Finally Washed my car and scratched the paint!
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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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by 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.
![Crying](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/Peace.gif)
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.
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Gotta be more careful next time
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Originally Posted by mwaull
how good does that touch up paint do? I might pick up a stick of it just in case as well . . .
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by gshb
its like 9 bucks from lexus-parts.com
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....
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Originally Posted by 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.
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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 )
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I did that to my previous car.. and I didn't learn my lesson for a while.. I did it many times. ![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
I have yet to do it on the IS.. and hopefully I never get to do it.
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I have yet to do it on the IS.. and hopefully I never get to do it.