Side Mirror Paint Scrape

[10thGenSteven]

Hi guys i was backing up my car today and i accidentally scraped my side mirror's paint. Just wondering how bad it is and what i can do?

 

[Sitio23]

I would suggest to use Dr. Color Chip.

 

[cypress]

Ouch! Is that paint transfer or did a chunk rip off? If paint transfer I would try some rubbing compound or something like Scratch X. I had a scrap for someone hitting me in that same area and I got most of it off and you can't even tell.

If paint was taken off I would use something like touch up or Dr. Color Chip like recommended above.

 

[ayeerock]

wrap it

 

[CEPA_Si]

That looks like you removed the paint. You can most likely have that repaired pretty easy by a shop for not much money since it is an easy panel to repair/paint all by itself. Dr. Colorchip works good for smaller areas, but that is a fairly large flaw to use it for. If you want it to look nice I would either have it repainted or wrap it like someone else mentioned.

 

[boosted180sx]

paint looks completely removed. I wouldn't use a Dr Color Chip for something of that surface area.

on the plus side, seems like you can just replace that painted section

 

[Andy123az]

Just buy a mirror cap and replace it. Its honestly not that hard. Most of the time the cap can be pulled off with your hands.

 

[360glitch]

paint looks completely removed. I wouldn't use a Dr Color Chip for something of that surface area.

on the plus side, seems like you can just replace that painted section

That's surprisingly cheap. Nice find.

 

[kestrel]

This happened to me yesterday - albeit not as severe. For the paint transfer, I used a clay bar to get all of the white paint off. Then I used Scratch X and Ultimate Compound to get rid of the scratches. I finished off with a touch-up pen.

 

[OK_20]

Alright, so the paint on my side mirrors is chipping. To fix it, I think my options are:

• Replace the whole part (haven't really considered it)
• replace the side mirror cover for both sides (~$70, but I can't find my color: NH877P, sonic gray)
• repaint it (take the side mirror cover off, maybe use a clay bar to scrape off the paint, then paint with the color-matched Dr. Color Chip paint, seal it, wax it)
• wrap it (or put a cover over the side-mirror cover) (but I just can't find something that matches my car)

My option 1 is replace the cover, option 2 is to repaint it, so:

• Does anybody happen to have a link to a site selling NH877P-color side mirror covers?
• If anybody repainted their side-mirrors, what did you do and use? (& if you fucked it up, then what shouldn't I do?)

I know this thread hasn't been active in a bit, but I figured y'all were already talking about paint and side mirrors.

 

[GoldClass]

Option 3 is to buy a carbon fiber side mirror cover.

 

[OK_20]

According to the Honda Dealership in Gainesville, replacing the side mirror cover for both sides is ~$230 for my color: NH877P, sonic gray. $230 for just the parts.

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