chubbymike

Yesterday was my dayoff and so I decided to wash my car for the first time since I bought the car (which is over a month ago). While I was drying the car, I lifted the wiper blades in the upright position. Then I decided to open the hood to wipe the excess water under it. As I lifted the hood, it hit the wiper stalk and the metal portion of the wiper scratched the paint off of the hood!!! Boy do I feel stupid!
So the lesson here is that don't open your hood while the wiper blades are up.

I took some pictures of the car and I will try to upload them later tonight. The car looks good though.

tqlla3k

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What color is your car?

Aclarke

So sorry to hear that... but DUUUHHHHHHHH!

Gotta be more careful next time

chubbymike

I have the tungsten Pearl... so i guess i'll need to buy some touch up paint. anyone knows how much they cost?

gshb

its like 9 bucks from lexus-parts.com

mwaull

how good does that touch up paint do? I might pick up a stick of it just in case as well . . .

TimboIS

It's margianlly acceptable for chips, but not very good for scratches (even with the new ball-point tip).

dong888

iTrader: (1)

Go buy the touch up paint ($9 ~ $11 from the dealer, check Toyota first, it should be cheaper than Lexus dealers) and forget about it.

Rock chip is inevitable, so a minor scratch at the end of the hood means nothing. Also, the only person who knows that there is a scratch there is you. If you are okay with it, it basically does not exist at all.

pocky

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Yeah, I did that on my old car....boy....do I still regret it to this day.

Gotta be extra careful!

is4me2

With our Club Lexus discount it is down to $8. I just had them throw some in with my illuminated scuff plate order....I chewed up my rims a little and was going to try the touch up on them. Our discount code is CL911M.

Also, don't leave your windshield wipers up and pull your car in the garage to wipe it down if you have bikes hanging above....

tmf2004

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I did that with my mustang a long time ago.. Man i felt like a dumb ***.. Sorry to hear about that.. Hope the damage isn't to bad..

artie00

Mike, how could you do that? Well hopefully you can repair the damage. Interested in seeing those pics to see what kind of damage was done.

EBMCS03

Humm how hard did you open it? I've actually done it a few times on other cars and already once on the 2IS. Hahahha but I havent scratched anything yet. *knock on wood*

chubbymike

I did it fairly quickly. but it wasn't hard, just like opening my hood normally, but i guess it was still too hard. I will take a picture this weeknd and post all the pictures up. afterall, I did promise Premier that I will show my clear bra pictures to help them advertise.

so if you're reading this and want to get clear bra, try premier!!! (there! that's my advertisment for them :P )

jinetix

I did that to my previous car.. and I didn't learn my lesson for a while.. I did it many times.

I have yet to do it on the IS.. and hopefully I never get to do it.