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Front bumper meets curb

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by mmbrenda, Aug 10, 2017.

  1. mmbrenda

    mmbrenda New Member

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    Well I made it about a month of having my new fella and I already hit a curb :(

    Now I know this might just happen again eventually (though I will definitely be more careful!) but what can I do in the mean time to cover it up? Would touch up paint cover it enough? It's the sea glass pearl color so where do I even get that color?

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  2. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    One of a few more to occur during ownership. You can't see it from the drivers seat.
     
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    if you want to paint it, the dealer carries touch up.
     
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    That's the easiest place to run a stroke of touch up, on a bottom edge like that. Or yeah, do nothing: it's so low and unobtrusive.
     
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    That's why I need a front camera as well as a rear camera.
     
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    I wouldn't touch it. It's unnoticeable.
     
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    The Gen 4 Prius needs something like the Citroen DS Pallas that could raise itself up on its own suspension. It could even lift individual wheels in emergency to change a tyre on the roadside. Meh, Toyota would never do that!
     
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    Personally I wouldn't bother. By the time your car is a few years old, it'll have plenty of matching (and other) marks.
     
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    You can get matching paint at many auto parts stores. I got some at my local O'Reilly's. I had to touch up a bit of my paint in another area that went down to bare metal.

    But I will agree with most others here. That front end is made of plastic and it's hard to see. I'd let it go.
     
  11. kithmo

    kithmo Couch Potato

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    cover what up ? o_O
     
  12. 'LectroFuel

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    Be happy that Toyota designed the Prius with a ton of weird lines that hide scratches.(y) It's barely noticeable unless someone bends down. I guess you might as well do the touch up paint because you'll buy it at some point anyway.
     
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    - live with it
    or
    - sand it down with a few different sandpaper grits and some touch up paint.

    there is usually more of those to come....