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Originally Posted by AndieCa
My best friend has a 2006 black Solara. It is his BABY! This car means more to him than me...it's almost sad.  Anyway, he lives in an apartment complex with some pretty rude people. His car is continuously keyed. He doesn't know his neighbors and has never exchanged words with them so I have no idea who would keep doing it. They even keyed the rear lights by digging deep into the red plastic. Most of the marks are barely noticable but there is one very deep and long mark from the back of the passenger side all the way to the door. It's quite deep. He went to the body shop but they told him the entire panel would have to be replaced. There has to be something easier. Another store told him to fill it in with black nail polish. ??? What does he have to do to fix this without having the entire side panel replaced. That's almost the entire car! I wish he could park it outside but being in Los Angeles he really doesn't have the option; it's rare to find an open spot. Thanks for any help or insight that can be provided. |
That makes me sick to hear. I would LOVE to catch some A-Hole doing that to someone's car some day... but I would probably kill them with all those years of pent-up anger towards people who vandalize other's property!!
So - I would FIRST suggest moving. It's no use fixing something that's going to get damaged right away again anyway. Or get a heavy-duty car cover that has the locking cables that go underneath the car and a very sensitive alarm!
Then - once you're pretty sure it won't happen again, your only recourse is to get it professionally fixed, if the scratches won't rub-out with polishing compound.
If he doesn't want to/can't do that, then his only other realistic option is touch-up paint from Pep Boys. They have the kind that has a ball-point on one end and that works pretty good for long deep scratches instead of globbing at it with a brush.
Wish him the best of luck for us! (and tell him to MOVE OUTTA THERE!)
