Options for paint repair range from simple tinted waxes and As-Seen-On-TV miracle pens to multistage treatments matched to your car's exact color. As someone who's capable with a wrench, I went with ...

One thing lots of drivers hate. Finding a fresh scratch on their ride’s smooth paint job. Maybe it came from flying pebbles, smacking into foliage, or someone bumping your door with keys truth is, ...

It’s a rough life being a truck, and there’s no denying that their exteriors take a beating from daily driving, off-road use, grocery store parking lot visits, family life, and weather. Sometimes, ...

Scratches in your car’s paint are similar to birth, death, and taxes: inevitable. You’re out getting groceries and a mouth-breather dings your door, scrapes your fender, or worse, keys your car. Want ...

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The black paint on our long-term 2025 Toyota 4Runner has picked up a few minor scratches and blemishes during our ownership. We used a ceramic paint-correction product to polish out some small ...

Paint scratches are a practically inevitable part of vehicle ownership, even on relatively low-mileage cars. Roads are hardly sterile environments, and driving on them will find you picking up gravel, ...

Nothing’s worse than walking out to your car and spotting a fresh scratch that definitely wasn’t there before. Sometimes it’s your own doing—brushing a little too close to a low-hanging branch. Other ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even if you're the most careful driver, chances are you've encountered scratches on your car at some point. Sometimes it might be because of ...

We’re sorry to break it to you this way, but no matter how careful a driver you are, you’re going to end up with scratches on your car. Whether you run into a ...