Someone took a key to the car...
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Someone took a key to the car... Just got an 01' TA, Sunset Orange Metallic, just beautiful... had it for a week and someone took a key to the car... no way that it could have been someone scrapping against the car or anything... went all the way down to the sheetmetal on the rear passenger fender. 
Question is if anyone has any idea how much it might cost to get it reworked a little. Trying to determine if it is worth reporting to insurance to have them take care of it, only reason I haven't yet is because I am afraid of rates going up higher than what they already are!
If anyone has any suggestions or any idea how much it might run me out of pocket I would appreciate it!
Question is if anyone has any idea how much it might cost to get it reworked a little. Trying to determine if it is worth reporting to insurance to have them take care of it, only reason I haven't yet is because I am afraid of rates going up higher than what they already are!
If anyone has any suggestions or any idea how much it might run me out of pocket I would appreciate it!
Originally Posted by Rawr256
Just got an 01' TA, Sunset Orange Metallic, just beautiful... had it for a week and someone took a key to the car... no way that it could have been someone scrapping against the car or anything... went all the way down to the sheetmetal on the rear passenger fender.
Question is if anyone has any idea how much it might cost to get it reworked a little. Trying to determine if it is worth reporting to insurance to have them take care of it, only reason I haven't yet is because I am afraid of rates going up higher than what they already are!
If anyone has any suggestions or any idea how much it might run me out of pocket I would appreciate it!
Question is if anyone has any idea how much it might cost to get it reworked a little. Trying to determine if it is worth reporting to insurance to have them take care of it, only reason I haven't yet is because I am afraid of rates going up higher than what they already are!
If anyone has any suggestions or any idea how much it might run me out of pocket I would appreciate it!
Originally Posted by Trojan35
If it's just one panel you're looking at 200, 300-350 if it requires blending (black cars, etc). I say if the damage minus the deductible is less than $200 you're best off paying it yourself.
vandalism claims dont raise rates?! if thats true. i am reporting the key mark on my ride ASAP.
also. the passenger side of my car was keyed pretty hard along all 3 body panels and i was quoted a lot higher than 300 for the fix. so... id definetely double check and get some quotes.
also. the passenger side of my car was keyed pretty hard along all 3 body panels and i was quoted a lot higher than 300 for the fix. so... id definetely double check and get some quotes.
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Same thing happened to mine. It's maroon metallic, within a month of having it, it was keyed all the way down the passenger side. Luckily it didn't go all the way through the clearcoat so I was able to wetsand it and buff it. I got most of it out. Still sucks though. Sorry to hear that dude.
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9 tiems out of 10 rates will not increase. This is considered a comprehensive claim, so just your comp ded applies. Repaint an entire panel (which i suggest coudl cost anywehre from $200-400 depending on labor rates in your area. I defintely suggst that on SOM paint instead of blending to do it correctly. But if its not to bad just blending that area will work.
I'd seen an entire side of a car keyed before and can cost up to and over $1000!
Oh and I am an insurance adjuster just to let you know
I'd seen an entire side of a car keyed before and can cost up to and over $1000!
Oh and I am an insurance adjuster just to let you know
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Thanks for input guys!
As for who did it, not 100% sure, alls we know is it virtually showed up overnight. Went to the track and thought could have been someone there but after considering how deep this one is and that we never left the car and the wife was behind me the entire time in our GTP she would have seen it and me and my brother-in-law would have easily heard this one. Next thought was maybe it could have been the brother-in-law throwing his back pack in the back seat and just not being careful, but again, would have heard this... Have shown it to a couple friends who paint cars and another who had his BMW keyed a few months back also, they say hand downs it was done by a key. They said the person who did it too really must have forced their key into the paint and possibly even mess up their key, it goes down through the clearcoat/paint/prime on the car. Have already tried to use stuff to blend it but the stuff is just too deep I guess.
Gonna take it too a shop and get a quote, don't wanna do any touch up paint or anything on it myself, if its $200, I guess I can settle for that, just means I gotta wait a bit before I can start the modding fun!
As for who did it, not 100% sure, alls we know is it virtually showed up overnight. Went to the track and thought could have been someone there but after considering how deep this one is and that we never left the car and the wife was behind me the entire time in our GTP she would have seen it and me and my brother-in-law would have easily heard this one. Next thought was maybe it could have been the brother-in-law throwing his back pack in the back seat and just not being careful, but again, would have heard this... Have shown it to a couple friends who paint cars and another who had his BMW keyed a few months back also, they say hand downs it was done by a key. They said the person who did it too really must have forced their key into the paint and possibly even mess up their key, it goes down through the clearcoat/paint/prime on the car. Have already tried to use stuff to blend it but the stuff is just too deep I guess.
Gonna take it too a shop and get a quote, don't wanna do any touch up paint or anything on it myself, if its $200, I guess I can settle for that, just means I gotta wait a bit before I can start the modding fun!