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Old 04-21-2007, 07:34 PM
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Today started out great. The wife and I decided to go see the movie Fracture today, I parked the car away from everything,(because door dings suck) and when the movie was over I approached my Z and found a nice key mark along the right rear fender about 24" long!!! What the f*ck!! It took me hours to calm down and I realized what is wrong with people? 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?
Old 04-21-2007, 07:46 PM
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That sucks. How deep is the scratch? Any pictures?
Old 04-21-2007, 07:51 PM
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Man that just sucks. You want to take care of your car, so you park farther away, but then some vandalizes it. Thats just Bullsh*t!!!

Sorry to hear that. Hopefully its just not too deep, and you can just have someone spray it with new clear coat or something!
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Haven't the faintest unless I can see it. If the scratch is in the clearcoat, a body shop may be able to buff it out. If the scratch is into the paint, then only a repaint will work.
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The deepest part of the scratch goes down to the "whitish part" of the primer...I just took a pick so give me a couple of minutes.
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I feel for you man. It happened to my G also, although the scratches go vertical on both doors. I noticed them when I was hand-washing the car a few days ago. I'm beginning to suspect that it is someone from my work. Thankfully the scratches aren't that deep. I used ScratchX to remove them.

There are indeed some very inconsiderate a**holes in this world. They're simply jealous and they have no respect for other peoples property.

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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
The deepest part of the scratch goes down to the "whitish part" of the primer...I just took a pick so give me a couple of minutes.
If the scratch is into the primer, then it is definitely a repaint. Sorry.
Old 04-21-2007, 07:59 PM
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We need to expand the scope of "justifiable homocide."
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sorry to hear that... i only go up to sac when i go to midnight performance. otherwise there's really no reason for me to go there.

if it makes you feel any better, i heard there are people in sac that go under big trucks (ford f-150s and the like) DRILL a hole in their gas tanks and steal gas. now that's ghetto.
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happened to me. It's always worse at night time!!
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Originally Posted by gotbooost
sorry to hear that... i only go up to sac when i go to midnight performance. otherwise there's really no reason for me to go there.

if it makes you feel any better, i heard there are people in sac that go under big trucks (ford f-150s and the like) DRILL a hole in their gas tanks and steal gas. now that's ghetto.
Um... what?

Do they catch it in a big bucket or something? I can see that.
"Hey, I've got a bucket of gasoline! Wanna trade fo some crack?"


Again, the "justifiable homocide" thing...
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Originally Posted by Track
Um... what?

Do they catch it in a big bucket or something? I can see that.
"Hey, I've got a bucket of gasoline! Wanna trade fo some crack?"


Again, the "justifiable homocide" thing...
suspect number 1, just look at his bucket, I bet it still smells like gas.

http://ihasabucket.com/
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After messing with the photo attachment...the file is too big for the site..I have a Mac and I cannot figure out how to get the photo to you guys.. any suggestions?
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I had somebody hit my Z while parked, had fender/bumper damage and one day somebody decided to beat up my pass door causing over 4 huge dents, I feel your pain bro
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suspect number 1, just look at his bucket, I bet it still smells like gas.
Awesome!

Ya gotta love the expression on #2's face.
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Originally Posted by BornSlippyZ
After messing with the photo attachment...the file is too big for the site..I have a Mac and I cannot figure out how to get the photo to you guys.. any suggestions?
Do you have any photo-editing software or a photobucket account?
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Originally Posted by davidv
If the scratch is into the primer, then it is definitely a repaint. Sorry.
Yeah I agree and finding good in bad I might as well get the front retouched up from all the rock chips..but damn its like you cannot have anything nice without someone screwing with it!!
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Originally Posted by Track
Do you have any photo-editing software or a photobucket account?
I have I photo and I have been messing with it for about 30 minutes frustrated!!
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Originally Posted by TSZ33_24
I had somebody hit my Z while parked, had fender/bumper damage and one day somebody decided to beat up my pass door causing over 4 huge dents, I feel your pain bro
Jesus!! I feel for your pain man!! People just have major Issues!!
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Thanks for all your stories and condolences!!!


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