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Should I fill my scratches w/touchup paint?

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Old 03-26-2003, 06:14 AM
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Should I fill my scratches w/touchup paint?

Do you guys think it will look ugly if i go around and touchup all the scratches I have with some OEM touchup paint. I have filled in a bunch already and it doesnt look that bad. Thinking of an alternative to getting the car painted which im NOT going to do. Anyone do this yet because i know we are all having the same problem?
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Old 03-26-2003, 09:45 AM
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Yeah I'm still pondering if I should just touch-up my blemishes and follow it by some MOTHERS touch-up paint kit or have them professionaly done at a body shop. Mine are not bad mostly kinda small but still, I know they are there and it's ****ing me off.
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Old 03-26-2003, 09:48 AM
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taking mine in

I complained my a$$ of to my dealership and a so called nissan paint rep is coming to look at mine tommorrow. Im pretty sure I will get the run around...... But the car is covered under the bumper to bumper warranty so its there job to fix it!
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Old 03-26-2003, 09:56 AM
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i did mines with the touch-up paint i got from nissan. it looks OK the car is sterling mist so it blend the color nicely. "one tip" if the scratch is to deep dont bother to apply. surface scratch is cool just shake well and try not to go over a spot more than once...
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Old 03-26-2003, 10:20 AM
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Originally posted by Nyc2kMax
i did mines with the touch-up paint i got from nissan. it looks OK the car is sterling mist so it blend the color nicely. "one tip" if the scratch is to deep dont bother to apply. surface scratch is cool just shake well and try not to go over a spot more than once...
I've been meaning to take a pic of this nasty 2 inch long scratch I got on my car so I can get some opinions from you guys for what to do about it. Basically, 2 weeks after I got the car, I had it parked in a parking structure in town and some idiot thought they could pull in next to me. I guess when they did, they thought the was enough clearance.....but no. There was not enough clearance. I came to my car to find this black mark and my rear corner light HANGING OUT . I popped the light back in place and figured the black mark was off of the other car. It wasn't until I finally washed the salt off the car before I realized that the paint was actually off of MY car.

I'm going to have to get some pics to ask you guys what to do. It's pretty ugly on a clean, silver car...
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