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Old 8/24/11, 03:18 PM
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woke up to find scratches on my rear bumper



Hi, I have a 2012 mustang with the metallic tint red paint (it's the special paint that was $500 extra msrp, not the race red). So I found these scratches on my rear right bumper this morning. That small light in the bumper seems fine, however, there are 3 or 4 black circles where the paint is completed chipped off, there are also white lines that are scratches. Should I order the touch up paint from my dealer and just paint over everything myself? how would I get rid of the white lines, thanks in advance
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Touch up paint works, but to get it perfect again, you'd probably need to repaint it

Do you park on the street??
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Really depends on the look you want....home done or pro done......I know what I would do.
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That's going to be a few bucks, sorry to hear, real bummer
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Originally Posted by JimmyM
Touch up paint works, but to get it perfect again, you'd probably need to repaint it

Do you park on the street??
no i have a driveway
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can this be buffed out? i know the black parts can't but how about the rest?
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Someone or something hit your car.... Any video cameras nearby? Surveillance?
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Originally Posted by Will3212
can this be buffed out? i know the black parts can't but how about the rest?
Some of the scuffs may come off with a good cleaner wax, but there is no way I could live with touching up the scratches and chips. It would have to be painted, and I might not even be able to live with that as evidenced by a past Mustang I had.
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Those spots look a little too big for the touch-up paint to look good...

Kid on a bike ?
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown
Some of the scuffs may come off with a good cleaner wax, but there is no way I could live with touching up the scratches and chips. It would have to be painted, and I might not even be able to live with that as evidenced by a past Mustang I had.
what do you recommend I do? take my car to a mechanic who does body work and have him repaint the whole bumper? how much will that be.
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Originally Posted by 2011GT/CS
Someone or something hit your car.... Any video cameras nearby? Surveillance?
i thought i ran over a big rock and it hit my bumper. I was driving on the highway, i was accelerating and all of a sudden i heard a loud thud. I don't know if that was what cause the scratches because i didn't look after i got home. It's possible another car scraped me in a parking lot but i mean wouldn't the damage be worse is that was the case?
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Not sure if this helps, but I was quoted $260 for repainting front bumper. That was by a shop in a very seedy area... a shop that did work for GAS watned $350.
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When we had our '07 GT Vert, took it to Ford and estimate was $362.00 to paint the rear cover, 1 day job. Just pick a good body shop....maybe one recommended by some locals. Pretty easy thing to do really.
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Some of your smaller shops do very good work and half the price of well known larger paint and body shops.
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