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Someone keyed my car - best course of action?

rjmartin · 2019-03-16 22:48:18

Hey Everyone. Shortly before Christmas some kind soul decided whilst I was at work to key the entire length of my car (I was parked legally on a public road, not blocking any drives etc) - I assume it was a disgruntled neighbour. I reported it to the police and whilst they didn't do anything about it they did give me a…

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bartelbe Posts: 555 Forumite

18 March 2019 at 1:40PM

Do not attempt to respray the car yourself, you will simply make it look worse. Everyone I know who has attempted this has regretted doing it.

Even with the correct prep, blending new paint into old paint, especially faded paint is very difficult. Best left to the professionals.

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