I have never been so upset about anything to do with my car. I get my car washed yesterday and do a look over afterwards, all of a sudden I see this..... A 1/4" gash in my passenger door. The damage is all the way down to the metal, no paint left. I know it didn't happen at the car wash because it's hand wash and I observed it the entire time. I parked her in a parking lot a few days ago and I think someone kindly opened their door and banged my car :-( so my question, which is the best plan of attack to fixing this? I know I don't see that side of the car often but it just irks me knowing its there. And I'd hate to have it rust. Thanks guys.

 

more pics please. I would say some ford brand touch up paint would do the best job unless you want to repaint the whole area.

 

Yeah probably touch up paint - 3 or 4 light coats and a topping of clear coat.
If you have it painted they're going to want to repaint the door and blend into the adjoining panels. They can't blend clear coat so they wind up completely shooting all of the panels with clear coat entirely.
A key job on the rf quarter panel wound up costing about $1800. Comprehensive covered it though.

 

That sucks.

This is my nightmare.

 

There are companies that spot fix paint. They usually travel to used car lots just patching up nicks and scratches. Ask around at a few used car lots and try and find out who they use. Probably easiest and cheapest way to fix it.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll try and upload some better pics once it stops raining over here.

 

dr colorchip .com

 

Thanks for the tip. I ordered the kit. I'll post results as soon as I use it.

 

How did it work?

 

All i can say is thank you Glenn and Dr. Color chip. It worked like a charm. I just put a second coat on the level it out. I even have trouble finding where the chip is, the color match blended in perfectly. The pictures I took wont really give it justice.

After first application (about 1/2 day of drying)

 

Glad it worked out. Black is such a labor intensive color. Especially when people don't really care about your car when they are getting out of theirs.

 

Yu can never have anything nice without someone
Who gets jealous and tries to mess it up.