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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:50 AM
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I have a 2003 Certified A4 Dolphin Gray that has a significant amount of scratches. Anyone know what it would cost to get these taken care of? Anything from simple scratch repair to a complete Dolphin Gray paint job. Any advice or info would be great.

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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:51 AM
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depends how deep they are...
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:56 AM
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Some are very light, but long (looks like a shovel accident from a bad winter) and some are deeper but shorter (something else).
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:00 AM
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it would be alot. a hood respray is 400$
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:09 AM
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but it would look pretty much brand new afterwards?
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:14 AM
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yeah it should. take it to the dealer and have the paint guy look at it.
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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but on a more helpful note: check out the Autopia website. They have DIYs for all kinds of detailing problems from how to polish a badly oxidized car to fixing scratches.
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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yep, sounds like they are gonna have to either sand down the spots and fill the scrathes with filler... or strip the paint off and do a full respray
 
Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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I'll try and get some pics on here, but in the mean time, what would something like redoing the entire car cost? I'm not saying I am willing to do it, but just for informational purposes? I am talking about an official Audi Dolphin Gray paint job.

Anyone?

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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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If the hood cost 400$ then you can estimate near 2000$.... You'd think.

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