Melwong265

I have scratched my car multiple times. I want to repaint the scratches, I love the current color which is grey. How much and where would I be able to get a paint job for scratches.

dv-

Any body shop can paint, but they're usually crazy expensive. (Several hundred dollars per body panel, bigger panels cost more.)

If you want to fix them yourself, start with a buffing kit (many scratches are light and will buff out.) Fill larger scratches with touch-up paint and do the polishing thing after they dry. (Many other threads on this, tutorials on YouTube, etc.)

mrgold35

Depends on how bad the scratches, condition of entire paint job, and if your clear coat is starting to fade in areas. Sometimes you can fix one area and it start to highlight other damaged areas. I've used Maaco twice on two Honda Accords (dark gray and red accords) with paint fade, minor dents/scratches, and front end road rash from living in the southwest. They have paint specials starting at $400 for the entire car. I've been happy both times and I was able to get my asking price when I sold the cars a few years later because of the paint job. You might find a similar deal with a local shop; but, that will take a lot of calling around and shop visits.

If you don't want/need to get the entire car re-painted, Macco does free estimate for cosmetic repairs/paint and paintless dent repair. They should charge much less than $400 to repair a few scratches.

k20trick

Hello Mel,

Being a car enthusiast with a passion for detailing, I always prefer to preserve the oem paint as much as possible opposed to having a car repainted. Im not sure how deep your scratches are but you may be able to buff out the scratches and furthermore restore gloss, depth, and clarity to your whole car. There are user friendly DAs available in today's market as low as $50. Not sure how good you are with detailing but this may be an option for you if you want to keep factory paint.

And imo and most others factory paint > most aftermarket body shop paint unless its a good reputable shop that does good work which is hard to find in today's market or at least in the mass majority of the market unless you got to a specialized shop.