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My GTR has been keyed, :P

it was already there when i bought the car, but im thinking its time to do something about it.

I had a car detailer look at it to see whether or not he could 'cut' it out, he said some of it could be but the main part (on the rear quater panel) was too deep

i.e. you can actually feel the scratch with your fingernail

i have taken some pics of the worst part, it actually looks worse in the pics cos of the camera flash, but u get the idea.

I was wondering if there are any other options, other than repainting the side of the car, such as

can you have the scratch filled (touched up) then polished, or something like that. Any help or options/experiences/reccomendations would be great.

Thanks

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I know you said you dont want to paint the side of the car but years back i did work experience at a crash repairer place and im pretty sure they could sand off a certain section of paint (say around the scratched area) and fade new paint into it. This prevented you from doing the whole pillar, side, and possibly roof. Dont know if that made any sense lol but your best bet would be to have a chat with a few Spray painters i got a kit painted down at M&C Doyle crash and they did a brilliant job for a really good price they mite be worth a chat. Apart from that you could get touch up paint and go over it but it will most likely look crappy.

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Nah, touch up paint looks shit. Your best bet would take it to a spray painted to get ideas.

Why do people do that anyway? It makes no sense!! Enjoy the nice cars, don't destroy them. Thats what I do!!

They should be f**king killed.

No trial, no jury, straight to execution.

Man, I wish I could've caught him doing it.

I would have given anything to catch that asshole doing it.

It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.

What's more chickenshit than f**king with a man's automobile?

I mean, don't f**k with another man's vehicle.

You don't do it.

-- What a great film.

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They should be f**king killed.

No trial, no jury, straight to execution.

Man, I wish I could've caught him doing it.

I would have given anything to catch that asshole doing it.

It'd been worth him doing it just so I could've caught him doing it.

What's more chickenshit than f**king with a man's automobile?

I mean, don't f**k with another man's vehicle.

You don't do it.

-- What a great film.

i agree

if mine ever got keyed i would pay money just to catch the person that did it

dont understand what they get out of it

there never there to see the owners face expression any way

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i agree

if mine ever got keyed i would pay money just to catch the person that did it

dont understand what they get out of it

there never there to see the owners face expression any way

damn man i feel for ya, i had that happen to my car, you shouldn't use filler cos it looks terrible, best bet is to get panel sprayed.

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damn, i feel you pain mate, i got keyed 2 years ago on my R32, and never found a solution. it looked better after a cut+polish, but not the same..

your best bet is to take it to a panel beater, but unfortunately be prepared for the news that you might have to consider a lot of painting :P

its furious to contemplate having to spend $$ when you did absolutely nothing to deserve it..

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