Some bas*ard keyed my R.

[Prodigy]

Visited my sister for her birthday this afternoon and came outside to find some little f*ckwit has keyed the rear quarter panel of my R. I am always very cautious as to where i park my car, i even moved it from around the corner so it was at the end of my sisters driveway so it, i thought, would be safer..

The scratch is quite deep in some areas so it's not going to buff all out.

Anyone have any advice as to which product is best to use to try and get some of it out.

I am so mad, i felt physically sick when i first saw it..

[langers_sydney]

Have no advice mate, just wanted to chime in and say how bad that makes me feel. wankers.

[Xciteu]

****in pricks! Sorry to hear that man. Take some solace in that they didn't run the key down the whole side of the car. Hope you sort it out on the cheap

[Wolfgang]

That sucks

A professional detailer may be able to get it out by wet sanding the area, not a process for the uninitiated. Really depends how deep the scratch is.

You could try Wax Em Detailing or Detailers Obsession.

Hope all goes well getting it fixed.

[Brandon89]

man that sucks! as stated it depends how deep it is, a good buff with a good polish may do the trick! something like dodo juice lime prime which has abrasives in ( i think) could do it!

[LWR]

I felt sick as soon as I read that. I park my car miles away from everyone else yet there's always some turd out there that wants to park next to me!
I feel your pain!

[Corey_R]

man that sucks! as stated it depends how deep it is, a good buff with a good polish may do the trick! something like dodo juice lime prime which has abrasives in ( i think) could do it!

Lime Prime won't help... it's for removing very light swirls. It's not going to help with scratches...

[Wolfgang]

something like dodo juice lime prime which has abrasives in ( i think) could do it!

Lime Prime will only remove light swirls, won't have enough bite to get deeper scratches out.

EDIT: Damn you Corey, you beat me to it.

[MadWorm]

You need something with some grunt by the sounds, the Dodo won't have enough abrasive power I'm afraid. Start with Meguiars Ultimate compound, do it by hand and take your time, check how it's looking regularly, when it looks like the gouge is gone (if it hasn't gone deeper than coloured paint) then finish it off with some Meguiars swirlx. If it can be done this will get you there.

[NickZ]

Before getting it repainted, perhaps take it to a detailer to see if they can work their magic on it. This would be cheaper and preferable to respraying but you may have no choice.

If I ever caught some low life doing that to my car, I'd key them!

[Prodigy]

Thanks for your comments guys, it's one of those things that make you think 'Is it worth having a nice car'.

I really don't want to get it resprayed so just hoping that i'm able to get the majority of the scratch out using other methods.

[Noodles]

I would have suggested if the key down into the under coat, to get small tub of touch up paint have a steady hand and a toothpick. Use the toothpick to apply touchup paint along scratch then machine buff off.

But as per suggestion above maybe get it done by professional. If need contact I can message mate at John Hughes and see if they still have guy who does most of their touch up repairs to the 2nd hand cars they sell.

[LWR]

There are some really good mobile guys out there too.Some of them do amazing work.

[gavs]

If you're not confident, leave it to a deatailer, they can do wonders and won't cost as much as a shody respray

Elsewise, get some touch up and some clear, fill the scratch up about 3/4s with the colour touch up, then the rest with the clear, even leave a small mound of clear.

Now, if you're not confident with the next bit, get a detailer to do the whole thing, but you will need to get your hands on some 3000 grit wet and dry, use it WET with a hint of palmolive in the water (adds some lubrication and smells pretty) this will take down the edge on the clear and blend it a bit better with the surrounding clear coat too (depending on how steady your were with your colour application you might need to do a weeny bit of this before clear).

Don't do too much, you will know when it's blended, it won't take much. Then you will need to get on with a machine polish to remove the dullness of the clear-coat from snading, only because it's a helluva lot quicker and easier than by hand.

Now, I AM NOT A DETAILER, I just have an enthusiasm and this is how I repaired many a scratch on my previous cars with rather good success, if you're not confident mate, leave it to the pros

PS, sorry to here about why you're asking, I've got a new Polo GTI and yeah, it's not as expensive as a Golf R by any means but is rarer and I am always paranoid to the extent of checking both sides every time I park in a car park

[Corey_R]

I'm not a detailer either. But I've been told by a detailer that there is no use putting touchup paint on, and then using a machine buffer, as it'll just take off the touch up paint. He told me you need to do basically what gavs said. Clean the scratch area with isopropyl to get rid of existing wax/sealant. Cover the metal with touch up paint. Fill the rest of the scratch and slightly build it up with clear. Wet sand it back down so it's level and the scratch is gone. Then machine polish (final polish, low abraisive) and reapply wax/sealant.

Sounds like something I'd rather get a detailer to do. Buy the VW touchup paint for your car, then give it to the detailer to do!