I've experienced that more than once. Will park in an end space with all the other spaces empty in that line. invariably someone will park right next to me and even come so close that an inconsiderate door opening event would create an ugly mark. Have decided to go to the angle parking scenario in hopes of preventing that scene
So it isn’t just a me phenomena. Why do they do this?!I've experienced that more than once. Will park in an end space with all the other spaces empty in that line. invariably someone will park right next to me and even come so close that an inconsiderate door opening event would create an ugly mark. Have decided to go to the angle parking scenario in hopes of preventing that scene
Parking a comfortable distance from an already-parked vehicle provides a known situation on at least one side of the vehicle. Bonus points if the stationary vehicle is new and expensive, decreasing the chances that the other owner will carelessly damage both vehicles.
Appreciate the story and care! That is so wild she wasn't even aware she was clunking her big hunk of metal against another big hunk of metal HAHA.
Nice. Years ago I was packing up my car and I carry a big beefy laptop in a backpack that I use at our mountain property as my media device when we go there (travel trailer). I had my arms full and let the backpack swing down. Bang. Goose egg dent right on the edge of the rear qtr panel behind the door. Never gonna leave that there reminding me what I numb nut I was. Money well spend.Oh boy. Here is the final update to this fiasco for all those reading. Got a PDR specialist out here, was quoted 350-400, costed 375$. He was a very nice guy we talked about movies, tv shows, and he showed me the whole process and asked me to ask questions if need be. I watched about 80% of the two hour process. He saw the photo and said hey that doesn’t look too bad, but the angle I took it at didn’t show how deep the dent was. He thought it would be a 30-1 hour job but took him double the time and he said he was doing it perfectly slow because I’m a cool customer.
I know a lot of people think aluminum is easier to work with, myself included. But after talking to him and seeing how much brute force he was putting into the backside of the dent, I was shocked. He was telling me aluminum has a misconception that since it’s a softer metal it’s easier to work with. However, the flexibility of it makes it tougher due to not wanting to over flex the metal and that it doesn’t bang out as nice from the backside as steel. He said aluminum makes it harder to dent, but it’s harder to fix the dent. He told me if it was a normal steel, the dent would of been way larger.
I was skeptical but after watching him slowly knock out sections with a small chisel like tool and then accessing the backside with a dent pusher with full arm and shoulder strength, I was amazed. It was not an easy job in the sun, and he was a big fella. I swear I was sent the Michelangelo of dent repairs, it really is like magic watching them work the metal. Truly a puzzle as you knock out one section and it moves another section then you have to change sides because the dent will look good from one side but not the other. Just amazed. Gave him a 10$ tip for the new episode of Loki he will be watching, perhaps a beer or snack. The job was too expensive to tip more but loved the service and he said thanks for being a great customer since we chatted the whole time.
I’ll be putting in pictures of the progress in a time line fashion.
Start
45 mins later
1 hour later, notice that crease near the curve of the fender flares taking more effort since it’s so small and on a curvature.
2 hours later. Amazing work, took one whole hour to get that small crease out, great attention to detail and effort.
Appreciate all your guys concerns and help. I will miss this forum in a decade when everyone has moved on, just a thought I had the other day and now again. Although, a happy ending sort of, just 375$ short but money is a tool towards your goals not a means to happiness, but in this instance money bought happiness
P.S. I bought Bushwacker OE style fender flares to avoid future dings like this. Also will be looking at Rocky Road rock sliders. I want the fiberwerks raptor fender/bedsides but after asking around I really don't have 3k lying around to be doing an aesthetic thing. At least there will some use to the other mods. If I bought the fender flares at the get go, I would have saved 400$, not to mention I DID NOT have the damper installed so my truck looked weak and non-aggressive. Big mistakes. So lesson learned, install your dampers, fender flares and park away from idiots.
Haha funny story. If it's not there and looks perfect, nothing happened. Money very well spent
Wait...What? We're supposed to move on?? ? ?
Haha unfortunately, the time eventually will come
Holy crap that looks like nothing ever happened I would be perfectly ok with the results.
I don't park next to people intentionally.I've experienced that more than once. Will park in an end space with all the other spaces empty in that line. invariably someone will park right next to me and even come so close that an inconsiderate door opening event would create an ugly mark. Have decided to go to the angle parking scenario in hopes of preventing that scene
Seeing as he's parked way out in the back I don't have a problem with people parking like that. it's the ones who do this closer to the front of the stores that I do. Besides, most people (especially here) are to darn lazy to walk from the back of the parking lot and ironically they're the ones who need the extra exercise.
