robhamster

I stupidly closed the garage door without the car being all the way out and have a big *** scratch in the front bumper/plastic thingy. I have a GT Silver car so it does not stand out, but how does one fix such things?

jhbrennan

I thought garage door openers have a lock-out feature that prevents closing if the car is sticking out. I'll have to check mine (carefully) to make sure it works. I'm assuming you don't have a manual opener. With re to fixing the scratch, when you say "big" do you meant long or deep or both. If it's not too deep a good detail shop might be able to take it out.

Terry Adams

I have had some success using McGuiar's Scratch-X.

It was a light scratch - too close to the toll booth - on a black Lincoln Town Car rental. I filled in with a little black shoe polish first.

Tried some later on my 997TT. Light scratch, not deep. Was OK, but not perfect.

YMMV

Eric - Plug Guy

A few other tricks....go with the least abrasive material first (hand glaze). Try 3M Scratch remover for light finishes. Then if no luck, go to machine glaze/rubbing compounds, but if you do not have experience with abrasives, get a pro involved.

Sometimes you can wetsand at 1500 or 2000 grit, then 3000, then polishing compound, then wax. I've done this many times on kids cars with small chips.

Get some images posted up here, or find a local pro to help you.