Car got keyed!!!

**akarol** · 01-20-2009 09:40 AM

Honestly, who does that? I parallel parked my car in downtown, Orlando, last Sunday and came back after a night of partying to a key scratch about 4 ft. long from the driver side door all the way to the back. I had my mechanic look at it and he told me it's too deep to buff it out. Great! Spending anything over $300 is not an option to me right now as I am pretty broke. I do have a stick of touch-up paint I got from Audi a year ago that I am thinking about using to at least mask some of the damage. I figured that I could use a toothpick to dab in the paint in the crack. Anyone have any tips? I tried scratch removing compounds such as Meguiar's and QUIXX without success.

Thanks in advance...

**B6JoeS4** · 01-20-2009 09:41 AM

post pics

**forevraudi** · 01-20-2009 09:42 AM

that really sucks. those ass holes

**riot5alex** · 01-20-2009 09:56 AM

it was probably a lakers fan who was upset about the loss friday night! damn magic!

sorry to hear about that... i hope you catch him/her. then it will be worth it!

**Papachristou** · 01-20-2009 09:57 AM

ive seen that scratch stuff that billy guy sells on TV, i dont know if it works or not

**NvrFllw** · 01-20-2009 09:59 AM

I use to detail cars you have to try and use various stages of buffing with deep cutting compound to light glaze. This might help a little by if it is to the metal than you are out of luck. If you are not use to using a high power buffer don't you can burn your paint and cause more damage

**Ultra B6** · 01-20-2009 10:15 AM

^ if you dont know how to use a high speed dont try... i screwed up the paint on one of my older cars... BAD

**kwik_shift** · 01-20-2009 10:41 AM

damn haters, find out who did it. Pound their face in, regardless who it is.

Then take their $$ to fix the physical and emotional damages! LOL

**akarol** · 01-20-2009 10:55 AM

I'll be posting pics when I get home today. Unfortunately, the a-holes did a very good job and took it all the way to the metal. I guess I'm stuck to dabbing in some touc up paint here and there until I can afford the repair. =( Let me know if you know anyone or anything that might help.

**diagnosticator** · 01-20-2009 01:40 PM

What color? You could mask off the scratch and spray on a coat of touch up paint from the dealer, then blend the edges with rubbing compound. The dealer has a base color/clear coat spray paint you can order it's about $50, as a 2 can kit.