Uggh! This morning a lawn care maintenance (I'm guessing) company truck blew past me in the opposite lane at around 50 MPH. I didn't catch the name/license it all happened so fast. No problem, right? Except this jerk was trailing at least 30 feet of untethered rope and/or chain behind his truck! The rope/chain swung around and sideswiped my MINI, just grazed it, fortunately, but when I got to work to observe the damage, it's not too bad. But it does suck! Just this past Saturday I finished detailing/winterizing MINI Boognish ('06 Space Blue) with several coats of Zaino. It's just gleaming it's so mirror-shiny and perfect...well, the paint WAS perfect.
But now there is a small, 1/2" scratch right above the front driver's side wheel arch (the wheel arch also has a gouge in it where the rope/chain struck first) that is pretty deep--down to the "white" paint (primer?) and then another 1/4" scratch, also down to the white paint (I even see some black, is this the base metal??!), about 6" below the side rearview mirror. These aren't smooth edged scratches...they're jagged, which makes them stick out like a sore thumb even more.
A while back I saw someone posted a link to an auto paint company that actually sold special touch-up paint and clearcoat formulated for MINI paint colors. Any one have the link? I'd like to try to repair this myself, even if just temporary, until I decide to have a pro do the job. Sucks, because I'm sure Space Blue Metallic is a bear to make a perfect match.
Thanks for all your help and tips on how to fix this. I have a $1000 deductible so even if I had this professionally repaired it would be out of my pocket.
Rock on,
-boognish
