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    Scratched sides

    Just came from 5 days off roading in Sardinia. It was great; the only problem I have now is that the D4 sides are full of marks. The tracks had a lot of vegetation and tree branches that scratched the side of the car. Is there a way to remove these?

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    Pay a man who knows how to properly use a polishing buffer, you'll be surprised what they can take out. Anything down to primer is a repaint though.

    I had a daft woman run into the side of my RRS, scraped it from front to back with her front bumper, chap I use to 'detail' the car occasionally came round and managed to remove the evidence in 20 minutes with his buffer & polish, I was fully expecting to have to repaint the entire side of the car (at her expense of course)

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    Quote Originally Posted by wallrats View Post
    Just came from 5 days off roading in Sardinia. It was great; the only problem I have now is that the D4 sides are full of marks. The tracks had a lot of vegetation and tree branches that scratched the side of the car. Is there a way to remove these?
    Hi wallrats,
    Meguiars make a product called Scratch X2.0. Its great for light scratches but you will need a pro for the heavy ones.
    Cheers, Craig

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    Might be a bit late now, I try to keep my car waxed . It makes it heaps easy to clean and you find that most of the trail scratches are in the wax.
    A 3hr wax once a month is worth it.

    A good detailer will get your car back to show room shine. Check out some of the detailer forums online like "detail paradise"

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    I had to pay $200 last week for a "machine polish" to get the lantana scratches out. This fixed 90% of them.

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    Or wear them with pride.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaverD3 View Post
    Or wear them with pride.
    I love to CaverD3, but it is only 4 months old.
    Thank you all for the info. I remember way back that I saw some photos of a disco with magnetic panels that you put on then you go off road. Can anyone tell me where I can find these?

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    You could always buy some of this film:

    Product Page - OziShield :

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    Quote Originally Posted by wallrats View Post
    I love to CaverD3, but it is only 4 months old.
    Thank you all for the info. I remember way back that I saw some photos of a disco with magnetic panels that you put on then you go off road. Can anyone tell me where I can find these?
    There are a few spray on protections here in Australia, Duco Scratch, 3Dfilmpro and Opti Coat, which is a permanent spray on paint protector, with a Lifetime Warranty on new cars and a 5 Year Warranty on used cars.

    Search Google with "spray on paint protection" there's got to be this type of stuff in Europe.

    Baz
    Cheers Baz.

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    This is the stuff I swear by:
    Autoglym - car cleaning products, car care products, car valeting, car detailing

    Was put onto it by a BMW workshop body/panel sprayer mate of mine in UK whose dealership where he worked would ONLY use this stuff.
    It's cleared up many a scratch on my D2, including marks oo the black plastic trim around the windows (just don't get it on the rubber!).
    Also used to use it on "show" Mini's (Austin, not BMW!) back in the day with exceptional results.

    That reminds me, must get round to giving my D2 a bit of TLC again soon....!!

    edit: Almost forgot about this stuff too:
    http://www.merproducts.com/car-polish.aspx
    This stuff is awesome too, and I used it as well as the AutoGlym. Just not sure on availability in AUS.
    If I could find it locally I'd be back to using that. I predominantly used this on my road bikes (m/c), and the AutoGlym on the cars.

    Cheers.
    Last edited by AussieAub; 29th April 2011 at 12:15 PM. Reason: Added ref to Mer

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