Always make sure your wipers are down b4 you try to open your hood
02-20-07, 12:40 AM
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Always make sure your wipers are down b4 you try to open your hood
Like the title says Always make sure your wipers are down b4 you try to open your hood.
I learned the hard way, i totally forgot about it, i always put them down after a car wash. This time i forgot, and opened up the hood to dry the hood cover after a car wash
Wipers scraped paint into bare metal.
Is touchup paint decent to fill it up? It a very small scrape.
Still.
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My exterior color is a GFM.
hope it wont be too noticeable after touchup.
I learned the hard way, i totally forgot about it, i always put them down after a car wash. This time i forgot, and opened up the hood to dry the hood cover after a car wash
Wipers scraped paint into bare metal.
Is touchup paint decent to fill it up? It a very small scrape.
Still.
POOR BABY
My exterior color is a GFM.
hope it wont be too noticeable after touchup.
Last edited by el3ctone; 02-20-07 at 12:45 AM.
02-20-07, 11:32 AM
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That has happened to a couple of members already.
Touch up paint should be fine, but GFM will be very difficult to apply correctly. The area is not that noticable. Now, I know that you notice it, but otherwise, it is not that noticable to everyone else...
Touch up paint should be fine, but GFM will be very difficult to apply correctly. The area is not that noticable. Now, I know that you notice it, but otherwise, it is not that noticable to everyone else...
02-20-07, 11:52 AM
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Try these guys http://www.paintscratch.com/
You might need a primer as well since the paint scraped through to the bare metal. I just got mine ordered from them and have not received it yet.
Good Luck!!
You might need a primer as well since the paint scraped through to the bare metal. I just got mine ordered from them and have not received it yet.
Good Luck!!
02-20-07, 01:14 PM
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Thanks for the warning! I hadn't thought about it, and always put my wipers up when cleaning. Luckily, I've always done under the hood last, so I guess I've always put the wipers down before that.
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02-20-07, 06:13 PM
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I bought the touch-up paint from Sewell lexus-parts.com
hope it arrives soon. im starting to see rust. it rained a day ago.
how quick is sewell with their shipping and handling?
02-21-07, 09:29 AM
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I did exactly the same thing just two days after I picked up my brand new IS350.
I was giving it a top to bottom wash and decided to clean the engine bay too. Next thing I knew it was, Bam!, I knocked my hood against the wipers. Then I decided to put the wipers back on the windshield, but I did it in the wrong order. So they ended up hitting against each other too.........
Luckily, there was no visible damage, but I was quite traumatized.....
I was giving it a top to bottom wash and decided to clean the engine bay too. Next thing I knew it was, Bam!, I knocked my hood against the wipers. Then I decided to put the wipers back on the windshield, but I did it in the wrong order. So they ended up hitting against each other too.........
Luckily, there was no visible damage, but I was quite traumatized.....
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