Gents I'm looking for inexpensive recommendations for removing these dents and scratches? Would prefer not to have to go to a body shop but don't want to do a shoddy job myself.
*Disclaimer: I've already tried T cut grey polish on the scratches*
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
I think those scratches look more like stress fractures, you can see where something has impacted the panel underneath, if I’m right then I don’t think they will polish out
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
T cut won't do much. I'd suggest you need to have a go at wet sanding them down and then polishing it back.
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
As Rob said they look like stress fractures where the lacquer has cracked not scratches as for the dents that's a case of ask around do some searches online as there are so many dent repair companies these days trouble is not everyone one that works for these companies has the same skill levels or check local body shops see if they do paintless dent removal.
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Scratch/Dent recommendation
Paintless dent removal (PDR) is very common and most bodyshops will fix these for you. There is rubbing/pushing from behind the panel, gentle tapping from the face of the panel (that's amazing to watch) pulling with glue, pulling with welded on spikes, induction and probably other ways as well. I agree with the others, your cracked trim will need to be filled and repainted.
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