rets

This morning I just saw this on the front. The back door of the truck/van street-parking in front of me yesterday evening prolly hit me.

Sucks.

Should I have the body shop painted the whole quarter panel in order to fix this damn quarter-size hole?

This city SUCKs.

Prolanman

I feel your pain. Living on LI I make it a point to never take my TL of 530i into NYC. I always take my Maxima. I would get it fixed ASAP. They should be able to blend the paint without having to paint the whole quarter panel.

Ron A

I hope you can get it fixed without the entire repaint. Good luck.

That's one ugly dent.

Novice

Ouch! So sorry about your car, rets.

05ACURATL

i think you just do touch up paint instead of paiting the whole fender.

cM3go

ouch, sorry to hear rets.

is it actually dented? If not, the quick way is some bondo and a touch up pen, but that may still show. Best thing is remove the fender and take it to a shop to fix and repaint that section.

RacialSlurs

garage, garage....
sorry that happened. paint shops will simply paint the area and blend it.

alvon

That is HORRIBLE!!!!

caball88

oh dang that looks bad. i would take it to the shop to see if it can get repaired. most likely something like that will require a repaint of the fender but if they can hide it well you might be able to save some $$$.

VTECboy

Check with your dealer. They usually have one of those traveling touch-up guys for their used cars and new cars nicked in transit. There are others who do this, but the dealer's guy has probably worked with acura colors before. I had my dealer touch up a tiny nick I found on my anthracite '05 at the time of delivery.....I can't even find it now.

VTECboy

....you also may want to look at some of their work. Some are much better than others. Find out what days they go to your dealer and talk to them. They can let you know if a decent fix is possible.

BTL05

Rets...yea better do the whole fender so they can blend the paint better. do not use touch up paint. it wont look right. thats why im still waiting for my car..

ChuckDu

What happened to the full nose bra listed in your profile? Think it might have saved the damage?

Any chance you were in Yonkers today, somewhere around 254th Street?

DiscoTL

This thread is valuable with pics.

Seriously though, that sucks. Just once I'd like to catch the guy who dents my door. (Panel in your case.) I probably wouldn't know what to say. I'd stand there with my mouth open in disbelief.

JZ

rets

The hole is dented, and the metal under the paint is clearly visable right now. The paint around that hole seems to peel off easily. I could imagine it would become worse and worse soon.

I have tons of chips on my hood, but not that quarter fender. It's bad to have the whole fender painted.

vp911

ouch rets. Sorry to see that

Hawhyen51

Rets, I feel for ya! If you run into that SOB again, I'm sure you'll let him know about it. With the color matching process now, it's easier to blend in with the rest of the paint.

rets

I haven't been to Yonkers for a month...



Also, I didn't have my full nose bra on my car at that time. I always remove them when SNOW, RAIN, etc.

Jerky

OH NO rets...that sucks sorry to hear that

i feel for you mang

crazymjb

Ouch, The only bad thing about nice cars is you have to get them fixed . Get it fixed ASAP!!

caball88

yeah you don't want rust to form in the exposed area.

crazymjb

Ur car could end up like one of those 90s acuras with extreme body rot. Dont fix one thing, dont fix another, etc.

TBone2004

Rets,

When my wife's '02 TL had someone attempt to take its lights they mangled the fender pretty good. I had a new one put on and the place I went to specialized in Acuras - you'd never know it was replaced (well, it no longer has the SN sticker inside) and the paint matched perfectly - they blended it real nice. I do not recommend touch up. Maybe in another spot you could get away with that, but where you got it would be very visible the way the light hits it. Sorry man - that is a friggin big chunk - looks like a nickel or quarter size from the pic.
I hate loser people that do not care about anyone elses property.

Good luck man.

neuronbob

I'm sorry to hear your TL was abused, rets. A good shop should be able to fix that up without repainting the whole panel.

CFIMIKE

They will probably just spot-paint it and not do the entire fender. Today's body shops do an amazing job of blending new paint with existing. You will not be able to see where it ever happened.

That's my experience over the last couple of years with small damages on my daughter's car.

jmn4667

I'd go hunt down the MF that did that and beat his ass!

Didn't that sound like a New Yorker reaction? Just kidding.

Good luck with the fix.

need4spd

Sorry rets, that really stinks.

matelot

ouch that blows sorry about that

rets

Thanks guys... I'll check a few shops over this weekend or next week.



need4spd, I'll have the B service in the dealer on Monday, will get quote.



General, in NYC, it's hard to keep bumpers clean... but I don't expect someone hit my hood or fender in the front...



TBone, who did the work for you?? Thanx.

need4spd

Good luck!

narnia

Rets I feel for you.

Which dealer are you using?

Jerky

nothing worse than getting a blemish on your baby, we all feel ya bro!

rets

Now, I go to Acura of Westchester... If their service could continue to satisfy me, I don't mind spending extra $ and time to go there... IMO.

da_illist_onE

Hope all goes well with the repairs.