Mysterious cracks, dents, scratches?
05-30-2007, 01:27 PM
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Mysterious cracks, dents, scratches? I want to know if you guys/gals ever out of nowhere find damage to your car. for example, i was washing my car yesterday and noticed a door ding i had never seen before, then i noticed a 2" crack right under my passenger side rear reflector 
. What the hell! anyone else have this kind of stuff happen to them?
. What the hell! anyone else have this kind of stuff happen to them? 
05-30-2007, 08:52 PM
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just got done washing my car and found a few scratches on my hood...looks like razor blades like really fine straight scratches...weird...oh well hopefully repaint the front end soon anyways...damn rocks
05-30-2007, 09:14 PM
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waxen mine 2 weeks ago to find a 4 inch long scuff on my right fender right above the wheel... im guessing it was a shopping car or somthing... sucks tho when this stuff happens...
05-31-2007, 02:24 AM
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Ive got a black car aswell Cookba. The scratches and cracks come out of no where. I park in back of parking lots (not a mile away from people, but 3 cars or so away from when it starts to thin out) and they keep comming up whenever i wash the car. When i park near the back of lots, people constantly park an inch from my bumper, or like 2 or 3 other cars will park right next to mine when there are plenty of decent spots closer / away from me. . Atleast it hasnt been keyed yet!
. Atleast it hasnt been keyed yet!
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One day I noticed about a 1.5" crack on my pasenger fender on my old Z/28. Turns out the previous owner had busted up the front end of the car and got some half-assed body work done. Apparently one day I took a corner pretty quick and it was just enough to twist the body ever so slightly and it cracked the body work.
I was pissed mainly because I had suspicions that the car had some body damage before I bought it, but the douche bag at the 'stealership' assured me that they would never sell a vehicle with an accident in its history...My bad for ever listening to a car dealer
I was pissed mainly because I had suspicions that the car had some body damage before I bought it, but the douche bag at the 'stealership' assured me that they would never sell a vehicle with an accident in its history...My bad for ever listening to a car dealer
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11-16-2007, 10:18 AM
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Well sounds like everyone here pretty much has the same problem as me. It sucks I'm the kinda guy I notice ONE new scratch and freak out over it. Seems like everytime I look at my car theres some new scratch or something on it plus I live on a gravel road and yup my headlight covers show the proof
11-16-2007, 02:38 PM
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Not so much on my z28 but my wifes 07 black si civic got a 3 in scuff on the mirror, 5-6 in scuff on the front right of the bumper and its black pearl so it shows...had it a year and we got back luck with this thing lol
11-17-2007, 01:16 AM
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im finding new rock chips on the front bumper, new spider cracks on both bumpers and new scratches on my cowl 
wierd thing is, the cowl scratches are horizontal to the flow of the hood 
wierd thing is, the cowl scratches are horizontal to the flow of the hood 
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i have some pretty rough looking scratches along my hood. i looks like some jack@$$ did a little dukes of hazzard slide across my hood down to my head light.
11-23-2007, 08:09 AM
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Same problem here . Seems like everytime I wash the car I find something new. Even on my new WS9 hood. Just 3 days after I had it I took it to work and parked it away from other cars and I can see my car from where I sit in the office...not much traffic goes through there. Anyway came home and it went in the garage. Next time I pulled it out I saw 2 gouges in the hood. I'd like to know how on earth that happened.
. Seems like everytime I wash the car I find something new. Even on my new WS9 hood. Just 3 days after I had it I took it to work and parked it away from other cars and I can see my car from where I sit in the office...not much traffic goes through there. Anyway came home and it went in the garage. Next time I pulled it out I saw 2 gouges in the hood. I'd like to know how on earth that happened.
11-28-2007, 02:23 PM
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well today after i got out of class and walked back to my car, i found that someone had run into me and scraped the hell out of my bumper and fender. it looks like it could be popped out and possibly buffed out, but damn im mad as hell. i pay for full coverage or physical damage insurance, whatever its called, but im not sure if that will cover it. any tips?
11-28-2007, 02:44 PM
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That sucks!! You probably can get covered because it's basically a hit and run. It happened to me this summer except the neighbor did it while the car was in the parking lot where I live. Couldnt prove that it was her although my pewter paint was on her car and she denied it. Anyway they called it "unknown persons" aka hit and run. Just call the insurance company and they'll get you squared away. I currently only have liability and under the "hit and run" I only had to pay a $200 deductible.