As car guys......share my pain.

Catfish said:
I requested a spare pint....
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Had a quarter panel resprayed after 7 years with leftover original paint as a road construction sign fell at it on a windy day. It didn't match anymore even though I took good care of the car.
 
I just got off the phone with the shop. I was not 100% correct about the repair. The scratch will be blended. Basically here is what he recommends.

remove fender
feather scratched area back
reclear fender
reapply emblem and stripe
He'd also said that removing the fender sounds extreme, but it prevents having a tape line anywhere because of the clear coat and no worries of overspray anywhere.
the only new white paint will be in the scratch and feathered area.

he stands by this saying over the long term this will hold up better than just doing a quick spot refinish such as a car dealer would do. Remember guys, I plan on keeping this car forever....if circumstances allow.

Sorry if I was wrong which I partially was since I thought the whole fender would get new white. But the whole fender will get new clear.

So it is a blend job paint wise, but not clear coat wise.
 
cm23uoc said:
Had a quarter panel resprayed after 7 years with leftover original paint as a road construction sign fell at it on a windy day. It didn't match anymore even though I took good care of the car.
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I was thinking more about my clumsy reassembly of the car. LOL
 
I would buy a couple of stick on bullet holes for now. if the fender gets damaged again after repairing it you will be really pissed.
 
The issue will be rather "academic" if you get it to a good paint shop, especially as this car has unfaded factory new paint.
I got one shop in my area that prefers to blend such damage and I had a few cars there done that way with very good results, while another one in most cases refuses this kind of repair due to some theoretical risks that could require redoing it once more and I had their work done to satisfaction as well. These are all non clearcoat old style paintjobs.

As I understand even this non met. paints all have clearcoats from the factory to protect the water based actual paint. Complete clearcoat would be recommended in that case from my experience as buffing the border areas is somewhat problematic with clear coat.
 
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Thank you. I am almost over worrying about this. I keep trying to tell myself it's just a damn car. I should have larger worries in life.
 
Catfish said:
Thank you. I am almost over worrying about this. I keep trying to tell myself it's just a damn car. I should have larger worries in life.
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Bingo!!!
It is just a car not that it would not piss me off. We all had some scratches that we never found out what happened. My kids left me one from a bicycle handle bar that looks like yours.
 
Three pages about a scratch. This IS the Corvette forum.
What kind of wax do you guys use....

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Nu-Finish from Walmart on a Vette. Blasphemy. You're supposed to buy a wax that is 3X overpriced. Turn in your Z51 aftermarket stick-on emblems.

You don't get it.
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No, you didn't get what I meant. :D

Zaino....
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BJ got it.
 
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commando1 said:
Truck drivers make the worst. AMHIK
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You have had one or two was it? Honestly, did you enjoy the car/cars? Would you have enjoyed them more or less without all the other BS that comes along with owning a Vette? That's part of why I like my Shelby so much. To 90% of the general public it's just another mustang, which is perfect for me, I don't want attention. But the other 10% know what it is and those are the kinds of guys that I enjoy talking to while fueling up or outside a Dairy Queen. The Vette is in a different class, it's an attention ***** like a Viper.

The body shop owner was a perfect example, he's a Vette owner. He asked more questions about my car than I asked him about the repair. He was unaware that the displacement was higher in the 13-14's. And he had know idea it came stock with 200 more HP than his Vette. He's what I would call a Vette OWNER, not a Vette GUY. LOL
 
Six pages about a scratch and six pages about a non existing ad. I like them both. ;)
 
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