Wife Scratched Mirror in Prius

My poor wife...backed out of the garage and noticed the left mirror was going to hit the edge of the garage so stopped, switched it into Drive (she thought) then when she moved it was back in Reverse and, thankfully, the mirror swivels but it did knock off a black plastic piece but I was able to pop it back into place.

But the green paint on the end of her mirror is now scratched but not real deep....it's a 2-inches by 3 scrap.

Any suggestions for how I can make it look new again for her? (If Momma's happy, then everyone is happy!)

 

Let’s see if I can post from my phone...some with no flash and with flash

 

Are they mirror caps? If so take them both off and plastidip them

 

@SouthBoundSteve or @coosbaybaker are likely to have some great advice.

 

From the pics it just looks like transfer, I'd try some compound or clay bar and then see what it looks like.

 

No it’s painted....but I do have a clay bar and give it a try.

 

I understand it's painted, what I meant was it just looks like material from the garage door transfered to the surface of the mirror. From these images the paint looks to basically be ok, it just has some garage door trim material stuck on it.

 

try a bit of nail polish to remove garage paint from it. wash then wax

 

Oh I gotcha! We have a metal guide on the edge of the garage (formed sheet metal) that the door slides up/down on...that's what she scrapped. Hopefully I can get most (or all) of it off tomorrow....I'll let ya'll know...you all rock, I really appreciate the tips to try.

 

It's a Prius. It's totaled.

 

Def needs sanded and painted....that is not buffing out from what i can see from the pic

 

Yep you are right. The clay bar only fixed a small portion...bummer

 

Rule of thumb.....if you drag your thumbnail across the scratch and your nail stops and doesn't slide over the damage, it needs primer and paint

 

I’d take it to a local body shop. See if they can remove it, they have the things to either remove and if it’s a paint issue than you can get an estimate to repaint.

 

Yep, there's a shop near work...I'll run down this week and ask for an estimate. (Hopefully it's not totaled....it IS a Prius!) ;-)