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Oct 30, 2009, 01:56 PM
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Vinyl Stripe?
My EVO X GSR has a ugly door scratch from something like a bicycle that rubbed up against it.
I tried to repair it with Mitsubishi's touch-up paint and rubbing compound. Actually made it look worse. Then I tried to repair it with Dr. ColorChip. I think that would've worked pretty well, if I tried it first.
Quotes to repaint the entire side of the car are running $600-$800.
So I'm going to give this 1 last low-cost self-repair before getting a pro-paint job...
Does anybody know where I can find pre-cut vinyl stripes for a EVO X and/or Lancer? Nothing tacky or loud. I have a Silver car. So either white, black, or grey.
It needs to be about 1" tall so it can cover the mark.
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Oct 30, 2009, 02:55 PM
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how deep is the scratch? I had a similar situation with some retard kid scraping his bike against my car but it was able to be wet sanded out
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Oct 30, 2009, 03:08 PM
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id rather have a scratch then a racing stripe lol, just Google it man
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Oct 30, 2009, 05:15 PM
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the blitz racing stip vynil looks sick and is not to crazy
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Oct 30, 2009, 07:02 PM
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The old some kid scratched my car so I got a vinyl stripe to save money trick, right...
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Oct 30, 2009, 09:31 PM
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What's that supposed to mean?
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The old some kid scratched my car so I got a vinyl stripe to save money trick, right...
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Huh?
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Oct 30, 2009, 09:35 PM
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not to the metal...but...
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how deep is the scratch? I had a similar situation with some retard kid scraping his bike against my car but it was able to be wet sanded out
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There are actually 4 scratches...
3 of them only had clearcoat damage and maybe a layer of topcoat
But the 4th (and longest one) has the top-coat off to the primer
I tried buffing out with rubbing compound...that made 1 disappear.
But 3 remain (and I also made one scratch a little worse with over-aggressive buffing).
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Oct 30, 2009, 11:52 PM
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Just ****ing with ya. 
Check these guys out, looks like they are doing some cool stuff.
http://www.sjsdesign.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi
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Oct 30, 2009, 11:55 PM
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don't you know...as soon as you payup for a pro paint job, you'll get 4 more scratches? meh, its a car. it'll probably get a few more sooner or later. i say close your eyes everytime you walk to your car.
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Oct 31, 2009, 08:06 AM
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did you try turtle wax rubbing compound? (the green and white package)
get a cotton rag, moist it with water then rub (long strokes) a thin coat or rubbing compound to the scratch. then finish it off with a wax.
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Oct 31, 2009, 09:51 AM
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deal with it.
hell no on the vinyl
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Oct 31, 2009, 10:42 AM
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Hmm, I would take it to a detail guy and see what he can do. Mine were pretty deep and he wet sanded / buffed them out
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Oct 31, 2009, 10:49 AM
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NO vinyl.
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Oct 31, 2009, 11:49 AM
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Quote:
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Hmm, I would take it to a detail guy and see what he can do. Mine were pretty deep and he wet sanded / buffed them out
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this is ur best option...no vinyl pls
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Oct 31, 2009, 09:37 PM
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Tried that....
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Originally Posted by markg1018
did you try turtle wax rubbing compound? (the green and white package)
get a cotton rag, moist it with water then rub (long strokes) a thin coat or rubbing compound to the scratch. then finish it off with a wax.
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Originally tried fixing it by buffing with rubbing compond....no success.
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