Ramon

So I'm at my friends hosue with a few of my cousins for a little new years get together. I walk out to the garage and see my friend cleaning something from the garage door. I asked what he was doing and he said someone had thrown an egg onto the garage door. First thing I thought of was the car. I had parked out on the street so I wouldn't have to deal with me blocking anyone in the driveway, or having someone block me if I wanted to leave. I run up the drive way to take a look and sure enough, my car bore the brunt of the egg attack. I pulled it into the drive way to get some light and a better look, the whole driver side was pretty much covered, the good news was that it looked like it had just happened so nothing had dried out yet. I soaked the car and used a rag to get as much of it off as possible, then drove to the nearest automatic car wash and ran it through twice. The lady at the gas station was kind enough to let me take it in a second time free of charge.

The good news:
Got all the egg off
Got back to my friends house with 3 minutes left until the ball dropped

The bad news:
There are several small paint chips on the rear driver door from the egg hitting the car

I have yet to see it in daylight so I don't know how noticable the paint chips are, but i'm sure to me they will be very noticable. I'm not sure if just that part can be repaired or if they'll need to paint the entire door. I'll be taking it to a couple body shops to get an estimate, if it's more than my deductable I'll just make a claim which would be covered under my comprehensive.

Oh, the other bit of bad news is that I didn't catch the pussies that did it!

gsrthomas

iTrader: (1)

Sorry for the bad luck bro.

That is why I didnt even start my car today. Just sat in the garage actually for the past two days.

ecr527

Sorry to hear what happened to your car. Even worse that you weren't able to catch the people that did this to your car. There were too many crazy people out there last night. I played it safe and left the Lex at home and drove my Integra all night instead.

Batmobile

iTrader: (2)

yeah... that sucked... sorry to hear... left mine in the garage also.... hope things go well.

flyfl1pguy

iTrader: (2)

yes sorry to hear bout your car.

Sarorn

I really hate hearing stories like this! I hope someone catches the little losers that did it! Really really pisses me off!!!

What color is your car? If they paint the door, they'd have to blend into the adjacent panels as well in order for the colors to match. I'm sure a good body shop will repair it perfectly and you won't notice any difference.

Can you take pics and post it up so we can see how bad the chips are? Let us know how the repairs go.

Lexmex

Kids down here will throw the eggs over the overpasses. I have never had problems with chips, but after I run bracket races (and win) I usually get some scratches from a few anti-gringos in the crowd.

sk72

I am sorry to hear that.. anyways were you near any college area?? I hate unresponsible college kids.. have seen a lot them while I was doing a food delivery while I was in the college.. I have even had chicks just walk in to my car and trying to steal the food..

Anyways.. don't let this ruin your 07' .. hopefully there is not much paint chips..

Ramon

The car is Black Onyx. I'll try and get some pics posted today.

cpsmith516

if i were you i would just do it out of pocket. if you file a claim, it will go on your carfax where they will not put complete information... your report will just say it had work done to that door, not specifically what, so the next person to buy your car or when you trade it in will throw a fit over the door on the carfax eventhough it was only paint. just my 2 cents.

Technique

Glad you still got to see the ball drop...

Sarorn

I thought CARFAX's only showed anything if there was major damage to the car. I had a minor accident with my 98 Accord, and when I sold it, my buyer did a carfax and it didnt show anything.

Sarorn

They may not have to blend to the adjacent panels since its black. Black is an easy color to match and there aren't too many shades of it.

Also, when talking to bodyshops, if they have to repaint the whole door, make sure they properly remove all the trim or mouldings around the door and close to the window. They have to paint underneath the trim too, not just tape it. This is the only way to properly repaint and not have it peeling down the road.

Technique

I had a SMALL scratch on a car once... I took it in for an estimate, and that's it... And it showed up on carfax as "Visit to an accident center" "Accidents = 1"

I was so pissed... It all depends on if the auto body shop you go to records your vin and is a carfax partner...