Ok so I drove all the way from Mass into NY state last night after I got done with my shift at work at almost 11 o clock at night last night because it was my dads birthday and I hardly see him anyways. Its only like a half an hour drive but still I was TIRED as hell. So the next morning I hear him yelling for me to wake up and come downstairs. I asked him what he wanted and he says "I backed into your car!" IMMEDIATLY IM UP AND OUT OF THE BED! But hang on he has said this to me before just to get me going so I say to him "yeah ok". But I saw a look of dispair on his face and he said "im not lying". First thought "What. The. *****."
Come out and sure enough he backed into my front bumper with his truck and theres a huge black scrape on it and about 3 chips of paint are gone. Bumber still is in one piece with no cracks. So we rode down to the body shop and the guy took all the black marks off with one swipe of this rag dipped in a cleaner that he would not tell me what it was (probably damn gasoline...). He said it would be about 200-250 dollars to paint that one spot because they have to remove the bumper to avoid getting paint on the radiator and then reseal the entire bumper so the spot doesnt start to peel. BUT he said it wasnt that bad and it would be more practical to just use some of the touch up paint that the Ford dealer matched my paint number to for the chips. Then polish the remaining white scratches and then wax it and it might look 90% good as new.
So Im gonna do all this tomorrow and I wanted to know if there were any suggestions as to what products I should use that are most effective for getting some good scratches out. Im gonna try to avoid using rubbing compound at any cost but may use some mild polishing compound but dont know which ones work best. My dad said that he is really sorry and will pay for ANYTHING that I want to do. So if it doesnt look good after I do all this I might just have him pay to get it painted. Lol. I joked around with him and told him that he should buy me a cobra bumper and pay to paint it and he said ok. But Id feel bad if I made him pay that much even though it was his fault because hes my dad after all. I dont even want to make him pay to paint the stock bumper but it makes me so upset that I havent even owned the car for a year and it already looks like ****. ALSO I WILL TRY TO POST PICS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
Come out and sure enough he backed into my front bumper with his truck and theres a huge black scrape on it and about 3 chips of paint are gone. Bumber still is in one piece with no cracks. So we rode down to the body shop and the guy took all the black marks off with one swipe of this rag dipped in a cleaner that he would not tell me what it was (probably damn gasoline...). He said it would be about 200-250 dollars to paint that one spot because they have to remove the bumper to avoid getting paint on the radiator and then reseal the entire bumper so the spot doesnt start to peel. BUT he said it wasnt that bad and it would be more practical to just use some of the touch up paint that the Ford dealer matched my paint number to for the chips. Then polish the remaining white scratches and then wax it and it might look 90% good as new.
So Im gonna do all this tomorrow and I wanted to know if there were any suggestions as to what products I should use that are most effective for getting some good scratches out. Im gonna try to avoid using rubbing compound at any cost but may use some mild polishing compound but dont know which ones work best. My dad said that he is really sorry and will pay for ANYTHING that I want to do. So if it doesnt look good after I do all this I might just have him pay to get it painted. Lol. I joked around with him and told him that he should buy me a cobra bumper and pay to paint it and he said ok. But Id feel bad if I made him pay that much even though it was his fault because hes my dad after all. I dont even want to make him pay to paint the stock bumper but it makes me so upset that I havent even owned the car for a year and it already looks like ****. ALSO I WILL TRY TO POST PICS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.