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Found some odd scratches to my wing yesterday
Expensive fix ? Or put through insurance .
Your thoughts

Thats a strange looking scratch/mark. Hard to tell from a picture but it might flat and polish out.

Looking at those pictures, I think it may be too deep to remove totally.

Looks like someone has leaned against the wing with a zipper/fashion label badge, often found on the back of trousers or jeans.


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Always worth a flat and polish attempt before painting. Nothing to loose.. I've got away with some really deep scratches using this process.

Cheers guys ' a mate told me to use g4 compound ?
Hard to see in pic but it's got a slight dent too
Thx mark

A bodyshop or detailer should be able to flat and polish that for you if you still have a few marks it would be greatly improved.

Look up Forensic Detailing Channel on YouTube, might help with a few paint correction tips

I'd say something's glanced off that whilst you've been driving. The original top coat is very hard and it would be hard to achieve that damage by leaning against the car.

3000 or even 5000 and finish 7000 grit soaked in lots and lots of soapy water and use with a small block - very gradually. You may need the 3000 to take the edges off the scratch. Then machine polish with polish and pads of your choice - there's loads of options available.

Just watch and stop before going through the lacquer - looks pretty deep to me but you'll get most of it out, I've done worse.

You could even fill it with paint first then do the above but it takes lots of patience.

Do you know if the wings have been painted before? Because that will massively effect on how you go at it.

All I will say is, don't even attempt it if you've never used a rotary machine before.

This is a scratch i removed on my A5, my 1st attempt and it completely disappeared other than the dot type mark that was too deep. Its hard to tell the depth of the scratch with a photo but it was pretty bad.