scrached up quarter panel need help asap

[rndmheroxx]

was in a rush off to work today and scraped my rear left quarter panel up against a cement wall along side my drive way ( soooooo stupid) count see out the back window...such a stupid mistake and i hate myself right now, i feel like an idiot arrrrgh.

ANYWAYS....i need to know what i should do. i am a high school student working 2 jobs and not making a whole lot of $$. this looks pretty bad, and i want to do something about it cuz i don't want it to rust or anything. im guessing taking it to get repaired is gonna be damn expensive cuz it wont be covered by insurance obviously. ive heard about people touching up the cars paint with duplicolor...but what do i need to do for something this bad? cuz its not exactly in need up a "touch up". thanks in advance for all your help.

[unkit]

If you don't care about how it looks, and only about the rust, I used Penetrol on a similar "scratch" my gen 3 had when i bought it, till the time i had the car repainted (2 years) it didn't change a bit.

[touringcamry]

Like unkit said, if you don't care about looks, you can put paint or some other kind of rustproofing like Rust Bullet on there to prevent rust. The color will not match. Rust bullet looks like matte aluminum color. You can get touch up paint to cover the rust proofing from Toyota or http://www.paintscratch.com.

If you take it to a body shop, they're probably going to repaint that area and maybe the entire bumper.

If you have collision insurance, they will cover it but you will pay the deductible.

[EvoFire]

get some claybar, scratchX, cleaner wax and flex some muscles. I rubbed against a cement pole in a parking lot once because I backed in too quickly. Hated myself for it. I sat in the garage for 40mins rubbing it out. Almost evenything came off except for 2 really small nicks.

You can try the same, even if you can't restore everything, at least take some of it off before you apply some clear on top or rust proofing it.

[eddie926]

It's hard to tell just how bad it is in that pic. Is the panel dented/gouged at all or is it just scraped real bad? I mean is it just the paint, or do you need the panel reshaped too?

If it's just the paint, the first thing I'd do is clean the whole area really good and do some serious polishing of the whole area with something like Meguiars ScratchX. It appears from the picture that the paint all around that area has some serious swirls in it anyway and that probably makes the whole thing look even worse than it is.

Once you've got it cleaned and polished really well, then you'll be able to assess your paint needs better.

I just read a really good post on autopia.org where a guy did an awesome chip repair using an air brush that he picked up cheap. You could go that route, or if you don't want to buy an air brush rig, you might be able to adapt his technique to using duplicolor in a spray can.

Here's a link to the post.

http://autopia.org/forum/car-detaili...ple-weeks.html

Good luck man. I feel your pain. I backed my Sequoia into a pole recently and am looking to do something similar myself. I felt like a complete moron at the time, but hey, stuff happens.

[ghettosled]

it looks like you scraped well past the color paint. i suggest going to an auto parts store and buy some paint that matches fairly well and then clean and mask off that area and repaint. as long as the area is very clean and free of debris and oils from your skin, the paint will protect the car from rusting.

[rndmheroxx]

awesome, a lot of good information guys...yeah bare metal is showing there. ill probably run down to the auto store near me today and see what i can grab there....wont i need primer or anything if the bare metal is there though??

[rndmheroxx]

hmm i like the looks of that airbrush job.. i cant seem to find a decent kit around here...was lookin on ebay for one and was gonna get it but, i figured i need to take care of this problem like now..soooo i guess im gonna have to mess around with spray paint =/

[eddie926]

Originally Posted by rndmheroxx

hmm i like the looks of that airbrush job.. i cant seem to find a decent kit around here...was lookin on ebay for one and was gonna get it but, i figured i need to take care of this problem like now..soooo i guess im gonna have to mess around with spray paint =/

Well, even if you go with spray paint for now, i thought the guy's technique of using a template to spray through rather than taping off and having a hard tape line might be useful.

[rndmheroxx]

i just found a little bottle of touch up paint i got from the dealer a while back...seems a little thick and my scratch is pretty large....is it possible to use this stuff with a air brush if i come across one when i go out? i guess i would need to thin it down or something

[feliks]

Might as well just get some paint from Canadian tire in a spray can, mask off everything you don't want painted, sand the area smooth with fine sandpaper, and spray the entire bumper yourself....will look fine...

[eddie926]

Yeah, I think from a cost perspective I'd just start with some spray from duplicolor or somewhere similar.

Check out their website. They have some helpful info as well.

http://duplicolor.com/index.html

[rndmheroxx]

damn....got a single action airbrush yesterday...hooked it all up to my compressor and couldnt figure out how the damn thing works....argh. it was a Black Bull Single Action Airbrush Kit i got from pepboys. guess im gonna take it back and not buy the cheapest thing i can find this time...piece of shit....='(...heres a link to something like the one i bought....if anyone knows how to work it let me know
http://www.nationalartcraft.com/images/sub-0411-04.jpg

[MrJones]

Originally Posted by touringcamry

Like unkit said, if you don't care about looks, you can put paint or some other kind of rustproofing like Rust Bullet on there to prevent rust. The color will not match. Rust bullet looks like matte aluminum color. You can get touch up paint to cover the rust proofing from Toyota or http://www.paintscratch.com.

If you take it to a body shop, they're probably going to repaint that area and maybe the entire bumper.

If you have collision insurance, they will cover it but you will pay the deductible.

lets say i use collision insurance for a similar incident, wouldn't my rates go up?

[eddie926]

Originally Posted by saybakgung

lets say i use collision insurance for a similar incident, wouldn't my rates go up?

There are a lot of variables there. It depends on your insurance company, how long you've been with them, what your driving record is like, etc.

I just had my front fender repaired after a deer strike. State Farm assured me my rates would NOT go up because of it. But, I've had my insurance with them for over 20 years and this was my first claim in a LONG time. We'll see.

In general, when you first buy a policy, your rate is based on your demographics and whether you have any points on your license, etc. Once you have the policy, if you demonstrate that you're a worse than average risk by making multiple claims, especially where it was your fault, or by incurring a lot of traffic tickets, that's when they'll raise your rates or drop you.