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What can I use to fix light scrapes on my wheel trims? They made contact with concrete in a multi-storey car park yesterday.

There's also a 2cm very fine white line on the sill (no impression in the body work, just surface level) that I'm hoping I can also blend in ...

Would T-Cut do this sort of job?

And can the wheel trims be mended with them being plastic where I assume the colour is part of the material itself? Thanks
 
Sorry to hear that :(

Trims are ( traditionally) cream coloured plastic.. with a silver paint finish ..outer face only :)

The sill (any body paint)

T.cut is a mild abrasive ( like Brasso..)
Apart from the risk of dulling the finish.. you are unlikely to do harm.

Charlie
 
varesecrazy said:
Sorry to hear that :(

Trims are ( traditionally) cream coloured plastic.. with a silver paint finish ..outer face only :)

The sill (any body paint)

T.cut is a mild abrasive ( like Brasso..)
Apart from the risk of dulling the finish.. you are unlikely to do harm.

Charlie
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So should I spent £7.50 on T-Cut and give it a go on both the black paintwork and the wheels? OR buy a new wheel trim online for around £30?

Thanks
 
This is what I'm dealing with btw, not the worst damage but on an otherwise perfect car still kicking myself...
 

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If you have kerbed/scratched the wheel trim t-cut will not help.

Best thing you could do is lightly sand out the worst of the damage to make it all a bit more level and then with some wheel silver paint and a fine brush, fill in the scratches with the paint.

Without knowing what the white mark on the sill is, again I can’t say what will fix it, it could be a scratch down to the undercoat in which case t-cut won’t help. It could be a scratch in the clear coat giving the appearance of a white mark. Or it could be something on the paint like some road marking paint in which case you might be able to get it off with some tar and glue remover or something like t-cut.

Personally I would be very careful of using anything like t-cut on your car, especially by hand as you will very easily put swirl marks in the paint which with it being black will show up like a sort thumb
 
AndyRKett said:
If you have kerbed/scratched the wheel trim t-cut will not help.

Best thing you could do is lightly sand out the worst of the damage to make it all a bit more level and then with some wheel silver paint and a fine brush, fill in the scratches with the paint.

Without knowing what the white mark on the sill is, again I can’t say what will fix it, it could be a scratch down to the undercoat in which case t-cut won’t help. It could be a scratch in the clear coat giving the appearance of a white mark. Or it could be something on the paint like some road marking paint in which case you might be able to get it off with some tar and glue remover or something like t-cut.

Personally I would be very careful of using anything like t-cut on your car, especially by hand as you will very easily put swirl marks in the paint which with it being black will show up like a sort thumb
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Thanks! The photo above of the black bit shows the tiny scratch. I think sill was the wrong word to use. It’s the chassis at the back between the rear wheel and the rear door. I wiped the dirt off so it’s in the centre of that part in the photo , it’s very light.
 
I didn't see the pictures before you must have posted them while I was writing my reply.

It looks like a littl chuck out of the paint, I'd run a finger nail across it and see If there is a dip in the paint.

Could have been caused by something catching it when taken out of the back door as I'm assuming from the picture the door is directly above the damage. It also could something like a stone or something flicking up from the wheel.

If its a chunk out of the paint, then the only option would be a touch up paint.
 
Get some G3 compound and a DA, USE PLENTY OF WATER WHEN USING THE DA ELSE YOU WILL BURN THE PAINT AND GO DOWN TO THE METAL.

If your unsure theres loads of vids on youtube.
 
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