help! backed into concrete pole
#1
help! backed into concrete pole
holy crap! I've just got this car tuesday and suddenly today I forget there's a concrete pole standing in the way in the parking garage in my office, and I lightly bumped into it while backing in. now I've got this horrible thin vertical white line running up my back bumper...
this is so horrible, 3 days! what should I do, and what sort of damage figure am I looking at to get this fixed?
this is so horrible, 3 days! what should I do, and what sort of damage figure am I looking at to get this fixed?
#3
If it is a scratch from the paint on the pole it should just rub right off you can do it with your hand or a cloth of some sort or go to Auto Zone or whatever and grab a tube of scratch remover. Hope it helps.
#4
Originally Posted by bBlover
If it is a scratch from the paint on the pole it should just rub right off you can do it with your hand or a cloth of some sort or go to Auto Zone or whatever and grab a tube of scratch remover. Hope it helps.
the kit doesn't sound like a bad idea, how much do they run and how decent do they look?
#8
Originally Posted by JasonH
Try buffing it out. Meguiar's ScatchX is good for that kind of thing. If you can't do it yourself, try a detail shop. Last resort would be repainting.
#9
Do you have a picture of it? I wanna know how bad/ or not bad the damage is. Also, I have the exact type of pole / support beam in my garage... two things:
1) The trick is, while backing into your parking spot, look at your car's reflection in the car next to you (assuming his/her car is shinny)
2) Glue or rubber cement a large piece of padding to the pole in alignment with your bumper... it may look stupid, but it'll def. save you if you accidentally do something like the stated, or say... your handbrake isnt pulled up high enough and the car rolls back a lil (Im going to do this soon)
1) The trick is, while backing into your parking spot, look at your car's reflection in the car next to you (assuming his/her car is shinny)
2) Glue or rubber cement a large piece of padding to the pole in alignment with your bumper... it may look stupid, but it'll def. save you if you accidentally do something like the stated, or say... your handbrake isnt pulled up high enough and the car rolls back a lil (Im going to do this soon)
#10
I'll try to get some pictures taken today after I wash it... as for the rubber bumper on the pole, that's really not an option since I don't own the garage and there are 6 floors with cement support beams everywhere. it was pretty stupid of me to bump into this thing, but in my opinion it's even stupider to have these things everywhere so close to parking spots. too dangerous!
#12
Originally Posted by DemonEyez
um go buy a body kit if they have em from trd that replaces the rear bumper. : ) problem fixed.
#16
Originally Posted by BoomBox757
Originally Posted by Cybergypsy
you have to watch out for those walking poles...........
#18
okay I took some pics today after I washed it last night... heres a picture of the damage:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/r...t=P1010053.jpg
it doesn't really look that bad now, the dent kind of ____es me off though.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v382/r...t=P1010053.jpg
it doesn't really look that bad now, the dent kind of ____es me off though.
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