Scirocco Central

Hi everyone

I was filling up yesterday and I noticed a mark behind the passenger side rear wheel . On closer inspection I noticed that someone has scraped past my Rocco and left some of their paint and chipped some of mine, also pulling the little mud guard thing off which popped back in no problem.

No idea when this happened but was fuming when I saw it.

Does anyone know the best way of getting the paint off and getting back to, or as close to, looking perfect again?

I was going to use T-Cut to get the black off but was worried it may strip my paint as well so thought I would see if anyone had any better suggestions first?

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Thanks

Si

I don't know about the best way but I used a pencil eraser (white Pentel hi-polymer) to painstakingly remove the discoloration left by the other car (green marks). It took a long time and a lot of patience but it worked. One thing though, because the marks are black here it's difficult to tell them apart from dirt and the black rubber underneath which may be showing through. Anyway, you should clean it thoroughly and then start rubbing, start gently and then apply more and more pressure. Be careful around the parts where the paint is chipped away. There's probably a better way...

Ahh that's a good idea, I will give it a good clean and try that. It's harder to tell on the pic but you can tell which is paint left from the other car and which are paint chipped off my car in person.

I was also going to try WD-40 to see if that will also get any of it off as it says it can be used to remove paint rub, does that ring any bells?

Sorry about your problems. Some people are really careless with other peoples pride and joy. I would start with a polish like T-cut which is slightly abrasive and rub gently to start a see how much is muck/other paint and identify how much needs new paint. The advantage of this 'polish' is that is does not leave any residue so can be painted directly after treatment. WD40 would require cleaning to remove every trace before further treatment. If the black of the bumper is exposed it will need treating with a primer specially for plastics before trying to paint. Had this on my daughter's car. Managed to spray paint and blend it in so it does not show but must use manufacturers colour for a good match. Was helped because there were natural bends in the body to paint up to that hid the very slight difference in colour.

Thanks for the advice salsajoe, hadn't thought of the priming part! Does you know if VW will supply cans of paint or is Halfords a good match?

VW will supply the colour paint. Not sure about the primer, might need to go to halfrauds or other motor factor for that.

A bit late but have you tried simply using a machine polisher to refine the area?
A lot of that looks to be simple paint transfer.
I would avoid using touch up sticks as you will never get a good finish, especially if you are not able to wet sand and then polish back as you'd never get a flat touch up, so in effect it would look like someone's taken a paintbrush and simply painted a line on your car.

If there is still damage after machine polishing then I would recommend having the whole bumper resprayed (avoid smart repairs).