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Old 10-20-2007, 08:31 PM
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Well I moved into apartments this past week and luckily the girlfriend gave me the garage... anyways, the first night we moved in I accidentally hit the garage from lack of experience in driving through the narrow doorway. Anyhow, it left a vertical inch sized crack in the paint under the keyhole on the passenger door and was wondering the best way to fix it? I was thinking of trying that scratch-x stuff and getting the touch up paint. Any better suggestions?
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Its a crack or a scratch? More than likely it cracked you fibreglass if you say its a crack.
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Is this a deep thin crack or a wide shallow scratch in the paint.

Scratch isn't a big deal. Crack is fixable but you won't like it.

Fiberglass can be repaired but it is THE PITA. I have done small jobs before and it took hours and hours and hours. Then had to have someone else spray it. I have a hood with two cracks in it and I don't even know what to do with it.




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