Hello, all. Well, I guess it had to happen but someone scraped the rear bumper this morning on my 2011 Ford Focus (not even a year old). There are no dents or gashes but numerous scratches, the worst one being deep enough to show the plastic below the paint. Can the deep scratches on the plastic bumper be filled in/repainted and buffed to the point where very little or nothing shows? Or should I just leave it the way it is? Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,
My wife scraped the rear quarterpanel of our Blizzard White Avalon against a stone fence. Looked horrible, and I knew it would cost BIG bucks to have it repainted. Went to the Toyota dealership and they polished it out with Zeema (sp?). It is a bluish dispersion and can be bought at Autozone or other. Unbelievable!! Even most of the scratches that went through the paint were essentially removed.. Worth a try. (I'll check the spelling on that product for you)
Hello, and thanks for replying. I did some Googling as well as going to the Autozone website but couldn't find any product close to the name "Zeema". Sincerely,
Zymol maybe? they make a well-regarded wax, they might have a polish as well. If you're showing plastic though, depending on how large the scrape is and how much it bothers you, you may need to touch it up, then shave the touchup with a run razor, *then* polish - or just polish what you can and leave the rest.
If your car is less than a year old, though, your insurance company might require you to fix the scrape. Whether you make an uninsured motorists' claim and have a pro do it, or if you take care of it yourself I suppose is up to you.
seriously, wtf is all this nonsense? go live in any decent sized city and park on a downtown street for a couple of days - you'll never notice any /new/ scratches on your bumpers after a little urban "park by touch" action.
[and don't drive on any freeways or near any farms either - just keep the car inside the garage. away from earthquake and tornado zones. encased in styrofoam]
Aaaaand that's one of many reasons why I don't want to live in the city and/or not have a driveway.
It doesn't help that manufacturers have gotten away from using chromed steel and/or black textured plastic for bumper covers and now treat them like any other part of the car body... Seriously, WTF were they thinking?
easy - they get to sell new bumpers and paint jobs to people like the o.p. it's highly profitable. remember the old days of 5mph metal bumpers? that got squashed p.d.q. - body shops and manufacturers squealed blue murder over their sudden drop in income.
Pattern? That's my first post in the thread. Try to pay attention.
Simply put, the kind of person who scracthes, dings, and otherwise damages another person's car is the same sort of person who ridicules those who like to keep their property nice.
Haven't ever needed it. In a civilized locale, bumping into someone else's car isn't a regular event.
Even the pre-5MPH bumpers were easier to deal with than the current ones, and accessory overriders were available (some of which more tasteful than others) for those unfortunate enough to live in or have to regularly drive in urban locales.
Words have meaning mr. Beam. Look up the meaning of the word "just" The "pattern" I've "just exhibited". I figure you'll divert and insult your way out as usual.
You're ridiculing those who want to keep their own property nice. I've found this behavior correlates well with those who ding doors, scratch bumpers, and otherwise cause minor damage to other people's cars.
Still can't keep things straight or show understanding of the english language I see... but I think you do it on purpose to troll.
Oh you went far beyond that with your cracks. But same difference. Those who believe the damage is inevitable are also part of the crowd that feels no remorse causing it.
Stop projecting your own behavior. I've caught some of these people in the act and their attitude is the same as yours. Also have heard it expressed by careless people as well. That 'why bother' attitude because it's going to happen anyway and anyone who wants to prevent it or repair it is the one with the problem.
Your attitude is self-fullfilling. Those who believe it "inevitable" practice the lack of care causes the damage. After all, why put energy into preventing something that is "inevitable"?
Do you take care not to have your car door taken by the wind and slammed into the car parked next to yours to prevent the "inevitable"? And if you do, why do you feel it's "inevitable", when it could clearly be prevented with due care?
Avoiding the question I posed as I expected. So, do you put in the energy and care to avoid damaging other people's property or do you not bother because the damage is "inevitable"?
When one thinks such damage is inevitable, it is self fullfilling because it promotes careless behavior that results in the damage being done. Why make effort to prevent something that is inevitable?
false accusation isn't going to get you anywhere brent. it just makes you look stooopid. but evidently you're too stoooopid to understand that and too stoooooooopid to not keep coming back and nailing yourself to the stooopid tree.
Once again demonstrating the correctness of my predictions. You use insult and diversion to avoid the question. Again, why put effort into preventing what one considers to be inevitable?
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