Scratched my car. Oouf! Advice needed

[AlanH]

Backing down my narrow driveway I managed to scrape the wall. I’m hoping you guys might have some thoughts on the best way to repair it. Is this complicated? Should I take it to a shop? Will this be an expensive fix? Any ideas welcome!

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[MKSZ51]

That looks deep enough that you are basically all the way through the clearcoat and the base/color coat into the composite material of the bumper cover. If you want it fixed to look like new you'll need to have that area repaired and then the entire bumper cover refinished. Best practice would be removal of bumper cover. You're looking at $1500-2000+ US Dollars. IF you don't care you could drive as is (there is nothing "structurally wrong") or sand it to smooth out the damage and take a rattle can to it - those "cheap" fixes will look "cheap".

 

[atebit]

If you have one of these shops nearby, can’t hurt to let them have a look at it & maybe offer some options. I once hit a varmint with my front spoiler on a dark road while driving a MB SLK. After the local PDR shop was done with it you couldn’t ever tell it happened.

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