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1025 messages, Last post on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM
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Hi, the other last after diner with my friend, when he open the door at the passenger side next to the driver, he opened it too wide and the bottom of the door stick on the pavement. I still don't understand why he kept trying to close the door when he was sitting on the passenger as this caused scratch to the bottom of the door. I got the car at the beginning of the year so it's still pretty new. It killed me to see what he did. He only steped out of the car so that the door can be closed after his third try. Now I found scratch at the bottom of the door. It's not very visible but I'm afraid the scratch will expand as the paint got off if I ignore it. What should I do? Thanks!!
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Replying to: gotq (Jun 08, 2008 10:12 am) |
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It's been a long time since I owned a new car so bear with me. Asked the dealer if he had any touch-up paint for the dings which are sure to occur. He said they don't have touch-up paint in the little bottles anymore. he said they are more like a Magic Marker. What's up with that? How do you apply that? Does it cover and last like the little nail polish bottles they used to have? Man, it stinks to be so out of the loop. 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jun 15, 2008 3:15 pm) |
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How do I remove "Silly String" off my van without damaging paint and clear coat? Already tried soap and water, did not help. It's been 48 hours or more since it was sprayed.
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Replying to: ckcarprice (Jul 20, 2008 6:02 pm) Meguiar’s Professional Clay Bar (approximately $24.99), which is ideal for handling contaminated paint surfaces. Begin the process with a product such as Pinnacle Clay Lubricant, which will allow the Clay Bar to spread a lot easier. Yep, it's about $35 in materials and a few hours work perhaps, but it's cheaper than a new paint job. |
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the body shop said i can save alot of money by removeing the old paint myself on my 68 mustang than another said removing all the paint might not be nessary which should i believe?
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Replying to: debose (Jul 26, 2008 12:30 pm) Unless you are doing a complete color change, and unless the old paint is totally screwed up with rust, checking, etc., you might not in fact have to remove all the old paint. If you DO though, the shop is right--it's a long arduous task. Don't underestimate the hours, days, even weeks of work involved to strip a car to bare metal. Or the god-awful mess of it. Or the toxicity of the process.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 26, 2008 12:34 pm) |
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