Frozen pure grey repair (Edit after repair)

tewai · 04-26-2024, 10:35 AM

Well, I just drove my car too close to my gate (having it removed asap after this).
Do you think local repaint would be sufficient? Not sure what's lesser evil when repainting frozen colors? And I found myself not really caring too much that I just scratched my car, am I weird? 😅

Propofoln · 04-26-2024, 01:06 PM

Same color as mine! Well, accidents happen. Can’t beat yourself up over it. Would think you can just find a shop to sand and respray whole panel

Kalvis · 04-26-2024, 03:40 PM

To my knowledge in case of frozen paint you will need to repaint whole side of car. Painting just doors will be visible - different from other panels. Its not a fun...

MystroX5 · 04-26-2024, 04:17 PM

Repaint is the only option. Touch ups look like hell and don’t blend like gloss clear coats.

ledphut · 04-26-2024, 07:29 PM

Ooof

tewai · 05-24-2024, 02:11 AM

Got my car back from repair and I think it turned out great, glad to have dealership with 30+ years experience.
One thing to add, the door panel was cracked so I have new one and that brought me to a question since I forgott to ask my service guy.
The door panels are plastic? I tried to knock on them and it definitely sounded like that lol..

Orient330iNYC · 05-24-2024, 05:22 AM

The door skins are aluminum, based on the pic of the damage, looks like you might have cracked it right along the panel crease

tewai · 05-24-2024, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Orient330iNYC

The door skins are aluminum, based on the pic of the damage, looks like you might have cracked it right along the panel crease

Ah, totally forgot about aluminum.

MADBMWX5MC · 05-24-2024, 11:18 AM

So, curious...on the pic with the damage...what was actually peeling off?

tewai · 05-24-2024, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MADBMWX5MC

So, curious...on the pic with the damage...what was actually peeling off?

PPF, I have it on whole car.

MADBMWX5MC · 05-24-2024, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by tewai

PPF, I have it on whole car.

A-ha! Thx, it was a head scratcher until now.

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tewai Private First Class 54 Rep 116 Posts Drives: BMW X7 LCI Frozen Pure Grey Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Brno, Czech Republic iTrader: (0)	Frozen pure grey repair (Edit after repair) Well, I just drove my car too close to my gate (having it removed asap after this). Do you think local repaint would be sufficient? Not sure what's lesser evil when repainting frozen colors? And I found myself not really caring too much that I just scratched my car, am I weird? 😅 Last edited by tewai; 05-24-2024 at 02:12 AM..
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Propofoln Speedster 54 Rep 278 Posts Drives: 2023 BMW X7 M60i Join Date: May 2014 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	Same color as mine! Well, accidents happen. Can’t beat yourself up over it. Would think you can just find a shop to sand and respray whole panel
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Kalvis Private 11 Rep 54 Posts Drives: BMW X7 facelift Join Date: Oct 2023 Location: Riga, Latvia iTrader: (0)	To my knowledge in case of frozen paint you will need to repaint whole side of car. Painting just doors will be visible - different from other panels. Its not a fun...
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MystroX5 Major General 6322 Rep 5,356 Posts Drives: 2020 X7 M50i/ 911 Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Central Pa. iTrader: (0)	Repaint is the only option. Touch ups look like hell and don’t blend like gloss clear coats.
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tewai Private First Class 54 Rep 116 Posts Drives: BMW X7 LCI Frozen Pure Grey Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Brno, Czech Republic iTrader: (0)	Got my car back from repair and I think it turned out great, glad to have dealership with 30+ years experience. One thing to add, the door panel was cracked so I have new one and that brought me to a question since I forgott to ask my service guy. The door panels are plastic? I tried to knock on them and it definitely sounded like that lol..
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Orient330iNYC Brigadier General 1522 Rep 3,607 Posts Drives: 2023 X7 40i Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wall St iTrader: (2)	The door skins are aluminum, based on the pic of the damage, looks like you might have cracked it right along the panel crease
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