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Door Ding
Some son of a *itch put a nice door ding into my car the other day. It pissed me off so much. How can you be so disrespectful to people. If I ever did that to somebody i would admit fault and take care of the situation. The person hit my car so hard the mark completly took the paint off and the mark is all the way down to the fiber glass. Will this rust?
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Originally Posted by 2004c5
Some son of a *itch put a nice door ding into my car the other day. It pissed me off so much. How can you be so disrespectful to people. If I ever did that to somebody i would admit fault and take care of the situation. The person hit my car so hard the mark completly took the paint off and the mark is all the way down to the fiber glass. Will this rust?
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YES, Immediately remove the affected part and immerse in boiling water, then after 10 minutes remove the part then insert yer head, it might rust too!!!!!
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Originally Posted by 2004c5
The person hit my car so hard the mark completly took the paint off and the mark is all the way down to the fiber glass. Will this rust?
The bottom line is that a material must have iron present for rust to form. Fiberglass is a non-metal material and will not rust.
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Originally Posted by 2004c5
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Originally Posted by 2004c5
the fiber glass. Will this rust?
Dan - Stating the obvious here, but "fiberglass" doesn't rust. Here is how the National Corvette Museum explains what the C5 is made of:
"Last but not least, the Corvette's body is still made of fiberglass, albeit a much-improved variety that is highly crack-resistant and allows the Bowling Green plant to provide the smoothest, most blemish-free Corvette exterior finish ever."
It doesn't rust either......
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Sadly, most people care nothing about cars -- just a way to get from point A to B. Their sled looks good the day they drive it home from the dealership -- after that it's all downhill. And many cars are leased, adding to the apathy.
Sorry about your damage. It will be costly to fix well.
Sorry about your damage. It will be costly to fix well.
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St. Jude Donor '11
Originally Posted by 2004c5
Some son of a *itch put a nice door ding into my car the other day. It pissed me off so much. How can you be so disrespectful to people. If I ever did that to somebody i would admit fault and take care of the situation. The person hit my car so hard the mark completly took the paint off and the mark is all the way down to the fiber glass. Will this rust?
First of all...OUCH!...and to an '04
...get a small bottle of touch up and fix it...just take your time and carefilly fill in the area...no one will ever notice it...otherwise you risk the chance of a bad matchup if you take it in for painting(Most WalMarts sells a big selection of GM touch-up paint)....if it was really bad damage to a larger area then the whole door could be painted...and lastly, to reduce the chances of this happening again by some jealous bastich...park way the heck out in left field like I do
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Originally Posted by HMannini
Tich, tich, tich, maybe you should take a timeout and then you can come back and try to play nice...........my post was meant as a joke and now I have to tolerate being called names by, well I just don't know what you are?
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Originally Posted by 2004c5
I have a bottle of touch up paint. I'm just afraid of putting it on that it'll look more noticible
Dont worry about it. The good thing is touchup paint literally comes right off. Put some on if you dont like it rub it off with your finger after it dries.
If there are any areas of scuff try using a clay bar to get any of that off then touchup what you can.
JT
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Originally Posted by JTS97Z28
Dont worry about it. The good thing is touchup paint literally comes right off. Put some on if you dont like it rub it off with your finger after it dries.
If there are any areas of scuff try using a clay bar to get any of that off then touchup what you can.
JT
If there are any areas of scuff try using a clay bar to get any of that off then touchup what you can.
JT
great advice...