Stories of knucklehead mistakes, Make me feel better about the scratches in my new paint |
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Stories of knucklehead mistakes, Make me feel better about the scratches in my new paint |
stevegm |
Dec 1 2019, 09:09 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,111 Joined: 14-July 14 From: North Carolina Member No.: 17,633 Region Association: South East States |
I got my car out of storage to finish putting it back together. What started as a 3-month quick paint job, turned into a 5-year project. Anyway, I tried to keep the paint job from getting scratched while I pushed the car around the garage over the past couple of years. Everyone in my family knows - Rule #1 of the garage is don’t scratch the silver car. But, I failed. When I pulled it out to start finishing it this weekend, I noticed a few scratches in the paint. I sure would have liked to have driven it before scratching it. How I managed to scratch it, I have no idea. I guess the rule is - whatever you are trying to avoid scratching, will, in fact, get a scratched.
Anybody else scratch their new paint before finishing reassembly? I figured I’d start a knucklehead move thread. A form of group therapy I guess. |
DRPHIL914 |
Dec 4 2019, 09:44 AM
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Dr. Phil Group: Members Posts: 5,766 Joined: 9-December 09 From: Bluffton, SC Member No.: 11,106 Region Association: South East States |
I made the mistake of taking my car to someone that thought they could properly roll the fenders, and they damaged both fenders badly, this is quite a while back, but it lead to having to have Chris Foley actually cut off the bent lips and fenders a nd weld on "new" ones from a parts car he had, this was done while the car was there to get new floor pans and all the rust removed in the longs etc, but i'd say that the extent of that mistake was in excess of $2500 for the body work and metal work/welding to fix that damage, and those fenders were perfect before that. and all that due to having wrong offset rims and wheels too wide. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) - actually I took it to the shop to have the new tires mounted and fit and told them to make sure they checked for clearance before driving it, but they drove it , they rubbed causing blistering of the paint and then they decided to try and "roll and stretch" the fenders---- using a bat!, which caused 3 semicircular creases in the sheet metal of the left fender and a bend. anyway be careful who you take your car to and don't ever try to roll your fender lip with a bat!
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AZBanks |
Dec 4 2019, 02:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,060 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I made the mistake of taking my car to someone that thought they could properly roll the fenders, and they damaged both fenders badly, this is quite a while back, but it lead to having to have Chris Foley actually cut off the bent lips and fenders a nd weld on "new" ones from a parts car he had, this was done while the car was there to get new floor pans and all the rust removed in the longs etc, but i'd say that the extent of that mistake was in excess of $2500 for the body work and metal work/welding to fix that damage, and those fenders were perfect before that. and all that due to having wrong offset rims and wheels too wide. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) - actually I took it to the shop to have the new tires mounted and fit and told them to make sure they checked for clearance before driving it, but they drove it , they rubbed causing blistering of the paint and then they decided to try and "roll and stretch" the fenders---- using a bat!, which caused 3 semicircular creases in the sheet metal of the left fender and a bend. anyway be careful who you take your car to and don't ever try to roll your fender lip with a bat! I rolled and stretched the fenders on my 944 S2 cab with a 5 lb hammer. My neighbors who saw the work in progress question my sanity. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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