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Old 03-07-2008, 01:52 PM
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Default My tC has become Emo :(

I even caught it listening to My Chemical Romance ... hahaha

So I was driving on the freeway I hate the most (the 710) and a car kicks up a piece of I have no idea what and it slaps my tC in the face

Oddly enough, it left an arch shaped scratch on my bumper that looks like a big frown Hence my tC being Emo now =/

I waxed it out but its a scratch so....its still there =(



red arrows pointing to it



Outlined in pink





outlined in pink


I Know, its not HORRIBLE, but in person you can see/feel it more...that and I know its there and it bothers me
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Old 03-07-2008, 01:58 PM
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thats not too bad...if your car starts wearing eyeliner and thick black glasses and gets star tattoo's...then id worry lol.
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^^

Good point!!
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Old 03-07-2008, 02:06 PM
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eh thats nothing ,i live in rock truck city

pot holes everywhere and rocks all over the road.

ive got tons of nicks sratches ,bumps and bruises

for the first 2 month i was sad but after that i figured,meh its just a car and as long as it gets me to work its fine
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That'll buff out.
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
x2
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Old 03-07-2008, 05:35 PM
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sorry.
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Old 03-07-2008, 05:53 PM
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hehe its all good, I just thought it was strange how it made that kind of scratch- I haven't tried buffing it out really, I've just hand waxed it and applied some touch up paint to the chips it made along that scratch line....so far
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Old 03-07-2008, 10:42 PM
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You should have seen the front of my '02 Jetta after a YEAR of driving around hawaii. I looked at the front end and it looked like someone with a rocksalt-loaded shotgun had been targeting me. But then that car didn't make it past 2 years anyway. What a POS.
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Old 03-07-2008, 10:45 PM
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I wish my grass was emo so it would cut itself! :D

doesnt look too bad from the pics...sorry tho!
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Old 03-07-2008, 11:20 PM
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its all good..just buff it right out....should be fine :D
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this is normal for a tC
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For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
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Originally Posted by bigwillystyle23
Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
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Originally Posted by CRUZtc8
Originally Posted by bigwillystyle23
Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
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Old 03-09-2008, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
That's very true. I've been rear-ended by POS Honda civic like early 90's

he sad the sun was in his eyes
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
That's very true. I've been rear-ended by POS Honda civic like early 90's

he sad the sun was in his eyes
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if that lil scratch is emo (lots of claybar and waxing...itll come right out)

my punk rock Tc would've killed itself a long long time ago
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
I disagree, well sorta. Most of my little wrecks came when I had my '06 Civic. One stupid woman driver on a cell and in an SUV hit me in the rear, another pulled out too quickly into heavy traffic, leaving me nowhere to go. Then I got run out of my lane by a pick up truck.

At least with my tC, I have the muscle to get away from some of these morons.
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Sorry to hear that......clay bar.....if not use scratch-X and see what happens
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