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Old 11-30-09, 03:46 PM
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Ouch... Keep your eye out. Cross your fingers hope the paint does not come off that person's car that easy and you might still find who it could be.

Good luck man. That really sucks.
Old 12-01-09, 12:03 AM
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I just left a note last night on someones car. I watched a van scrape against the car with more damage left than on your car and drive away without even stopping to take a look. I took down his license plate #, left my # and left a note saying I was a witness to the ******* that hit his car. I just slipped it under the front wiper on the window in case the victim wanted to file for a hit and run.

I ONLY WISH other people would do the same, because after I got MY fresh paint job this year I've already been hit 6 times and one of the last hits cracked the paint in my front bumper =(

So I know exactly how you feel and how ****TY it is! Sorry to see this... f***ing bad drivers!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr!
Old 12-01-09, 06:47 AM
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man this makes me mad!!! I hate morons that do crap like this, they dont care about there car so they treat everyone elses like crap. Im sorry to see this but hey it looks like it can be buffed out...I would take a clay bar to it.
Old 12-01-09, 06:59 AM
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unbelievable
Old 12-01-09, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by One HoT
Hey sorry for the damage but it looks like it couldve been worse. I think 90% of the scrapes did not completely penetrate through the paint so I'm sure you could buff it out with a PC or rotary. Good luck.
Looking at the pictures I think most of it will come out too, but normally a hit like that will crack paint on the bumper. It will look fine for a few months, but then the flaws will start to show.

Originally Posted by FUZION
what wheels are those?
Looks like work rezax II to me.
Old 12-01-09, 12:22 PM
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mann, that sucks. Car is still sick tho
Old 12-01-09, 06:44 PM
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I dropped it a bit and took away what I didn't like.
Old 12-01-09, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 24boosted


I dropped it a bit and took away what I didn't like.
what kind of wheels are those works?
Old 12-01-09, 06:49 PM
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Rezax II with DDC barrels.
Old 12-01-09, 09:59 PM
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Sucks to hear what happened, I've kind of had a similar experience and though my car is no were close to as good looking as yours, the feeling sucks.

Good luck and hope you get it all sorted out!
Old 12-02-09, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 24boosted
Rezax II with DDC barrels.
ddc barrels? whats that mean if you dont mind, thanx??
Old 12-02-09, 03:56 PM
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Use rubbing compound on it to clean it up and then go over it with some polishing compound, should take car of most of that.
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Originally Posted by FUZION
ddc barrels? whats that mean if you dont mind, thanx??


Rezax II with regular lip.

The OP has DDC lip/barrel, they're curved/rounded.
Old 12-03-09, 05:09 PM
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I tried to buff out the spot on the quarter panel and and my red base coat came off on my microfiber towel so its going to need to get professionally fixed. It went through the clearcoat and the paint cracked on the bumper so I didnt even bother buffing it out any further

DDC Lip has an eyelet for each rivet



Originally Posted by 24boosted


I dropped it a bit and took away what I didn't like.
Hey I like the vertical bar! It looks alot a little bit lower like that
Old 12-03-09, 09:14 PM
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i have a 95 sc300 and i need to know if all the windows from an sc400 will fit cause i have my sc400 as a part car cause the tranny went out


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