertised on TV like: https://www.buyezchiprepair.com/?MID=3270118

Let everyone know what you decide and how it comes out.

Lastly, when was your last urinalysis? Really, Giraffes in Washington State?
 
#5 ·
Indeed overall not bad, I was worried it would of popped the bumper off a bracket or something, luckily not.
Thanks for the color code, I planned just to simply paint it, just wondered if there was some better ideas out there. Never heard of Dr. Chip, but I'm going to look into that.
Don't foresee an aftermarket bumper, they typically are far too wild for me, and I really don't plan to do any modifications to this car.

Dude, the amount of rain and fog here is insane, what roams about in the mist is only a guess. Giraffe; something from the movie "The Mist" who knows.
 
#6 ·
Beware of that Northwestern herb. I'm just saying.
 
#8 ·
A lot of that can be buffed to reduce the bad appearance, but it looks fairly deep. The deeper areas look like it may have gone past the base coat so getting it completely out without getting down to the base coat probably won't happen. But it can be reduced to look like it almost never happened with a buffer and some polish.