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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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Angry someone BACKED into me!!!!!

I just came out of walmart and looked at my rear bumper and noticed a big black spot on the corner of the drivers side. I WAS PISSED!! someone backed into me and didn't leave a note or anything! What a kind of scum bag would do that!! When I got home I washed most of it off after scrubbing hard. You can tell they hit it hard enough to dent the corner in but it came back out. There are a lot of small cracks in the paint and a few small spots that are black (I guess that's where the paint flaked off and the bumper is black underneath??) What can I do to make this look better or to keep more paint from flaking off?
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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There honestly isn't much you're gonna be able to do
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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to stop more paint from flaking off, you can try putting some clearcoat over it...depending on how big the spot is. Take a pic of it and we'd be able to help you out better
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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I'll take a pic tomorrow and repost with it later that night. Thanks so far though...
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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some *** hole did that to my lx stang the day i got it. i got the car,got a room work up the next day and a dually backed it to the door with his hitch and left. i hope his di%k explodes and goes in his *** lol
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Old Dec 29, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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Sorry to hear that man. I was hoping you wouldn't say the paint had cracked...unfortunate ly things like this happen. You always hope people will own up to their mistakes, but the majority of people out there don't give a crap about their car or anyone else's.

You're going to have to get the whole bumper repainted, so you may just get some money together and get it done quick.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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Here ya go guys... any help is appreciated!



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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 02:32 AM
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Some of that may be able to be buffed out but some of the cracks seem to go straight thru the clearcoat and into the paint
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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That's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. If the cracks went through the clear coat to the paint your stuck. But my car was hit in the same place last week, and every bit of it buffed out. My bumper looks brand new. Hope you can get it buffed out!
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 02:03 PM
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hey thats not that bad!! i think if you buff it out it might remove most of it???
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 02:06 PM
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hey thats not that bad!! i think if you buff it out it might remove most of it???
I'm thinking the same thing. I know he could at least buff 90% of it out to where the rest wouldn't be noticeable unless you looked pretty closely. It might start to spider crack in a year or so, but he could offset getting it painted for at least that long...
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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man screw doing all the manual labor yourself....happened to my mom once and she demanded to see the walmart security tapes and found the person and made them pay for it
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1_PNYTAMR
man screw doing all the manual labor yourself....happened to my mom once and she demanded to see the walmart security tapes and found the person and made them pay for it
I thought of that but it was about a week ago and it was at night. you think they would still have it??
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it would make me so happy to find the person that did that!!! I'd have some **** to say!!
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any more help??
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 06:18 AM
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Buff and out and see if you can live with it. If not you'll have to pay to get it fixed unless you somehow find out who did it and get them pay. It is unfortunate but **** happens.
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 06:50 AM
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most of that will buff out, probably wont cost a lot to get the bumper repainted.
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I also think most of that will buff out
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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1_PNYTAMR
man screw doing all the manual labor yourself....happened to my mom once and she demanded to see the walmart security tapes and found the person and made them pay for it
Someone backed into me and put a crack right in my front bumper and scuffed it up. Went back like the next day and looked at the tapes. Happened at a mall. Didn't see anything. But it is definetly worth a shot!
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i stopped at my bank for just a few minutes to deposit a few checks and come out to discover that some douchebag suv driving soccer mom rode up my front bumper and left some pretty large scuff marks. notes? witnesses? none. *******
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