JohnnyW Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 That's how I'm describing myself tonight. Wasn't paying attention properly and scraped the Supra when reversing out the garage Still can't believe I did it, so fecking annoyed at myself. Made a nice mess of the passenger side of the bumper/wing. Whats annoyed me more is that 1.It just had a full respray in October and 2. I bought it accident damaged just over a year ago and have been working hard on it and spending a bit on it to get it the way I want. In the last month I've put in a lot of time grafting to get the final things done including SuperStreets, BPU, New radiator, cambellt service, fan belt, oil filter, fuel filter, active spoiler and new stereo. And I was totally delighted with the results, it's like a new car. Now for the ironic bit, I had just finished the final job which was changing the boot rubbers to get rid of the annoying rattle. This was the cause of my "accident" as the car always creaked when reversing out the garage so I was listening out for it and scraped the side whilst not paying attention to the angle of the car Anyways I've uploaded a couple of pics of the damage sorry for the quality but nighttime + camera phone + black car = mince pics. Anyone got any tips for trying repair the scratches as much as possible? I'm away to smack my head against a brick wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyW Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Should probably have mentioned the silver lining which is that the boot rubbers worked!! There would have been a Micheal Douglas esque Falling Down moment if they hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 aw no way dude! that sucks, sleep on it and you wont feel so annoyed about it in the morning (i speak from experience when i reversed into a brick wall in my old car) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 depends on whether the panel has been distorted in terms of ease of repair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyW Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks mate, panel looks ok didn't scrape it too hard. The white in the pics is the paint from the garage. Had a good shufty at it, it got some decent scratches on it and as you can see from the pics some paint and grit from the wall but panel looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Thanks mate, panel looks ok didn't scrape it too hard. The white in the pics is the paint from the garage. Had a good shufty at it, it got some decent scratches on it and as you can see from the pics some paint and grit from the wall but panel looks fine. best you can do really is polish it back as much as possible and if its still noticeable, try wet sanding, but i would imagine it needs looking to by a body shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRALOOPY Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 OOOOOps. T-CUT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elias Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Looks really bad, sorry to see that. Let's hope it's a easy fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 OOOOOps. T-CUT? maybe you could provide a bit of useful advice for the poor chap Dave Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraAyf Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I would be gutted if I even got a scratch on mine - you must be in a state of shock mate. Best of luck with the repair. On a positive note but it is highly likley that the guys that did the respray will still have a small pot of your original paint remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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