I have four or five long (length of vehicle) bush pinstripes (thank you Camp Coffs), which seem to be mainly clear coat layer. Anyone have any advice on how to get rid of or hide these pesky things? I have done a search and found that Mequires Scratch X seems to be well thought of by some people. There also seems to be a clear coat pen thingee that looked hard to use without making a mess. I'd rather not polish down the clear coat.
Secondly, I have these dents in my rear door where the lower tyre mount has been pushed in (by a sliding XJ), they aren't very deep (the spare is up against the bumper now). Before you ask Pics are coming, once I get the tyre off in the daytime. I don't want to get body work done if I can help it, and they are fairly shallow, would one of these mobile dent guys be able to do a good job? I reckon that I could pull the interior door plastic off to access the other side of the dents. Has anyone used a dent franchise guy they would recommend? BTW the XJ came off second best, he busted his twin IPF lights and his bull bar rotated back on its mounts.
OK here are the pics, and I think I have at least a temporary solution, shown below (maybe permanent as the dents are out of sight behind the tyre).
Like to hear any comments on long term problems? Has the door structure been weakened, will it buckle more in years to come?
Hard to see, but easy to feel with your hand. This is the bottom tyre mount area, there is a indentation below and behind the mount.
The rubber pad that was between the swingaway plastic number plate holder is now gone and there is a slight dent there as well.
My solution, two galvanised washers that return the tyre mount to proper alignment.
Tyre mount on the washers
Tyre clearance restored.
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