Toyota 4Runner · Scratch Repair
Light scratches machine-polished out, deeper ones filled and blended. Quoted for your 4Runner, 1989-2026.
We do a scratch repair on the Toyota 4Runner regularly, and this page is what the job involves on this car specifically rather than on cars in general.
Run a fingernail across the scratch. If it does not catch, the scratch is in the clear coat and a machine polish will remove it completely in an afternoon. On a Toyota 4Runner (1989-2026) the parts and the labour time are specific to the model — it is a suv, which changes both, so we confirm the year before quoting rather than after.
A scratch you cannot feel with a fingernail is above the colour layer and comes out with abrasive polishing, because polishing works by levelling the clear coat down to the base of the mark. One you can feel has gone through the clear and no amount of polishing will bring the missing colour back.
Toyotas here are typically high-mileage and reliable enough that servicing gets deferred; the two things that catch owners out are water pumps and the ignition coils on the 2.7 and 4.0 petrol engines. We check that alongside a scratch repair, plus a battery load test, because the car is already with us and finding a second fault later costs you a second visit.
Scratch Repair on a 4Runner is quoted after inspection, because pricing this job from a description is guessing and you would be paying for the guess. Either way you get the number before any work starts, it includes VAT, and it does not move afterwards. Typical time on this job is 3 hours to 2 days, and we can do it where the car is.
Same technicians, same car. Pick what you need.
If your fingernail does not catch in it, yes — a machine polish removes it entirely. Anything deeper needs paint.
A polish-out on one panel is the low end. A fill-and-blend repair costs more but still far less than a full panel respray. We quote after seeing the depth.
Machine polishing is mobile. Anything that needs paint and a controlled environment happens at the workshop.
Call, or send your location on WhatsApp. We will tell you the price before we set off.
