I finally bought the z32 i've always wanted. At least the one that would fit my budget.
'94 N/A 2 seater. Anyway, ugly scratches on the passenger side t-top are killing me. My Z is the hunter green stock paint. Any help on how to reduce the appearance of these scratches would be appreciated.

 

sand down to primer usign 220 grit paper. then smooth out with 420 sand paper, then use auto motive primer, after you spray it, order a bottle of spray paint from this website.http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spray_paint.asp (specify year color name and code and stuff.) apply about 4 layers of clear coat max. wet color sand with I believe 3200 gritt really light to get rid of orange peel efect. buff and wax and you are set. or U can always get touch up paint and just fill in if it's a deep scratch. he he

 

Thanks for the help...
The spray touchup paint offered on that site would work without prepping of the area or did i misunderstand?
and would the touchup blend with the surrounding paint?

Just wanna make sure i get this right

 

I'm not 100% sure but I think it should. not quite exacly sure though.

 

Generally the touch-up paint, or any paint that is of the original color, will never match the current color of your car due to fading of the original paint. If they're deep scratches thru to the metal, you need to do something, like touch-up to stop the rust that will eventually spread under the original paint. If the scratches aren't thru to the metal, you can try paint polishing compound our some of that colored polishing compound that actually helps fill in the scratches.

At a minimum, get something over any bare metal. Use the touch-up paint if you like. If it looks good to you, leave it that way. If it doesn't. at least it's protected until you can get a paint job.

Paint and bodywork is kind of an art. I just read a coupla books and asked some question on how to do it, then learned thru trial and error. imho, I didn't do too bad of a job.....

Here's another company with some good products:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp

 

just try buffing w/ some wax, if not, think about getting the car resprayed because it being 11 years old, the paint will be extremly hard to match..