Scratched it bad, thoughts?

[B3arnaked]

Well today I removed my doors, soft top rails, and soft top. Went to reinstall, had an issue getting the back to line up on the soft top and dropped the soft top rails on the roll bar and just dug it into the paint like a champ!!

I’m thinking Mopar touch up paint and maybe a solid day of touching this up. Hoping it comes out or at least looks better. Other side was scratched to but not as bad.

thoughts, only other idea is to wait a year and just get my roll bar painted to match the red highlights on the rubicon logo and trail rated badge. View attachment 354256

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[Windshieldfarmer]

First rub it out with a very fine polish like Meguires #7. That might help more than you might think. If that is not satisfactory you can attempt touch up...though that approach is usually not great. Before contacting a body shop you could acquire a small can of matching mopar spray paint, clear coat, and a spray can of blending solution. Lightly wet sand the area with a fine grit paper, and then apply materials. I am sure instructions for spot repairs like this are readily available on line. It won’t be perfect but unnoticeable to most. I repaired a bumper on a Genesis with this type of system - it worked better than expected. Good luck!

 

[nerubi]

It's going to happen again so no use worrying about it. Know from experience.

 

[entropy]

Oh boy... you should look at my roll bars .

Anytime the hardtop touches them when taking it off.... don't sweat it.

 

[Jeepney Johnny]

Oh boy... you should look at my roll bars .
Anytime the hardtop touches them when taking it off.... don't sweat it.

I know, right? Like the hardtop is made with crushed diamonds or what, LOL. When I made my first scratch on my roll bars with the hardtop, I was like...huh, didn't rub against it THAT hard (that's what SHE said).

 

[lordcon]

The ironic thing about this is that people didnt have this issue in the JK since the roll bars were covered in foam padding. Go figure.

 

[mgroeger]

HA! If this is all the paint damage you have during your ownership you're doing pretty well.

 

[HoundDude]

I use a rope and pulley in my garage to help me install/remove the softtop now, before I had that i discovered the softtop is pretty awkward and likes to flop around when handling it manually, almost destroyed my rear quarter panel with it but got lucky

 

[Gibbage]

This video may help.

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