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hey guys i just bought my 318ti a little bit ago and there are a few paint scratches, how can i fix these?
thanks |  |  | | 08-07-2009, 09:35 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston TX Posts: 309 |
take it to a paint shop and have them respray the whole car....Candy Paint lol | | | | | 08-07-2009, 10:03 PM | #3 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA Posts: 15 |
Quote: Originally Posted by 713bmw318ti  take it to a paint shop and have them respray the whole car....Candy Paint lol | i looked in a tread about that earlier about having whole car painted and thats about 4k to 7k depending on where i go. and we only paid 3k for the car so why pay over what the ti is worth? | | | | | 08-07-2009, 10:36 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston TX Posts: 309 |
I dont think theirs anything you can do about that clear coat chipping off. Im guessing the only thing you can do is repaint the car. If you live in houston tx i know a guy who will repaint your car for $900 and he does a good job. | | | | | 08-07-2009, 10:45 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA Posts: 15 |
nope iam in VA about 1500 miles away.
Well how about just the nicks then? maybe a billy Mays fix it pen? | | | | | 08-07-2009, 11:57 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 234 |
Quote: Originally Posted by atree1337 nope iam in VA about 1500 miles away.
Well how about just the nicks then? maybe a billy Mays fix it pen? | those universal pens are junk, if you can find one for bimmers then i would use that but i have never seen them at any store. you might want to look into touch up paint from bavauto.com they have just about every color | | | | | 08-08-2009, 12:03 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
eh. if you want it to look good then you'll end up spending some money on it. repainting and fixing up the glitches on a car is not cheap to get done unless you know someone that is good that'll hook you up. only other way i can think of is learning how to fix it yourself. read up on DIYers and see what talent you may have.
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Bavauto has color code pens. | | | | | 08-08-2009, 12:58 AM | #9 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA Posts: 15 |
Thanks for the input guys!
should i go for the color pen or touch up paint?
and if i get the touch up paint do i need clear coat paint aswell? | | | | | 08-08-2009, 01:03 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Central NJ Posts: 2,440 |
from a BMW dealer, you can get their Color Code touchup. It comes with a separate canister of clear coat. I think it works well and looks pretty good too. | | | | | 08-08-2009, 01:06 AM | #11 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA Posts: 15 |
Is there a DIY up that i can follow? sorry iam new to cars, haha.
oh i found out i have Schwartz II
its under hood on left strut
Last edited by atree1337; 08-08-2009 at 01:10 AM. | | | | | 08-08-2009, 04:32 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 1,106 |
see, the problem with getting a car painted is that, JUST THE PAINT to paint it cost $400 ... haha, so you are always looking at more then $400 even if you paint the car yourself, so there is never an easy way to do it.. the best thing you can do is try to find a TECH school in the area, finding a high school tech school is normally the best.. and if they have a auto body shop, you can normally talk to the teacher for alittle, and they might either paint it for FREE, just buy the paint, or sometimes they charge like $800 or something for the job if they want extra money for there class.. but atleast all the money goes to education... =]
i got my first car painted at a local tech school. went in, talk to the teacher.. and he did the job for $450... removed allll the old paint and rust, painted it really nice, and put black racing strips on it (it was a mustang, so it was allowed the sick strips.. haha)
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haha nice. school doesnt start here until late august so idk if that would work just yet. and would i ask??? what would i ask the teachert? haha
and my first car was a 99 mustang then i wrecked it and now i have the TI . i much prefer the power of the mustang compared to the TI aswell.
2 cars while i was 17! but now that iam commuting to college every day im glad i have the 26mpg of the ti compared to the 13 mpg of the mustang >.< lol. | | | | | 08-08-2009, 10:43 PM | #14 | | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: VA Posts: 15 |
****UPDATE****
OK iam ordering touch up paint. should i buy anything else?
A brush or should i get the paint syringe kit?
Do i need the sanding marker ??
im ordering from Bavauto if that makes any difference.
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