My bad luck continues...

[CRUZTAKER]

This morning on the way to work I take a stone the size of a golf ball to the hood. My freshly painted hood hasn't even been rubbed out yet. :censor:

It came out of nowhere, and I originally thought it went over the car. I did not notice until I was stopped downtown and some construction workers were asking about the car. I went to open the hood, and dead square in the middle I see it. Two dents, and so badly gouged, it sc***** metal.

On the upside, the painting body shop felt so bad, they offered to repaint the entire hood for $200 if I provided them with a smokie burnout.

It gets repainted next week.:burnout:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/scratch004.jpg

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/6/2/6/scratch006.jpg

[Blackened300a]

That sucks! but $200 for the repaint is a great deal.

BTW, Maybe you should remove "Ding a ding dang... my dang a long ling long" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBKTo5K14M)




Anything with a Ding in it may be bad luck

:lol:

[offroadkarter]

That sucks! but $200 for the repaint is a great deal.

BTW, Maybe you should remove "Ding a ding dang... my dang a long ling long" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBKTo5K14M)




Anything with a Ding in it may be bad luck

:lol:

I agree, sounds like you were asking for it :D

[CRUZTAKER]

I'm beginning to wonder...:dunno:

[larryo340]

it's hard to believe that the song is by a '80s new wave band! :D
That sucks! but $200 for the repaint is a great deal.


BTW, Maybe you should remove "Ding a ding dang... my dang a long ling long" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBKTo5K14M)




Anything with a Ding in it may be bad luck

:lol:

[offroadkarter]

I'm beginning to wonder...:dunno:


Although if jesus built your hotrod theres a chance he would rebuild your hotrod.


Only if all this voodoo is true.

[n00bkiller944]

Damn man bad luck :( But good deal on the repair! Give them a good burnout!!!

[bigjon]

and take a good video of it. :)

[fastcar]

and take a good video of it. :)

I second the video idea. That would be GREAT fun. :)

Cruz, think twice before putting bondo on the hood, if it's dinged. I had a paintless dent guy remove nasty dings from my hood. He, in fact, did my entire car, taking out 6-8 dings, ranging from nasty, to hardly noticeable. These guys normally charge about $200 to do an entire car. But if it's just two on the hood, it should be a lot cheaper. Then you just need the paint. My body is now as straight as an arrow.

fastcar:burnout:

[FastMerc]

Dam man,I know how you feel.I had the same thing happen. Get rid of the saying!:D

[Bluerauder]

This morning on the way to work I take a stone the size of a golf ball to the hood. My freshly painted hood hasn't even been rubbed out yet. :censor:

Sorry to hear about the damage to the newly painted hood, Barry. Sounds like the shop is gonna do the right thing for you. :up:

Pat took a similar whack on the roof at MV5; but the object must have been heavier 'cause he had very deep gouges too. He got his fixed in Texas.

Road debris must be on the rise. I had a similar incident on Tuesday while exiting I-95 North headed to work. The Jeep Grand Cherokee ahead of me kicked up a 1" stone that I thought was gonna pass under the MM. It bounced up at the last second just in front of the bumper and took a bead dead smack in the center of my vision space. I had to duck 'cause I thought it was coming through the glass. Luckily, it just glanced off with a loud WHACK. Fortunately, there was no damage other than a scuff on the windshield. Dayum gravel trucks are losing half their load on the highways with all this construction going on. :(

[mailman]

Barry, that looks just like my driver's side door. Last week I threw a rock with the lawn mower from WAY across the yard and caught my door dead center. Someone ask me if I had been in the wrong part of town because it looks like a bullet hole !:eek: