I have some scratches on the front of my ITR and am wondering should I paint them or leave them as proof that I drive the car?? I got the scratches from driving HARD and fugging up once or twice. They're kinda minor but can be seen. Painting the front including the lip costs $450. This includes stripping the paint, priming, and repainting with multiple layers. I could paint, use the money on a car payment, or buy aftermarket parts. What would or have you guys done?

 

Leave them...can't really see them anyway.

 

Quit your whining, I had five 2-3' long scratches up and down the sides of my car. Trust me, as much as a car owner looks at their car, it will get on your nerves (obviously, your posting about it). I finally got fed up. After about a year, I had a body shop paint the car almost entirely. The car is better than new, I could care less about performance parts...but that's just speaking at the moment.

 

Can they be polished out without having to repaint? As long as they're not to the metal you should be atleast able to make them look a lot better.

 

I'll post pics of the scratches later on today

 

wait 2-3 years and then repaint.. thats what i plan to do, no point to repaint it early when I'm always getting new ones.

 

I've got a scratch or two.. I just leave them

I got yelled at by some chick at nopi saying it was a descrase that i let my car get so dirty... damn on me

Craig - Who did clean the duck tape glue off last night

 

Battle Scares Baby!

are you kidding me? I just bent my front fender trying to lift the car on to a jack
and you saw my front bumper, right?

But the overall apperance looks great- just keep the shine glossy and clean/

 

Depends on place and how large. Asspenny's car.....well paint ain't going to help.

 

You should see my front lip, it is black underneath from scraping.

Unless it is causing your car to rust, don't fix it.

RUST

 

im painting my front lip and the rest of the oem kit right now..got fed up with looking at all the paint chips..the shop will try to match as much as possible...thats the only minus but ill be happy

 

pour grain alcohol on it and light that bitch, dents/scratches wont bother you no mo'

 

Leave them...you might get more in the future.

 

WILL get more in the future.

 

Scratch 1 on the lip:

Scratch 2 on the bumper:

scratch 3 close up:


the car is alittle dirty butyou get the idea, should I paint them?

 

Not a big deal. Touch up paint will make it bearable.

 

Ouch Ouch Poor ARRRRRRRRRRR

 

Up to you Ed. If you made a post about them, I am sure they are bothering you. It just really depends on what you want to do FIRST, b/c from the sound of it, they catch your attention enough to talk about them.

 

SCREW that shitz...I hate when people ask or say something about a little scratch. i mean if you have some work done to the car I would just look at it as battle wounds but if its 100% stock (which I'm sure its not). Unless your trading it in, who cares? You have a nice car any ways.

 

that´s NOTHING compared with mine, it doesnt really bother me at all, the lip is plastic so there is no need to worry

 

Well what I would try, and what I'm in the process of doing, is touching them up. After putting the touch up paint on and letting it dry overnight, I'm going to polish it and see how it works out, and then add some clearcoat. Somone on the forums had mentioned 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper, but I'm a bit timid using sandpaper on my paint. Even just the touch up paint alone makes them hardly noticeable unless you're looking for them. Just do whatever makes you happy I myslef am a bit ****.

 

just do wha tim doing, im saving money, little by little from each paycheck, and im gonan get everything fixed at one time..

 

Some scratches are bad, no good for sure. Some look good, character builders or battle wounds.

 

i used to care when i got rock chips on the front end but know i don't really care i just rather spend the money on more performance just my $.02

 

leave it for when you will really need it. You never know if you may be in an accident and it would plain suck to know that you just painted them and then demolished them. Not only that, if the damage that may occur in the future is someone else's fault, then they will end up paying for it. If it is your fault, well at least you are basically paying to get rid of the scratches. The cost to repaint is basically the same to get a new bumper cover ($400).