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" Car scratches can be incredibly frustrating\u2013tiny flaws are expensive to have fixed professionally, but it&amp;#039;s also hard to ignore them. Over the years, Popular Mechanics has published several articles advising readers how to get scratches off all parts of their cars (including bumpers and headlights), and which products to use along the way. Car dents are another matter\u2013they&amp;#039;re much harder and more expensive to fix. But if you&amp;#039;re ready for the challenge, PM has instructions for those projects too: Just check out our coverage for how to hammer out dents and replace skin on car doors.  Scratches  The Scratched Body Paint scratches, no matter how small, can be expensive eyesores. Here is a look at the anatomy of a paint scratch (and how to diagnose different kinds of body scratches), along with step-by-step illustrated instructions for fixing one. \u2022 How to Repair Your Car Scratch: Saturday Mechanic   The Bumper Scuff Bumper scuffs and scratches can&amp;#039;t be remedied like scratches marring your paint job\u2013this common scratch requires a bit more work. Here&amp;#039;s how to make a scratched bumper look like new. \u2022 Plastic Bumper Repair   Foggy Headlights After a few years, headlights don&amp;#039;t have to be scratched to look scuffed and foggy. &amp;quot;Polycarbonate has a tendency to get hazy,&amp;quot; says Popular Mechanics senior auto editor Mike Allen. &amp;quot;Severely neglected lenses can actually pit and develop a network of fine cracks, called craze, which makes the job of fixing them tougher.&amp;quot; But this common malady can be fixed. We have step-by-step illustrated instructions for making your headlights look clean and clear. \u2022 How to Polish Your Headlights Like a Pro.   Blotchy Plastic Cladding The gray and black plastic cladding that frequently comes on SUVs is easy to get dirty, but hard to get clean. Here&amp;#039;s how to make that vinyl look good again. \u2022 How to Clean Plastic Cladding   Repainting and Bodywork Sometimes a small fix just isn&amp;#039;t going to do it for your car&amp;#039;s paint job. After getting a 1967 Camaro convertible back to the &amp;quot;roller&amp;quot; stage, PM editors tackled getting a bright new red paint job on this classic. Here&amp;#039;s the definitive guide on giving an old car a new paint job, weld seams and all. \u2022  How to Paint a Car   The Products Is there a product out there that can do it all for you? Our As Seen On TV product-testing guru put the Fix-It to work to see if it would help make car scratches disappear, and tried to see whether Liquid Diamond could replace real car wax. \u2022  Testing Fix-It, the &amp;quot;Instant Scratch Remover&amp;quot; \u2022 Liquid Diamond Product Review  Dents  Hammering Out Dents This is a difficult, multistep project, but given the prices mechanics charge to repair dents, the tools and time involved to fix an unsightly dent may be worth the investment. \u2022 Dealing With Dents   Dented Doors You can replace a dented door, or you can reskin the one you have. Body shops used to have to weld new skins to doors\u2013it wasn&amp;#039;t a DIY project. Today, thanks to special adhesives, reskinning is something you can do (carefully) at home. Here&amp;#039;s how. \u2022 How to Replace Skin on Your Dented Car Door "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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