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Old 04-18-2007, 11:34 PM
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My car's paint is alright (I can live with it for now, anyway) but my passenger's side headlight is chipped up pretty badly. Should I just use touch up paint, or would it be worth it to remove it and have it repainted? And is there a big chance it could not match the rest of the car? Are there any guesses on how much that would cost?

You can see all the chips here, and on the top edge, the paint's chipped off in between the two red marks.

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with that much damage id take it off and have it painted it was me...
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Just buy the paint supplies and do it yourself since it's such a small part and can be easily removed and/or just taped off on the car.
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but if you paint just that everything will be off painted. i say you just suck it up until you get a full paint job
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That'll have to be after college though. Going to a $90,000 college means no money for my car.

After college, I'm going to get a new hood (A truck backed up into this one or something, so there's a few ripples in the hood where it was bent) and have everything repainted.
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check the paint shops in your area, most paint shops have a camera that they can use on the old paint and it will give them an exact paint mixture to mix the paint to match your car.I wouldnt think it would be more then a 150 dollars for them to do this and spray it on there for you.




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