Big scratch

[Tkagem]

Today is a very cold and windy day, i came from work just an hour ago and i don't yet know how, a plate was taken by the wind probably from the building near mine and broke with a result one piece of the plate hit the car and made a big scratch, like someone scratched it hard with a knife.The colour of the car is black and the scratch is beneath the colour, i can see the white underneath and it's deep too as i can feel it with my hand as i touch it.Any idea what to do?Is there something you put and it doesn't show?I painted my garden door black 1 week ago and there was some paint left so i took a toothpick,plunged the edge of it into the black colour and crossed the scratch.....did i do wrong?I puniked when i saw the scratch, it's not even a month since i recieved the car....Here's a picture to notice the scratch.
Any solution????Please, whatever help would be valuable!!!!

[Celt03]

OUCH !!
Take it to either an auto paint shop OR to a detailer that is trained, qualified, & certified to do scratch repairs. A good scratch repair done on a new car should not noticeable.

[Texas Red Line]

You might check this thread.

Touching Up Small Scratches On Air Dam

or this one

How to fix chips in the paint??

[Tkagem]

I read all this, there is a store named 'Chips Away' it says that it heals the chips no matter how deep they are and without painting the hole door.Any idea or recomendation for that one?Is it trustworthy?

[Celt03]

Ask for references and see if you can talk to owners of cars they have done.

[jayman]

Originally Posted by Tkagem

I read all this, there is a store named 'Chips Away' it says that it heals the chips no matter how deep they are and without painting the hole door.Any idea or recomendation for that one?Is it trustworthy?

Don't know about Chips Away....but Chips Ahoy is a damn fine chocolate chip cookie

[MidniteBlues]

See post #7. Automotive Detailing Basics, by turbomangt
Also contact your opel dealer and get a bottle of touch up paint from them for your car. Using your house/door paint was a mistake in my opinion and will probably show the damge more. Read the threads posted above, and the one I posted and fix it best as you can with the right paint & tools. If you can't do it, let a professional do it at your dealership.. Good Luck!!

[Tkagem]

Thanks guys, i'l see what i'll do, the sure thing is that i am really really sad....
Thank u all!

[SkyTrail]

I had a long scratch in the hood of my Red Line from a branch of a potted plant that blew over in a wind storm while I was parked at a hotel. You could feel it with your fingernail and I took it into a body shop. The scratch was too deep to be buffed out so it had to be sanded and the hood was repainted. The body shop did a perfect job, and the bill was $1100.

I paid only my deductible, but had to make three round trips to the body shop (40 miles one way) to get the estimate, to drop off the car and then to pick it up.

[jazzyjet]

UGH! Take to the dealer or pro auto paint place it may cost more but it will be done right. So sorry that happened

[Tkagem]

Originally Posted by SKY 07

OK I am confused. A dinner Plate? and maybe a knife. Where do you park your SKY? JK
Get it fixed ASAP before it starts to rust. Sorry to hear your sad. I am sure you'll get it fixed soon and you will be smiling again. If you feel blue just start read some of the the thread here. They make me laugh when I am feeling blue. I was a nut case when my SKY (Snow White) had her first booboo. T.

As you can see from the fotos, the building on the right, the guy has his flowers on the top of the wall, and maybe he had put a plate with cat-food in order to feed his cats, and probably he forgot it there....and with the wind it fell on my car....How nice ha?It was a dinner plate, not a knife.The scratch it made was deep and hursh 'as it was made from a knife'.I hope i explained right now!Thank u for your consideration...

[MidniteBlues]

Man it looks like to me your Sky is destined to be damaged again IF and When one of those flower pots gets knocked over the side and onto your car. Look what a food plate did, can you imagine the damage if one of those pots fell on your car? BLASPHAMY.. If I were you, I would stop/park my Sky just BEFORE that part on the ledge with the red flower pot. That way, if one them falls down, it'll get shattered on the concrete and not your car...

[Tkagem]

Originally Posted by MidniteBlues

Man it looks like to me your Sky is destined to be damaged again IF and When one of those flower pots gets knocked over the side and onto your car. Look what a food plate did, can you imagine the damage if one of those pots fell on your car? BLASPHAMY.. If I were you, I would stop/park my Sky just BEFORE that part on the ledge with the red flower pot. That way, if one them falls down, it'll get shattered on the concrete and not your car...

Yes, the car is parked as you see in the picture, before the red flower pot.Oh, something i forgot, we also have cats in the neighborhood, some times i see their finger tips on my car, maybe in the future i see scratches from them too?I should dig a deep hole and place the car in so to protect it from the danger that surrounds me in that dam place....By the way i j ust took the car to a garagr where they put chips away and he tried to make it as good as possible.He couldn't erase it tottaly but he did something.He told me not to take it for painting the hall door cause the colour tha car has from it's factory is very strong and good and any other colour won't be so good in abrasion resistance, and i will have problems.He also told me not to bother with it and i should get used to it....

[thorkull]

Originally Posted by Tkagem

By the way i j ust took the car to a garagr where they put chips away and he tried to make it as good as possible.He couldn't erase it tottaly but he did something.He told me not to take it for painting the hall door cause the colour tha car has from it's factory is very strong and good and any other colour won't be so good in abrasion resistance, and i will have problems.He also told me not to bother with it and i should get used to it....

I'm not sure I'd be happy with that answer. Is there another shop you can take it to for a second opinion? Definitely worth shopping around before you let someone tell you it can't be fixed if you ask me.

[Tkagem]

Originally Posted by thorkull

I'm not sure I'd be happy with that answer. Is there another shop you can take it to for a second opinion? Definitely worth shopping around before you let someone tell you it can't be fixed if you ask me.

I searched a lot and finally concluded to that one.These stores do very professional job and they won't risk their reputation by telling me crap or risk try to fix it and make it worse.He told me i can go to others too and ask but anyone who tells me that 'it can be fixed' he'll be lieing just to take money and do permanent job that after some time it will be crap again....However, i thought about getting another opinion so maybe i'll keep searching....Thanks!