Meguiers works pretty well, just be sure to wax and buff it really well.

Use there 3 stage process, i think its scratch remover
Wet Shine
Wax

Gets good results, granted scratch marks are still visible but at least its not a lot.

 

Well, my dad and his "friend" are changing my oil tonight, before they leave and before I go to Carlisle, and they said that they were going to look at it. Greg (my dad's "friend") restores old cars, so he has like all the necessary equipment, plus he's a mechanic, so he said he would look at it, see if he could get the scratches out. None of the scratches are deep at all. If they can't get them out, I'll take pictures and show ya'll

 

You should be able to buff most of these out ... or any type of surface scratch for that matter. Consider them gone every time you fully detail the car. Also, for quick fixes .... Meguires makes a product called Scratch Out ... or Scratch X (I think this is right name) and it works fantastic IMO. You just rub it on with a 100% cotton towel, and then buff it off and the scratch will either lighten considerably or go away. The BIG problem is the rock chips and scratches below the surface .... they are a b*tch and require touch-up paint. Someone mentioned earlier that dipping the opposite end of a match in some touch up paint works well ... but you should do this every day until it blends in perfectly. Worth a shot ... good luck.

 

umm okay i tried that sratch x compound iin a yellow bottle right ????
anyways.. it works okay i'd say... it got most of my swirls out but it did show up back again like 3 days later.
i then used meguire luqiud wax after the sratch x the next time i washed the car... the swirls are still visible after all that work it pissed me off big time... my uncle said that not to use the luqiud stuff and try buffing it out with a machine.... at this point i consider it to much of a hassle to try to buff the rear bumper. i honestly think i'll just leave it be for now and just work on learning how to tune the car. Going show for me will come later anyways.. so i guess it's not a biggie now that i really thin about it. but if anyoen finds a easy solution let us know. and don't say take it to a detail shop !
aight peace out folks.

 

Not to intrude or anything, but do you have "two dads" or are you trying to imply something else?

Anyway, without repainting I think the best we can really do is hide it using scratch removers and the likes. I've been meaning to give Meguiar's a shot, but I'm sorta broke at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to get on that shortly and get the claw and belt marks hidden a little better so that I stop letting them bug me. Has anyone tried Mothers products for this yet? I hear they're quite good as well.

 

Well my lancer isnt black, but its the pearl blue. I also have scratches that look like they are from either road debris, or from someone leaning on my car. They are also about *** high, i just got my car back from the shop, when i took it there there was a huge *** ****ing gouge in my left passenger door, but that was obviously caused by some little ***** with nothing else to do, cost me 75$ to fix that gouge.

 

yah my lancer is black and i havent found one scratch yet...(knock on wood)
ive only had it for about a month mayb thats why.....hahaha

i dunt ever wanna see a scratch, tell me more about these wirls ppl keep talking about, anything i can do to avoid them?


peace
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ummmmmmmm try bubble wrap
yeah so i'm a smart *** !!!...

 

I havn't had any paint issues with my car yet, only a few scratches.

 

Yep...my papa dukes in gay....lol

 

paint sucks

 

you're telling me.....

now im finding tiny red spots on my rear bumper

I wash my car every week, by hand, never at the car wash

 

pretty soon your car will be as colorful as a bookmobile, lol

 

maybe our paint issues are acctually a good thing,..
ever seen that nissan commercial where the guy is driving so fast his paint peels off and reveals another color.
maybe in a month someone will come on the forum and we'll find out there was an extra layer of paint on there car.
hummmmmmmmm i wonder how fast i'dd have to go to peel my black paint to a nice platinum grey/silver??

 

check out my pix w/ black beauties... an OZ and an EVO

http://photos.yahoo.com/jotango