repair scratches or repaint?

180fisherman

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I would appreciate some advice from you detailers with scratch repair experience.



A piece of scrap aluminum flew from a vacant lot across the street to where my wife was parked and nailed her Z06-car is 3 months old, she is not happy.



It popped the passenger door along the bottom third and part of the rocker panel. I polished out the abrasions with the PC.



What I am left with are 4 vertical scratches down to the bare metal, each a pencil lead in width and about 1.5 inches long. There does not appear to be any denting of the door, just the 4 very deep scratches.



Question. Should I follow the exhaustive touch up procedures detailed here at Autopia, or have the door repainted? My insurance would cover it at not additional cost to me, but I am worried about paint matching, quality of the after market paint, etc.



Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.



thanks.
 
What? You let the wife have the Z06 :D



If your insurance will cover it, then get it repainted. Make sure you take it to a quality paintshop though. They can also blend the door panel back in to the surounding panels if it doesn't match. Since your vette is new, a good paintshop will be able to get a good match.
 
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