Scratch on My Sony Vaio Z

My Sony Vaio Z has a little scratch on its top cover. Is there anyone who can help me fix it aside from sending it to Sony and spending $250 on it?

 

You can't fix plastic. If you put an Invisible Shield on it, the scratch should be much less noticeable.

 

are there any services out there that replaces it? something a little more reasonable and practical compared to what sony charges? any alternative?

 

Have you tried searching for a new lid on Ebay? I seem to remember that for certain popular models of laptops, often random parts are freely available for purchase on Ebay. Its worth a shot?

 

Copy this, actually your only way out.

 

tried to look for one there but was unsuccessful.

 

You should then try to look for another guy/company that sell Vaio parts then. Not all of them are on eBay. You can as Sony? I needed that one time and phoned Asus, they did give me a Swidish company's name that sold Asus parts.

 

Alright. I'll try that, Tunay. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Yeah, do that and let us know how it turns out for you

 

been looking for one but no luck

 

You could put on a laptop skin, or a sticker to cover up that part. It will still look pretty normal if you put something like a Razer sticker on the scratched part.

Another thing you could do is to bring the lid to a spray shop, and let them respray the silver color on the lid.

 

If you want a snazzy looking laptop you could contact Colorware and they'll professionally paint it for you and you pick the colors.

 

Colorware is really expensive, it will actually be cheaper to get a lid from sony.

Some regular spray shops may be able to do it for a resonable price

 

Get a skin.

SGP, 3ACP, etc.

 

This is a major negative of VAIO ownership. Replacement costs are outrageous. I was going to buy a VAIO YB, but they wanted $300 for the big battery. HAHA.

 

So? You can't even buy one.

 

Had the same thing happen (after the "refurb" came without a mark ;( ), and I used the lowest abrasive car paint rubbing compound. Got abou 3/4 of the scratch gone but now have shinly area where CF "sandy" appearance was, Depnding on the size of the scratch and how much it behered me, I would probably just leave it. If you used the same compound to polsih the whole lid. It would look very nice and be more scratch resistant; just would'nt be "authentic," which I preder.

 

thanks to all that replied. i think i'm gonna try that spray paint shop. i'm currently out of town right now but i'll try to find my local spray paint shop when i get back home. Keep all those suggestions coming. Really appreciate them.

 

Are you trying to put me down by implying that I'm poor? I can tell you for a fact that I totally am.

Battery is backordered, but still set to ship.

 

Referring to your sig.

 

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Why can't I buy one? You're not saying I'm a fanboy, I assume, because my sig shows I used to own a TZ. And surely, people are allowed to own more than one computer.

 

i think hes just implying that you have a macbook and they don't have batteries so hes saying that you can't even buy a battery to use with a macbook

but anyways, i have like 1 weird scratch from my lid hitting another lid.. my friend's macbook's lid. sad. i hate macbooks .

but anyways, if it gets worst, then ill buy the leathery looking skin from SGP, looks nice

http://www.sgpstore.com/laptop/sony/z-series/sgp-sony-vaio-z-skin-guard-set-series-2010-model.html

 

hi kakeashi.

i was checking on the sgpstore website and it seems like this is my best alternative. would anyone know which one of these is for my sony vaio Z. My model number is Sony Vaio VPCZ 1290x.

the one i wanted to get is SGP Sony Vaio Z11 Skin Guard Set Series - Z Series - Sony - Laptops which says Sony Vaio Z11 . However, I'm not sure if this is the exact one that i should get. Any help would be appreciated.