So I'm sitting in my car at a parking lot @ jewels, waiting for my friends to get back out, and then suddenly what I feared most in public parking lots, I got dinged. A black lady opened the passenger side door, and WHAM. It was that loud.. but it left a dime sized paint chip. Thank god my friends just got back, and I explained to them the situation. I came out and asked her for insurance, and she told me she doesn't have it on her. So I took her license info down, and plate number just in case. I told her it might be 100$ to fix the chip, and she gave it to me and left. She tried to reverse out of the parking lot, while my friend was taking a picture of her plate(my phone camera is broke)!

So how much will it really cost to fix this chip? as far as I can tell, I can't see a dent. I don't really want to report it to my insurance and have to pay my 500 deductible, since it will take a while to get the money because she has no insurance.

I was thinking of taping the area off, sanding it, then apply primer, a few layers of touchup paint, and then clear coat then getting my buffer and polishing it.

 

I would have called the cops right then and thr.

 

You would've called the cops over a small dent that you can barely see?

 

That sucks to hear man. Not sure why it was necessary for you to point out the fact that the lady is black... but ok.

Good luck with the repairs and I hope your car is repaired completely. Shop around and find a reputable shop with a fair estimate and roll with it. It is a fair argument that you released the woman from any further obligation to pay you additional reparations the moment you "settled" with her for $100. But hey- be glad you were able to recover that. Most dings of the sort go under the radar; it is rare to catch the violator red handed. Perhaps even more unusual that she actually paid you something.

 

lol @ black lady

 

Considering my cars finish cost 8 grand yes I would call the cops over someones blatant negligence. It's not hard to open your door and not hit the car next to you. A small ding will cost me $500-$1500 to fix due to my paint being pearl & it won't match unless like 1/4 of the car is repainted. And she has no insurance, that alone is worth calling the cops.

 

You're mistaken if you think they'd come out to that. I was hit by a red light runner and when I called the police, they said they would not come out unless there was an injury.

 

What happens is that, If its not a major accident, both of us should take down the information of each party, and then drive down to the closest police station and file a report. And currently I don't have my insurance card on me(getting a new one sent in, and yes I am covered atm).

The damage wasn't too bad, I think I can fix it myself since I have most of the materials and also the equipment to fix it. I had a horrible feeling today.. Knew something was going to go wrong with my car, good thing I stayed inside the car, and let my friends go do the shopping.

 

Don't know where you live but where I live the cops will come.

 

if its only a dime size, have you look at PDR? They maybe able to take it out if it isnt too bad.

 

my G lasted 4 days before its perfect body was tainted by some dumb a$$. if its one thing i cant stand its peoples lack of respect for our property. Sorry to hear about it man and i hope you can get it fixed. ive decided to leave mine since its not huge and once i get out of college and dont have yayhoos running everywhere i will take it to a reputable PDR shop

 

It was dark when it happened, I was only able to see some paint come off, praying there were no dents, else time for me to learn how to do pdr.

 

I would not worry much all you have to do is call your local dealerships and ask for their body shop. Once transferred ask for the number of guy who fixes their dings. Every dealership uses these guys as they are cheap,fast, and don't use bondo. I have had mine fixed for about $40 without ever a trace. it does depends where you live. That is a common issue with our cars as there is no protection to the huge doors we have. Just an idea.

 

+1/\ /\

 

I don't see how it can only cost 40$.. usually have to reapply and blend clear coat to get it to the point where its unnoticeable. Not only that, but the labor is at least a couple hours. Note, the chip went to the metal, meaning I will have to primer it. I'll probably end up doing a epoxy primer than use some highbuild primer, than add 3 layers of base paint and then 3 layers of clear.

Or maybe just go for the primer then Bondo, 3 base, 3 clear.

I'm thinking the bondo should be fine as long as I primer the bare metal.