saint3448
11-04-2011, 04:55 PM
I turn to this forum to help me. Here's my story.
I brought my 2008 335i Black Sapphire Metallic to a local vinyl shop to get the chrome trip wrapped black. They did a horrible job, and left many small scratches between the trim and the body of the car, from the razor blade used to cut the trim.
Scratches (These go all around the windows):
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Sinnerman49/Scratches.jpg
Okay, so I call and complain, bring it in, and they their attempt to fix it was to put some 20yr old separated rubbing compound on a q-tip and vigorously rub it up and down on the paint. (Im an idiot for letting them touch my car after what they already did...)
This did nothing but scuff the paint a bit.
So I decide to try and do something myself. I order some touchup paint from BMW, and try to apply it with a toothpick, this goes horribly wrong.
From this point on, things spiral quickly down hill. Foolishly I panic, and go out and by a TurtleWax paint scratch repair kit. I immediately try to remove the touchup paint with the level 1 sanding block included (with lube), and all I did with that was make the affected area larger. Now, instead of just a scratch down in between the trim and the roof, I've got a dull rubbed off area on the rounding from the roof to the channel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Sinnerman49/Scuff-1.jpg
I brought it to a body shop, but they said it'd cost a ton to fix because they'd have to remove all the trim, and paint the whole panel. He did apply some 3M compound that made the scuff mark less noticeable.
Annnnnnyway....I'm pissed. It's my own fault, and now I turn to this forum for any advice. HELP!
I brought my 2008 335i Black Sapphire Metallic to a local vinyl shop to get the chrome trip wrapped black. They did a horrible job, and left many small scratches between the trim and the body of the car, from the razor blade used to cut the trim.
Scratches (These go all around the windows):
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Sinnerman49/Scratches.jpg
Okay, so I call and complain, bring it in, and they their attempt to fix it was to put some 20yr old separated rubbing compound on a q-tip and vigorously rub it up and down on the paint. (Im an idiot for letting them touch my car after what they already did...)
This did nothing but scuff the paint a bit.
So I decide to try and do something myself. I order some touchup paint from BMW, and try to apply it with a toothpick, this goes horribly wrong.
From this point on, things spiral quickly down hill. Foolishly I panic, and go out and by a TurtleWax paint scratch repair kit. I immediately try to remove the touchup paint with the level 1 sanding block included (with lube), and all I did with that was make the affected area larger. Now, instead of just a scratch down in between the trim and the roof, I've got a dull rubbed off area on the rounding from the roof to the channel.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a176/Sinnerman49/Scuff-1.jpg
I brought it to a body shop, but they said it'd cost a ton to fix because they'd have to remove all the trim, and paint the whole panel. He did apply some 3M compound that made the scuff mark less noticeable.
Annnnnnyway....I'm pissed. It's my own fault, and now I turn to this forum for any advice. HELP!