Scratches on my Cybertruck. Am I screwed?

[LootSocks]

Long story short I scrapped against a pillar in a parking garage and ended up with these scratches on the drivers side rear. I'm wondering what my best options are here? Can Tesla service even fix it or am I just screwed and that whole rear panel is going to need to be replaced?

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[RDMSguy]

I'd imagine most of the scratches could be sanded out, but some scratches will likely remain.

 

[Treynor]

Did the pillar survive?

 

[808hansen]

This video may offer some useful advice - (163) How to Fix Scratches on a Tesla Cybertruck - YouTube . Best of luck!

 

[Ty77064]

I did a video on it. Those scratches will sand right off. Look light, really.

 

[Ty77064]

I wouldn't use the sand paper. I would go straight to the red Scotch Bright with the orbital sander

 

[AZCYBER]

It's a truck.

 

[Alexander S.]

Long story short I scrapped against a pillar in a parking garage and ended up with these scratches on the drivers side rear. I'm wondering what my best options are here? Can Tesla service even fix it or am I just screwed and that whole rear panel is going to need to be replaced?

Never mind. There will be many more such scratches ahead.

 

[Macgreiner]

Best thing about the CT is how DIY scratches like this are to resolve. The Evolve video mentioned above is your best friend here.

 

[J.Graham]

That’ll buff right out

 

[Gundo]

Imagine if it it was painted or wrapped - insurance claim would be in your future

In this case, you literally buff them out.

The proper procedure has been posted and is totally DIY

 

[TickTock]

Long story short I scrapped against a pillar in a parking garage and ended up with these scratches on the drivers side rear. I'm wondering what my best options are here? Can Tesla service even fix it or am I just screwed and that whole rear panel is going to need to be replaced?

I had some far worse than that and I thought it would require a panel change but the SC made them disappear just with sanding, polishing and burnishing.

Maybe not as many but these scratches on mine were *deep*
https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...amazing-job-polishing-out-deep-scratch.22063/

 

[Zelectric]

Barkeepers friend
a DA or buffer with a fine pad

 

[CyberLucky]

I did exactly the same thing - parked too close to a pillar and the rear wheel steering swung the rear panel into a pillar when I pulled out. It was a horrible sound and looked worse than yours (had some yellow paint in the scratches too). I managed to sand it out by hand quite easily using a wet sponge sander and gently working it in circles.

 

[Killlbox]

I would recommend reaching out to the local Tesla body shop. I had some scratches that I attempted to remove via Tesla’s recommended process and it looked terrible.

$300 at the shop and the truck looks brand new.

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