Door ding report.......
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Burning Brakes
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From: Tucson AZ
Door ding report.......
........now that there's a couple of model years worth of C6 out there.......and no body side mouldings like the C5 had.......there just got to be some horror storys around some clown using your car as a doorstop. Lets hear it!
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From: Broad Run VA
I was looking through the 07 Accessories catalog I got from the dealer, and they're showing the side moldings in red, black, silver, and one more color, I think, but can't remember what it is. I noted that they did not have the artic white, which is what I'm thinking of getting.
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Originally Posted by longboy4
........now that there's a couple of model years worth of C6 out there.......and no body side mouldings like the C5 had.......there just got to be some horror storys around some clown using your car as a doorstop. Lets hear it!
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From: Lake Elsinore CA
I've got door dings in both my doors. I opened my door too wide and too fast in a gas station and it got caught on the slump block fascia.
Two small paint chip marks, hardly noticable.
On a different occasion my wife opened the passanger door, and that second swing got away from her, causing the door to hit a concrete wall. More than a paint chip here, it cracked the fiberglass, and it shows. I have since put clear door strips on both doors. They are hardly noticeable.
I am also a lot more carefull when I open the doors.
Two small paint chip marks, hardly noticable.
On a different occasion my wife opened the passanger door, and that second swing got away from her, causing the door to hit a concrete wall. More than a paint chip here, it cracked the fiberglass, and it shows. I have since put clear door strips on both doors. They are hardly noticeable.
I am also a lot more carefull when I open the doors.
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From: Richland WA
dumb dings
those aren't door dings, they're dumb dings. My wife did worse with an older car she had. opened the door, car rolled back down the drive and about ripped the door off on a shrub. that's a dumb dent, not ding! 
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From: Fernandina Beach
Originally Posted by BIG STEAM
I've got door dings in both my doors. I opened my door too wide and too fast in a gas station and it got caught on the slump block fascia.
Two small paint chip marks, hardly noticable.
On a different occasion my wife opened the passanger door, and that second swing got away from her, causing the door to hit a concrete wall. More than a paint chip here, it cracked the fiberglass, and it shows. I have since put clear door strips on both doors. They are hardly noticeable.
I am also a lot more carefull when I open the doors.
Two small paint chip marks, hardly noticable.
On a different occasion my wife opened the passanger door, and that second swing got away from her, causing the door to hit a concrete wall. More than a paint chip here, it cracked the fiberglass, and it shows. I have since put clear door strips on both doors. They are hardly noticeable.
I am also a lot more carefull when I open the doors.