Oh no my paint came off

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I did a really stupid thing whilst cleaning my baby today. Got too close with the karcher and there must have been a chip in the paint on the tow hook cover and the paint just started coming off. By the time I realized this huge patch had been blasted off

I'm gutted.
Is the cheapest thing to take this to a paint shop and get them to spray it?

Or does anyone know of a breakers yard maybe that would sell these off the same colour car?

Cheers

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These come in primer from the dealer, you can’t order pre-painted.

There are not many of these in the breakers, but occasionally they appear on eBay.

Alternatively you can take the paint code to the dealer and they can order you a spray can.

Personally I’d rub down with fine wet and dry, give it a plastic undercoat, followed by a couple of topcoat sprays and finished with a clearcoat..

 

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I'm worried now it will look different to the rest of the bumper

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What colour is the car - can’t actually tell from the pics.

The alternative is to take it to a body shop, but they may insist of doing full bumper in order to ensure a colour match. It will also be quite expensive, as they will have to mix the paint to order.

 

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It's Daytona grey mate
I might take your advise and try to spray it myself

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Buxton2901 said:

I did a really stupid thing whilst cleaning my baby today. Got too close with the karcher and there must have been a chip in the paint on the tow hook cover and the paint just started coming off. By the time I realized this huge patch had been blasted off

I'm gutted.
Is the cheapest thing to take this to a paint shop and get them to spray it?

Or does anyone know of a breakers yard maybe that would sell these off the same colour car?

Cheers

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Ouch that’s unfortunate, pressure washers are ruthless I can’t use one because of my Vinyl wrap on my chrome would be straight off!


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