Spoiler Scratched: Replace or Repair?

touch up paint. Nobody will really see it.....except for yourself.

Wait a few years when it starts to fade....then repaint the entire thing

 

I managed to scratch my rear spoiler from my garage door within less than a week of owning my car. I used a black sharpie pen to color it in. From a distance, no one can tell it's there. I can only see it because I know where the scratch happened.

 

i've scratched mine on the garage door opener a few times as well, but the pip seems to be kind of a smoked plastic spoiler, is it just black paint?

 

Is it a metal rod on the garage door that hits? Just for next time, wrap it with some foam pipe insulation or similar: cushion the blow at least.

I've derailed our door more times than I care to remember, lol. I used a gloss black touch up bottle-and-brush by Dupli-Color, NG SF 100 UNIVERSAL BLACK. Plus, rubbed it out a bit with pumice first, just locally on the worst parts.

All the 3rd gen's are that solid gloss black plastic, but gloss black doesn't look half bad. Well, except my ham-fisted paint technique doesn't hold up to close scrutiny.

 

i have mine wrapped, maybe i need more insulation.

 

just keep the sharpie in your glovebox.... /

 

So far so good with mine. I've washed the car ~5 times or so since the incident and I haven't noticed any fading yet.

 

Had the same scratch on my 2010....I used a black sharpie.