Mrtastygoody

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Guys, I wanna cry right now. I just got my car about a week ago, a WDP 04, and it got keyed last night! It's along the entire driver side, from the rear side marker, alllllll along the accent line, up past the drivers door handle. I'm so pissed off you have no idea! My mom said she saw a lifted truck parked in the drive for about 30 sec last night, I have no idea who that was but I swear to god if I find them, their truck is getting ass fucked and I'm gonna beat that bro bitch like a red-headed stepchild.

Back to the real point, how much would it be to get the 3 panels repainted, the rear quarter, the rear door and the driver door? I don't know if I have comp insurance or not. If not, could I put it on, wait a month, then report the keying? Or would that be suspicious? :/ Please help me out here guys, this is the nicest thing I've owned in my life, and I have it for a week and some shit head has to fuck it up for me.

imthestiG

That sucks man.. I've had that happen to me before, so I feel your pain. Start by looking at girls you have pissed off recently and see if they have a man or friend with matching truck.

Mrtastygoody

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Haha I only have one ex, and she was a pastors daughter so I don't think that's the case :P
Although it might have been my friend's dick boyfriend, but he drives a Forte (FAGGET LOL). I could see him getting a ride over here, and why he would be jealous of my TL with that pussy car.

TLtrigirl

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gonna be pricey...not gonna lie. hopefully the scratches didn't indent the panel. you're probably looking at $3-500 per panel to repair and paint. to repair and paint a bumper its almost $500. replace and paint a bumper its going to be over $700.

take it to a body shop or two or three and get an estimate.

be lucky it wasn't your ENTIRE CAR that was keyed. it happened to a member here this past fall (jokerman). they essentially had to replace all his glass, repair every single panel, replace both bumpers and repaint the ENTIRE car. over $10k in damages (but the body shop was able to get accept the insurance at the max amt before it would be considered totaled.

in your case they would need to blend each panel with the rest of the car so the repair cannot be noticed. this is the part that takes time and a really good painter who knows what he's doing. dont' go cheap. you pay for what you get (dont' wanna find out later that the paint failed).

CHISOX1

I recently had an estimate to repaint 1 door and they told me as someone stated above in order to blend they needed to do the panels on either side to do it right. Estimate was $1200 to $1500 with no damage repair, just paint. Hopefully your insurance deductable is less than that.
Good Luck

jokerman826

I really lucked out. They hit me hard. After all was said and done, the official cost to me and the insurance company was just over 9600. The body shop I was using worked with the insurance company to ensure my car wouldnt be totaled. If they didnt work together, then the cost with all the body work, replacement parts and paining was somewhere between 12,500 and 13,000.

Now about getting the insurance now, that can look suspicious. When i first got stationed in Illinois, I decided to change my insurance around a little. I lowered my deductible. A week later I was rear-ended by another military menber. We both talked to the isnurance company (we both had USAA). The day after the accident, some froud guy from USAA called me and asked me all of these stupid questions to determine if the accident happened before the policy change. I kept explaining to him no, then i told him that it didnt really matter when I changed the ploicy because, the accident wasnt my fault. he then said yes it does because it could be fraud. I told him whatever and hung up. They ended up fixing my rear bumper and placed it against the other driver.

Point is....... Be careful when chaning your policy. If you really enjoy your car, then you should keep full coverage.

Guiltyox

We understand your frustration, but tone down the slurs....I personally dont appreciate them .

As for the reparation, you'll need an adjuster to come out and look at the car. If the key marks are too deep, it will be ALOT more than just painting over it. Good luck!

RaviNJCLs

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That sucks. You're probably looking at $1500 or more. Make sure you are really picky about the work. It will not be easy to match the color with a car that is 7 years old. And I think white is one of the tougher colors to match.

Hell....I think all the WDP bumpers look like they are repainted because to me they never truly match the rest of the car.

CLtotheTL32

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What's a fagget?

lilsid112

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Some prick at my apartment complex walked around the car and keyed every panel and slashed a tire. I made a police report and contacted my insurance. It was covered under vandalism but I'm not sure if my rates will go up or not. My total bill with the body shop after them working with me was 6k just to repaint the entire car. Good luck!

Flipster23

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Damn that sucks.

Scottwax

Whatever you do, don't cheap out on the repaint. It will look like crap.

There have been a rash of vandalism issues in the Dallas area, usually turns out to be bored high school kids.

vladkarnafel

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damn! that sucks..
you got any pics of the damage?

Mrtastygoody

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I can get some pics here in a second. Sorry for the raging last night guys, I was pretty pissed off. :P Let me go take a few and I'll post them in about five minutes. BTW, my front bumper must've been repainted before cuz it's a way different color than the rest. Maybe they'll give me a full paint job?

RaviNJCLs

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I think that's what I see when I look at all the WDP's.

Mrtastygoody

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It's such a pretty color; and apparently impossible to match. Lol.
Here's the damage!








Rest of the pics wouldn't show up in the lighting, the other parts of the scratch are kinda light. These are the worst two parts of it; first picture is on the rear quarter.

vladkarnafel

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oh trully sorry
the paint on the bumpers will always be different from body color cause of different material

Mrtastygoody

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Good news! I went by State Farm a few minutes ago, it's fully covered and I actually have 0 deductible! (: Think I'll get the whole thing painted, or just the damaged panels? It'd be pretty great to have it all redone; whoever did the bumper before must've been mentally incompetent, it's chipping everywhere from the tiniest rocks. Also, should I go with the Insurance Co.'s recommendation, or check out more shops? If anyone knows some in my area, that'd be great.

Acura_Dude

Kudos on the $0 deductible! More than likely the panels will be repainted with some blending in. Doubt they'll repaint the WHOLE car. It's up to you to use the insurance's preferred shop or an independent one. I've had some issues with my last insurance's preferred shop. Either way there should be no problem in repainting the car, especially doing it the right way. You don't HAVE to use the insurance's shop you can pick your own. Some people like to just have insurance cut them a check and handle the rest on their on (picking the shop, etc).

What I've learned is sometimes when using the preferred shop, different insurances whatever the amount they approve, thats usually the amount they'll stick with EVEN if it costs more. That's when they start cutting corners. But your car doesn't have collision damage, you just need a repaint. Just make sure it looks good and it's done right, oh an another thing is if you use the preferred shop you should get a life time warranty for as long as you own the car.

**WhItE-aNgEl**

Good to hear bro, I was gonna suggest one of those magic scratch removers but I'm glad your insurance is taking care of it

TLtrigirl

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lifetime warranty can be given from a non-preferred shop as well (as long as you own the car and as long as the shop stays open). the insurance shops...its covered by the insurance company for the life of your ownership of the car. so if the preferred shop you went to closes, you can still go to another preferred shop and the insurance will cover the work.

in terms of what shop to go to...up to you. figure out a shop that does work to your liking and is highly reputable, and you should be taken care of well. i'm leary of insurance shops, but that's me.

i doubt the insurance will cover painting the entire car. if you want it all to really match pay the difference and you can have the whole car painted. one half of you car will have swirls (the non injured side) while the repainted will be nice a smooth. you may want to consider getting the rest of your car detailed appropriately with a detailer that specializes in paint correction to get the rest of the car unswirled. just a thought.

Steven Bell

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Sorry to hear about this-thank God for $0 deductible.

turbo_oxide

sorry to hear... good to hear on the 0 deductible. at least it'll take care of those fingernail scratches behind your door handles.

inneedofboost

if you want to get the whole car repainted, talk to the shop you wind up using and ask them how much more they will charge you to paint the entire car. It may not cost you to much more money.

Aman

Don't forget to collect for depreciation, too. A car with many panels repainted might not go for as much as a car with all original paint. My car got sideswiped almost three years ago, and while the paint-match looked perfect to my eyes after the repair, I'm starting to notice a tiny difference between the repainted portion and the rest of the car when looked at in the right light.

ohsixMTee

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Especially the WDP rear bumper....

Acura_Dude

Thanks for adding this extra info.