I suck at Polishing my car ...

NZ_M3 · 01-05-2009, 12:13 AM

So anyway, this happened about a month ago - I saw a minor fine scratch on the rear 1/4 of my car ... decided to whip out the cutting compound and get to work on it. Low and behold I went overboard and took a large chunk of clear coat out and went so far as to take a bit of colour out too (down to prime) ... was kicking myself all night as a result.

Decided to take the car to the best painter I know (they repair exclusively BMWs and is one of 3 shops here that's authorised and equiped to repair Alloy chassis - heck they repaired a McLaren F1 a couple of years ago, so no doubt they are good, albeit very expensive!!).

Decided to fully tidy up the car, and have all stone chips repaired front and rear - basically a 80% respray of the whole car ...

Should be like new when I get it back next week or so (yes it's taking them that long to do the car

- they've named me the "fussiest customer ever" so they are taking their time to make sure the job's done right!!!)

karbonkid · 01-05-2009, 08:13 AM

Fussie is good, I would be totally the same after seeing some resprays & refurbs from some companies. What sort of price are you looking at for a tidy up 80% of whole car! Where abouts is this painters?

01-05-2009, 12:13 AM	#1
NZ_M3 S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,434 Casino cash: $13579	I suck at Polishing my car ... So anyway, this happened about a month ago - I saw a minor fine scratch on the rear 1/4 of my car ... decided to whip out the cutting compound and get to work on it. Low and behold I went overboard and took a large chunk of clear coat out and went so far as to take a bit of colour out too (down to prime) ... was kicking myself all night as a result. Decided to take the car to the best painter I know (they repair exclusively BMWs and is one of 3 shops here that's authorised and equiped to repair Alloy chassis - heck they repaired a McLaren F1 a couple of years ago, so no doubt they are good, albeit very expensive!!). Decided to fully tidy up the car, and have all stone chips repaired front and rear - basically a 80% respray of the whole car ... Should be like new when I get it back next week or so (yes it's taking them that long to do the car - they've named me the "fussiest customer ever" so they are taking their time to make sure the job's done right!!!) Last edited by NZ_M3; 01-05-2009 at 12:16 AM.

01-05-2009, 08:13 AM	#2
karbonkid S6, Sport On, Traction Off Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sussex Posts: 1,912 Casino cash: $10231	Fussie is good, I would be totally the same after seeing some resprays & refurbs from some companies. What sort of price are you looking at for a tidy up 80% of whole car! Where abouts is this painters?