Split/cracked Paintwork

[reidy]

Wonder if anyone can help me with this, the wind caught the door as it was opened, smashing it into my step dad's car, slightly bending the door and cracking/splitting the paintwork.

I've bent out the crease but the paintwork needs repairing - would something like touch up paint do the trick or is it more a case of taking it to a paint shop for repair?

Cheers

[Hou]

Bodyshop all the way there dude I am afraid. The crease will take some sorting and trying to sort that with a touch up pen will stand out like an excited dogs groin region!

[KPARRIS-JONES]

Oh you do not want a crease.... I got one on my GTi door and it took some sorting out. Only cost me the price of the filler though as I did it myself :P I had a nasty one about 4cm wide and along the height of the door. Had to hammer it out first and then use about 3 coats of filler to get it sorted.

I don't have any pictures annoyingly...

Anyway, as Hou said, you will need to go to a paint shop to get it smoothed and painted properly.

[richglanza]

or source a new door in the correct colour?

[reidy]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'll get it to a bodyshop