Joining the scratched paint club

So this happened somehow, somewhere. What are my options? (Besides getting used to it)

 

Wear it with pride. Perfect paint is for mall crawling only. Also any autoparts store sells scratch fixer kits for cheap.

 

It's on plastic i would just live with it. Touching it up will most likely look worse. You could try to see if some of it can be buffed out.

 

Join the mall crawler club! I've had more vehicle damage and repair costs due to incidents in shopping center parking lots than anything out on the road or trails. I'd try buffing first and then lightly touching up.

 

Welcome to the club. Mine has scratches from trails and I barely pay them any attention.

 

3m scratch removal system. Works every time. https://www.walmart.com/ip/3M-39071-Scratch-Removal-System-Scratch-Removal-System/17056840

 

Congrats!

 

Go wheeling... cover with mud and drive thru some big ass weeds... problem solved. Thank me later for all the fun you had.

 

Fix it before it rusts out.

 

So you'e saying the only solution to a scratch...is more scratches? Seems legit.

 

Pretty sure bumper is plastic.

 

Bumper shroud* I would just replace the whole thing with a steel bumper. Its the cost effective measure.

 

Nah I think the whole truck is a write-off.

 

Time to donate it to the Kidney Foundation.

 

I just scratched my tailgate almost just like that. I used some

Fontic Deal 11pcs 3"/80mm Compound Drill Buffing Sponge Pads Kit for Car Sanding, Polishing, Waxing, Sealing Glaze 9 Polishing Pads+1 Woolen Buffer+1 Thread Drill Adapter with Shank

$8 foam buffing pads that attach to a cordless drill. A little meguiar's ultimate rubbing compound, a little ultimate polish, wax to protect. Done. Took 15 min. The white mark on the last pic is a reflection, not actually on the paint.

 

OP. I think this is your solution.

 

• Buy some Scratch-x/rubbing compound, buff it out and put a good coat of wax on it
• Pay somebody to buff it out professionally for considerably more $$ (but probably with better results)
• Ignore it and live with it; it's plastic so rust isn't a concern and it's a bumper, so scratches are mostly inevitable
• Replace it with a plate bumper
• Accept that the truck is ruined and sell it to me for a dollar
• Seppuku

 

The only scratch that hurts is the first one.