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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:11 PM
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I'm in Sacto area too. Where did this happen?
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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same thing happend to me whe n i parked in the back of the lot at red robin so no one parks next to me...i get out and some ******* actually walked to the end just to key the sh*it out of my driver side door... its about 12' long and its deep...gonna be around 500 bucks to repaint the whole door
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
I have I photo and I have been messing with it for about 30 minutes frustrated!!
What kind of photo-editing software do you have? The software that comes with almost every digi-cam includes software editing. This always includes an option to resize the photo.

If your photo-editing software has a Help Index, search for the term "resize" or "resizing" and see where that takes you. I'm quite sure that your computer has the software to do this; you just have to ferret it out.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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I was quoted in the 300 range for a rear fender repaint, Sand down to primer, and repaint, and then clear, and thats from a dealership collision center, that actually does a good job. I need to repaint one of my front fenders, since it matchs absolutely nothing. Severely orange peel, while everything else is slight.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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Sorry to hear some azz did that to your car. I dread the day that should happen to my new Z.

Photobucket.com has an option available to resize your pictures. Photobucket is free.

or

You can go to Microsoft for some free Power Toys...including an image resizer.
Click this link and look on the right side for Image Resizer to download it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

After you download it you can go to your My Pictures file and right click the photo and choose what size you want. You can customize it to what pixels you want too.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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I was asking him about Photobucket on the last page. It is a good thing to have for so many reasons... and this is one of them.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 10:03 PM
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Hi Track! Photobucket is good to use because each time a photo is viewed on the internet that is stored/hosted by Photobucket then it is Photobuckets bandwidth that gets used rather than your own computers bandwidth which could slow your computer down.
Isn't that right? Anyone? Or am I way off?
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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In iPhoto to resize your picture just:
1) Select the picture
2) Go to Share > Export
3) Click the bullet next to "Scale images no larger than"
4) Change the width to something around 550 or 600
5) Save

Then just upload to imageshack.us or any image hosting site.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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good time to get a body kit...atleast a rear..that sucks man
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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Download www.irfanview.com to "play" with pics.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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Send it to me and I'll host it for ya. PM for email.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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Vandalizing a defenseless car is like punching a baby or poisoning a dog. Some people just need to grow some ***** and go face-to-face if they have a problem with someone.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:44 PM
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sucks..
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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dude this happened to my cousin's 1999 estrol (sp?) blue M3 and they tried so hard that they actually dented where they keyed! it was about 24 inches and cost him 1000 =/ i wish you luck man
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
I just wanted to rant and to possibly know if anybody in the community has had the same problem and how much the scratch can cost to fix? I am not going to claim it on Ins..because my deductable is $500.00 and I think it will cost less than that!! any suggestions?

no, you are the first to ever have this happen to them
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:11 AM
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"It would'a been worth him doing it, just so I could have caught him doing it."

"You do not **** with a man's automobile."
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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Car dings and key scratches are a Z owner's nightmare!
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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Some people owe their very lives to the fact that murder is illegal.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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Damn man, I fear the day that might happen to me. I don't exactly live in the perfect neighborhood and I don't have a garage or a driveway for that matter.... Very scared.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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If I ever catch someone keying my car I will beat the living crap out of him.
Pity the fool....
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