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. |
ClayPerrine |
Dec 2 2019, 10:09 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,410 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Another one of mine....
If you look at the ceiling in my garage, above the lift, you will notice two curved holes in the sheetrock. One day I raised our 95 BMW 540i up and forgot to set the rear of the hood down on the body. The rear corners of the BMW hood match the curved holes in the ceiling. Luckily therw was no damage to the BMW hood. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) One more recent. I changed the oil pressure sender on Igor, and forgot to hook the hose that runs from the oil tank to the top of the engine back up. So there was an open hole in the top of the motor. Then I took it out for a drive..... BIG oily mess........ |
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