Scratch repair

[Captain Mazda]

My girlfriend's friend's Gen3 got keyed by some mentally-challenged hillbilly (joy of parking outside in Toronto). It's a fairly long and deep scratch, any recommendations on where to fix it and what to expect price-wise?

Love and kisses.

[Bizantino]

Oh boy.... that's bad man...

Chipmaster Markham has some good reputation.
I took a 2013 civic there to repaint a bumper and fix a dent and scratch in left quarter panel when some kids rear ended me in a stop light....
I'm happy with the results, paint is exactly the same and 100% looks like factory. They have some kind of group buy in Redflagdeals, basically you negotiate with them and after that you mention the redflag thing and they will take out taxes...
But keyscratch are expensive man, basically they would need to fill and completely repaint the left fender and 2 doors for what i see.
It cost me 700 or 750 to refinish and repaint 2 bumpers and fix and paint the quarter panel...

[Bizantino]

What is the last picture? looks like a car hit you there...

[S.F.W.]

I would first take the car to a pro detailer such as Hamza at Get Detailed. Let them examine the car and tell you if they can remove the scratches. If they can not, you are going to need both panels repainted.
I recommend Auto Magicians as an option. They can also help determine if they scratches can be removed without repainting, and if they do need repainting there shop can do the work.

[Jackal]

Looks like 3 panels. Expensive if they do the three panels. Also could try Kevin at Paintforce. He's mobile and he could probably blend that.


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[jeff7670]

What's the point of doing this? Hopefully you can get it fixed cheap.

[Captain Mazda]

Thanks for the replies. She got quoted $1500 by the dealership. That last pic was her own blunder while parking.

I'll relay the info here to her, cheers.

What's the point of doing this?

What's the point of anything really???

[S.F.W.]

@Captain Mazda - dealership is likely outsourcing and marking up the work. If she does go ahead, go elsewhere, unless the dealership has an in house body shop.

[Sampaulo17]

Have you tried Restor FX? Go search Restor fx they could somehow minimize or get rid of that for a fraction of a cost. I have a friend who owns a restor fx shop and he did one co workers who got keyed as well. You should look into it.

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[Milan96]

Looks like 3 panels. Expensive if they do the three panels. Also could try Kevin at Paintforce. He's mobile and he could probably blend that.


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I second Kevin from Paintforce. Fantastic work and you will not find a cheaper price guaranteed