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> Today was a very bad day......, Dropped a torque wrench
BPic
post Apr 19 2020, 03:57 PM
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Torqueing the passenger front strut nut, the socket got stuck on the nut. I gave it a tug and with sweaty hands lost control of the wrench. I tried to catch it which actually, probably, made it worse as I didn't connect and the wrench started spinning. I thought I was going to puke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) brand new paint....

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AZBanks
post Apr 19 2020, 04:10 PM
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QUOTE(BPic @ Apr 19 2020, 02:57 PM) *

Torqueing the passenger front strut nut, the socket got stuck on the nut. I gave it a tug and with sweaty hands lost control of the wrench. I tried to catch it which actually, probably, made it worse as I didn't connect and the wrench started spinning. I thought I was going to puke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) brand new paint....

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Oh, man, that sucks. BTDT. Does the shop that did the paint have any leftover paint they could use to reshoot that fender?
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post Apr 19 2020, 04:33 PM
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It does suck and yes I have paint. I have tiptoed around the car while building it for the last 9 months. I’m getting close to getting it on the road and now this? He can fix it. Already sent pics to him. Thanks


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QUOTE(BPic @ Apr 19 2020, 02:57 PM) *

Torqueing the passenger front strut nut, the socket got stuck on the nut. I gave it a tug and with sweaty hands lost control of the wrench. I tried to catch it which actually, probably, made it worse as I didn't connect and the wrench started spinning. I thought I was going to puke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) brand new paint....

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Oh, man, that sucks. BTDT. Does the shop that did the paint have any leftover paint they could use to reshoot that fender?
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post Apr 19 2020, 05:02 PM
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Ouch! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Apr 19 2020, 05:30 PM
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Nasty deep dent,I feel your pain had an alloy ladder near my car and a freak storm during the night blew the ladder over and I got a dent in a similar place to yours ,paintless dent guy could get it out unlike the damage you have,feel sorry for you.
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post Apr 19 2020, 11:57 PM
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Nasty deep dent,I feel your pain had an alloy ladder near my car and a freak storm during the night blew the ladder over and I got a dent in a similar place to yours ,paintless dent guy could get it out unlike the damage you have,feel sorry for you.


I am creeping carefully around my newly painted tub - I can imagine exactly how you feel after several near misses. I am going to creep even more carefully.......thanks for sharing such a tough moment - I am sure several of us will benefit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Apr 20 2020, 07:11 AM
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Oh no! So sorry. This is one of my worst nightmares. My garage is a disaster waiting to happen and even though I have most of the car wrapped in carpet protection vinyl, I still worry every time I'm out there working.
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post Apr 20 2020, 08:03 AM
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Anyone who has ever had fresh paint knows the care and caution I am sure you employed while working on your car. These things happen and the best news is you have the paint and with a little work that will be a distant memory and your fender will once again be perfect. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Apr 20 2020, 09:53 AM
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Awwww, bummer. That can be addressed however.
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post Apr 20 2020, 12:02 PM
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I generally purposefully put an imperfection in a car I paint so I don't have the tip toe mentality... But not this big...


It is an easy fix, the painter will hammer the dent back sand it out about 6" prime and blend the paint about 12" out and then reclear the whole pannel. I've done this in a shop class before in about 2 hours total..
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post Apr 20 2020, 12:07 PM
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Put a band aid over it for now. Then you don't need to look at it. Sucks. I have a few dings in mine too. Hate to look at them
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post Apr 20 2020, 03:04 PM
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I felt the same pain, did this 1 week after I got it painted.

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post Apr 20 2020, 04:14 PM
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That's a bummer. Don't beat yourself up over it... just get it fixed.
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post Apr 20 2020, 06:22 PM
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I've done dumber things in my younger years. Not that I'm immune now either. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

When I had just finished repainting my 1st 914 and got it put togeher I was so anxious to go drive that I went out without checking my lug nuts that I had only lightly torqued about 3 weeks earlier.

Needless to say, I got to repaint a front quater panel and I was lucky to have gotten away with only with that and a ball joint replacment. Ball joint was ground down substantially as it dragged along the pavement. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Condolences though. The heart ache is real for those of us that have felt that same pit of the gut feeling you felt!
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post Apr 20 2020, 09:55 PM
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Bummer I know how you feel. I got a fresh paint job a while, back drove it home from the paint shop I think overly excited and scraped the rear fender flare against the fire place. I was ready to give up when i stepped outside to look at it.
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post Apr 20 2020, 10:25 PM
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I picked up what I thought was a clean rag not realizing a sliver of metal was stuck on it. Wiped the car back and forth before realizing I was putting deep scratches on it.
Self inflicted wounds are sometimes the worst!
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post Apr 21 2020, 06:51 PM
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Years ago I threw a frisbee out the driver's window of my '71 while sitting in the garage and it left my hand in the most awkward way resulting in it connecting with the top of the front left fender. I heard a substantial knock and I got out to see what I had done. Sure enough a very noticeable ding....and get this...one week after getting out of the paint booth from a ground up restoration.

Damn, I was furious with myself. I created cuss words I never knew existed...lol
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post Apr 23 2020, 10:42 AM
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Been there done that! On the up side, its a perfect place for one of my Pegasus decals. Black would be my recommendation. They come in pairs, one for each side.
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post Apr 23 2020, 11:08 AM
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It could always be worse.


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