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10-02-2007, 10:48 PM | #23 |
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paint the rest of the car with yellow race strips!
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10-02-2007, 10:51 PM | #24 | |
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10-02-2007, 11:01 PM | #25 |
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Well, I'm just looking for the best solution to deal with it. I'm still super P.O'd about the whole thing, but what the hell are you gonna do? It's done. Sucking about it or pitching a fit for a week isn't going to make my car new again.
Anyone tried acetone on the paint job. It sounds like something I could try, except I'm afraid of it taking off the clearcoat as well. Acetone is the main solvent in nail polish, no? |
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10-02-2007, 11:02 PM | #26 |
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try a small patch first. then see if it takes off the clear coat. if not go right on with it. you'll most likely need to buff it with an orbital and rewax it afterwards..
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10-02-2007, 11:03 PM | #27 | |
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jk umm you can definitely take most of it out using a buffer like portercable |
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10-02-2007, 11:05 PM | #28 |
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well thats assuming that she has her own bank accounts too, i mean i dont what their banking habits are, but either way, if theres a way to have her pay for it...then do it.
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10-02-2007, 11:10 PM | #29 |
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I thought one of the advantages of a stick shift was that no wife would ever want to drive your car.
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10-02-2007, 11:11 PM | #30 | |
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10-02-2007, 11:27 PM | #31 | |
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I taught her how to drive stick shift a few years back...........
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10-03-2007, 12:13 AM | #33 | |
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As for the OP, I feel for your pain. It sucks to see your car get dinged and scraped up, but looking at the damage, it looks like the paint came off of the post your wife hit, rather than the other way around. Hopefully you'll be able to simply remove that yellow paint and rebuff the area. I thought I read somewhere in another thread that people used a different chemical besides acetone to remove paint transfers like that. I'll try to search a bit and see if I come up with anything.
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10-03-2007, 01:29 AM | #35 |
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Ouch! Good Luck on the fix. This is the reason why, I never let my wife or previous girlfriends drive my cars, not even my sister. Sorry to be a pig, but women do not pay attention when they drive. For them a car is just a mode of transportation.
Oh, and a stick shift helps in many cases.
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10-03-2007, 01:34 AM | #37 |
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What to do you ask??
Don't ever let your wife drive the nice car again. I could see if she accidently backed up into one of those bright yellow poles that are occasionally in a blind spot when backing, but driving FORWARD into one! No BMW driving for her. And get her eyes checked! |
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10-03-2007, 01:51 AM | #38 |
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actually, YES you can, in a town called Bountiful, B.C., you can have as many wives, children, grandchildren as you want and be a polygamist and marry your own cousins and have sex with 12 yr olds and then marry them too
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10-03-2007, 06:06 AM | #39 |
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Do you have or know someone who has a Porter Cable DAP or a rotary buffer. If so try and see if it buffs off. If primer is not showing it very well may.
My wife used to drive my 550, but she refused to drive my 335 knowing what a nutcase I am about this car. It is interesting how my wife and daughters get these dings and scrapes on their cars and mine remains pristine. I guess that protecting their car is not one of their top priorities in life.
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OP, good luck getting the yellow out! Good attitude towards your wife too, it's cool that she drives a stick
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10-03-2007, 06:44 AM | #41 | |
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10-03-2007, 06:45 AM | #42 |
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I just was starring at the pics for about 10 mins... looks crazy.. but it's fixable.. take it to a center!!
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10-03-2007, 07:47 AM | #44 | |
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it's a real shame to see any of these things happen . good luck with the situation and you seem calm enough about that you aren't yelling or anything. you'll be in no time! on second thought, you could continue painting the rest of the car that way and have yellow racing stripes! |
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