Door dings! (red light, best, sell, driver)

[gardener34]

Yesterday I got a huge door ding from one inconsiderate idiot! It is blue paint, about 1 inch long/wide swipe on the panel, and another 1 inch long streak on the door guard.

Anyway, it is huge and very noticeable. We have to get it taken care of. (what jerks do this, it is so annoying)

How do you remove these things? Can you buff them out yourself somehow? Or is taking it somewhere the only option? Would that be expensive? We are pretty handy with cars. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks!

[momof2dfw]

Sometimes they can do "paintless" dent repairs if they can pop the dent out. Then maybe they can buff the other paint off if it did not remove any of your paint.

I'm SOOO WITH YOU ON THESE IDIOTS!!! They have no respect at all for themselves let alone others to do such. If your car has to be repainted it takes down the value. If it is a "luxury" car then some people think, "rich sob, they can afford to fix it themselves". I don't care if they do it to my 98 Chevy P/U as it is in GREAT shape and dents DO NOT HELP in keeping it that way. I've actually even been IN the car when someone has done it. THEY DON'T CARE! A friend was coming out of the store and was about 5 spaces from her car and watched as someone backed out across from her and hit her bumper pretty hard and messed it up. They kept right on going as she started chasing them in the parking lot.

Just look at the way people park nowadays. They just whip right in to no regard if they are even straight, between the lines, over and blocking someone else from even getting out of the spot or even INTO their car. I won't park between idiots like that at all. That and if I notice the car has extra long doors I don't park by it either. I'm pretty anal about my cars and taking care of them.

[gardener34]

We purposefully park way out in the lots or park on an end spot to mitigate the damage these idiots do. We like to keep our cars for a long time. Just truly ignorant.

The first ding happened in a gas station where an idiot backed his trailer right into our side door. And then of course left. I mean, it is a 6 year old car, but generally we keep our cars until they don't run anymore.

I will google "paintless dent repair" and see what I come up with.

[Crew Chief]

We had just pulled into a mall parking lot and were sitting in the car, planning our "order of battle" for the stores. It was a VERY windy day. A car pulled into the spot next to us. As both of the girls in the car got out at the same time. the wind blew the passenger's door into our driver's door. I felt really sorry for them. Fortunately, we were able to get our detail guy to buff it out. But, yes, we hate the inconsiderate jerks that just don't care when they open their door on you. Best of luck with the repair!

[gardener34]

There is a detail shop around here, maybe we can ask them.

It wasn't even windy yesterday was the thing. I could not blame them almost if it was the wind ... this was just stupidity. I mean, the car costed $18,000, and to replace it with a new one now is like $25,000 - cars are expensive. Don't people care what their own cars look like?

[mbuszu]

Originally Posted by gardener34

Yesterday I got a huge door ding from one inconsiderate idiot! It is blue paint, about 1 inch long/wide swipe on the panel, and another 1 inch long streak on the door guard.

Anyway, it is huge and very noticeable. We have to get it taken care of. (what jerks do this, it is so annoying)

How do you remove these things? Can you buff them out yourself somehow? Or is taking it somewhere the only option? Would that be expensive? We are pretty handy with cars. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks!

Don't try to remove the ding yourself! Utilize a paintless dent repair service - every town has companies that specialize in this. There's a lot of practice and training, and most importantly specialized tools to use - and all dents are not created equal. Most automotive dealerships hire paintless dent repair companies to work on their used cars. For 50.00-100.00 you can have a good sized dent removed in about 15 minutes. Dent Doctor is just one national company you may be able to use.

If you don't see anything in the phonebook just call up a local automotive dealership to get the contact they use.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by gardener34

There is a detail shop around here, maybe we can ask them.

It wasn't even windy yesterday was the thing. I could not blame them almost if it was the wind ... this was just stupidity. I mean, the car costed $18,000, and to replace it with a new one now is like $25,000 - cars are expensive. Don't people care what their own cars look like?

No they don't. I have a 2002 Suburban and spent about $1000 last year getting all of the door dings taken out along w/ the scrap someone left when they must have backed out and hit mine on the back end. I was P.O.'d at them and I'm ANAL about where and how I park. Then the next week hubby takes it to a football game and guess what...... a DEEP door ding w/ red paint (my car is black). Then w/in the last 2 months someone must have done the same thing and went down the side of it and scraped it. It is obvious my car is well taken care of and this TICKS ME OFF!!!

Anyway, the other day I pointed out a VERY VALUABLE lesson to my children. We pulled up at a red light next to another Suburban that was about the same age as mine. Dents all OVER THE THING including the hood and it was not hail damage. Paint rubbed off in places, mirror hanging down and broken. This car had every extra mine did. I pointed out to my kids the car and then told them that one day those people are going to want to sell their car or trade it and they will get less for it. I will get MORE for mine and will be able to get further ahead. Yet those that don't care and do this damage and don't fix it always are the ones complaining the loudest that "life isn't fair", "I can't get ahead", blah, blah, blah. WELL, TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU HAVE AND MAYBE LIFE WILL HAND YOU BETTER DEALS!