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Nasty scratch on panel on side of door
MercilessKiller
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in Motoring
Hi All,
Managed to clip a wall in a very tight car park (why are underground apartment car parks so stupid?!)
Anyway, was going super slow and it just scraped a panel that is going across the door:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/MercilessKiller/photo.jpg
It's an Astra H Twintop model, metallic black. The scratch as you can see is pretty nasty and is quite deep running my finger across it...
Anyone any ideas of how this could be resolved.. would it be too deep for a wet sand type thing? Is it possible to get a new panel thing to stick on the door or is it all part of the entire door
Thanks!
Managed to clip a wall in a very tight car park (why are underground apartment car parks so stupid?!)
Anyway, was going super slow and it just scraped a panel that is going across the door:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/MercilessKiller/photo.jpg
It's an Astra H Twintop model, metallic black. The scratch as you can see is pretty nasty and is quite deep running my finger across it...
Anyone any ideas of how this could be resolved.. would it be too deep for a wet sand type thing? Is it possible to get a new panel thing to stick on the door or is it all part of the entire door
Thanks!
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You can buy the door trim.
It may even come prepainted.0 -
You can buy that trim strip but will need painting0
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That's exciting news (dependant on the price of course)
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At a guess, £100 all in.0
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You could sand and fill it, probably only need knifing putty on that, mask it, and spray with an aerosol quite well for where it is.0
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I would try fill/sanding and repainting first as Mickey said, might be worth a punt shouldnt costs more than a £10-£15 tops make sure you mask the panel though. You can only do this when its a warmish day. Worse can happen is you mess it up assuming the panel is masked then you just need a new trim but might still need painting0
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The panel itself looks dented, you may need to straighten that up before fitting the new trim piece.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Strider590 wrote: »The panel itself looks dented, you may need to straighten that up before fitting the new trim piece.
It does, as well as the rear trim also being slightly scraped, I think that it is worse than it appears at first glance.0 -
Its the rubbing strip - it would appear to have done its job and saved the door. When my little lad let go of the car door when getting out and the wind took hold and it hit the door of the car in the next parking space, the damage was similar. The owner was quite happy to take it to a body shop and I pay for the repair. OTTOMH I recall it being about £50 including a new trim strip.0
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Doesn't look dented to me, all the reflections in the paint are straight and undistorted. Gap is even, and the line below the trim is level.0
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