really bad day for me too!! stupid door fell on my car!!

[Missay]

grrrrr....i think our solaras like getting banged up (get yur mind outta the gutter!)

well..i stayed up all night writing that stupid censorship paper and only got a couple hours of sleep on the couch. needless to say i was very cranky and in a bad mood...and late for class..and i still didn't even have everything ready for class!

well..the story gets better!! i was at my mother's boyfriend's house to park to go to the train station and pulled into his garage. well of course i didn't notice that he had a wooden front door (the nice heavy ones!) leaning up against the wall. it's a tiny garage and just barely scraped it will my mirror. whatever, no big deal, i just left it and went to school.

here's the kicker! i accessed the situation before i got into the car and decided that i just enough room as long as a cut the wheel a little then backed straight up...heheh..didn't work..i just barely hit it again...but the best part!! the frigin door fell on my car!! ahhhh!!

it took me like ten minutes of getting in the car and out, adjusting the door just so to make the door balance while backing the car out of the garage.
i was kinda hoping some random person would walk by so i could have the hold the door while i backed out.

the damage you ask?? a nice big, round, chunk of paint it missing from the tip of the passenger side mirror. damn it!! it's not huge, but it's big enough..probably a little less than a quarter size. that was one heavy door!! luckily there was no other damage.

anyone know what the best way to fix this is?? should i attempt touch up paint first or just go to a proffesional? maybe i should go down to the dealer and get toyota touch up paint?

[Gunman]

you see , did you notice the a old guy with a hat going slow in front of you today, i'm on to these guys i tell you.

[Missay]

hahah..no guy w/ a hat..but i did have a really old lady in a driving school car driving 10mph in front of me on a 40mph rd....ahhhhh!!

[Gunman]

hmmmmmmm im goning to have to add that into my theory book.

[Jay]

bodyshops should fix that for $50...

[Missay]

hummm..$50 bucks isn't bad..i'll have to let my mechanic see it and see what he thinks, he does some minor body work. i could always bring it back to the place that i brought it for the accident.

so is it a no-no to try touch up paint for a quarter size chip that's stripped down to the metal on a black car w/ a clearcoat?

[eyedea]

sorry for that missay.hope it dont cost u much

[Flipside909]

so is it a no-no to try touch up paint for a quarter size chip that's stripped down to the metal on a black car w/ a clearcoat?

Yeah, it's best to get it sanded down and repainted Black Sand Pearl.

[Jess689]

Just be careful...I had a paint chip missing on my car, about the size of a pea. I took it in for them to "fix" it and it came out like crap...I could have easily done it myself for a lot cheaper than the $50 they charged me.

[NaptownSolara]

The good news for you Missay is that it's only like 75-100 to entirely replace the side-view mirror (less if used), so that's the MOST you'd have to pay.