Paint fading? or swiped by another car?

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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 04:07 PM
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Paint fading? or swiped by another car?

I am hoping for a 2nd opinion about how this may have happened. There are only two things I can think of - car wash (highly doubtful) or the automotive shop I took it to were not careful when driving it around last week. I first noticed it immediately after the automotive shop I took it to finished working on it. What is the best way for me to fix this body issue?








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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 04:09 PM
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Can you wash it before to confirm the level of potential damage? Can't see now..
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 04:59 PM
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Can you wash it before to confirm the level of potential damage? Can't see now..
Exactly - at lease wipe it down and maybe take a pic from a little further back for perspective.
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 06:37 PM
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Do these suffice?




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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 06:41 PM
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Looks like maybe a shopping cart dinged it


it's ruined, part the car out..
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 06:49 PM
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What’s the best way to fix it?
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 07:24 PM
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It appears to be a light enough scuff that it can be buffed out; the kind of mark that most scratch removers would tackle nicely.

If this is the first time something like this has happened, you must be blessed!

here are a few different approaches (you'll probably be more interested in the first as it involved using a product to buff it out):

https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wa...system-371311/

https://acurazine.com/forums/fourth-...atches-891042/
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Old Feb 25, 2019 | 07:33 PM
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Thank you!
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