New paint courtesy of King County

OB · Post by OB » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:35 pm

Yeah have them cut you a check, then save some money and have the entire car painted any color you like. Now's your chance to get a custom paint job.

v95 · Post by **v95** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:37 pm

hey time for that candy color or two tone custom job

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:01 pm

hul kogan wrote:Gonna echo everyone else here...wow, that sucks! Best of luck with getting it taken care of with no money out of your pocket.

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:01 pm

OB wrote:Yeah have them cut you a check, then save some money and have the entire car painted any color you like. Now's your chance to get a custom paint job.

Yeah, gotta find out how much that is. Anyone have any suggestions on colors?

Sorry, not gonna do the two-tone.

OB · Post by OB » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:03 pm

I say do something with pearl in it for sure. Once you go pearl, you never go back!

Maybe championship white? I dunno..

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:04 pm

Stone White ftw! lol

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:14 pm

I'm definitely considering white.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:26 pm

Passt wrote:I literally think I would simultaneously scream at the top of my lungs, beat my steering wheel, and shit my pants.

Definitely. That sucks hardcore, dude. Good luck!

neonracing · Post by **neonracing** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:52 pm

that sucks baddly...

measy27 · Post by **measy27** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:14 pm

Damn that sucks..sorry to see that... I hope everything gets taken car of.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:13 pm

That really sucks. However you don't need a full paint job. There are chemicals out there that will remove that paint from yours, without damaging the factory finish. Its just very time consuming and expensive. Either way, they are responsible for the bill.

supermike · Post by **supermike** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:20 pm

Holy shit.... If they can't get that off with something, and go with a new paint job, won't they have to sand all that off before it gets painted?

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:59 pm

If it doesn't come off, I would imagine it would have to be sanded.

I called around and got mixed opinions, but it seems like it'll come off if I don't wait too long. The foam and black plastic pieces may be a different story.

Right now I'm afraid to touch the car because I wanna make sure they're gonna take responsibility for it.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:10 pm

Jesus Christ! Tell them to get the fuck on it and pay for it already! That's just plain stupid!

suave23 · Post by **suave23** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:54 pm

This is one case in which the phrase "That'll buff out", is probably true.

Like you said, as long as it doesn't sit too long, I'd say the painted panels can be taken care of with either chemicals or a buffer and some compound. I've gotten spray paint off of vehicles many times just by taking my time with a buffer.

I'm going to say that the fender liner and things of that nature will need to be replaced.

Good luck.

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:32 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:That really sucks. However you don't need a full paint job. There are chemicals out there that will remove that paint from yours, without damaging the factory finish. Its just very time consuming and expensive. Either way, they are responsible for the bill.

Shhhhhhhhh .... lol

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:45 am

Damn that sucks. I would go nuts.

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:05 pm

It seems the way it's gonna work is that insurance is gonna pay for it and get reimbursed by the city.

Sykora · Post by **Sykora** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:44 pm

Dude that's terrible! oh man

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:23 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:That really sucks. However you don't need a full paint job. There are chemicals out there that will remove that paint from yours, without damaging the factory finish. Its just very time consuming and expensive. Either way, they are responsible for the bill.

In that case get the check find a place to cash it. Clean off all the white and buy some new shit for it

Crooked yes i know...

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:02 am

Car's in the shop now. Insurance is paying with the city reimbursing as said earlier. They're gonna try to get it off, if that doesn't work they'll paint it from what I understand.

Kelevra · Post by **Kelevra** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:40 am

there you go. at least it's being taken care of

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:59 am

Hope it all works out for you, keep us posted.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:59 am

And pics! Who's doing the work?

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:39 pm

Can't remember the name of the place. I had to cover for my parents at work (they run a surplus store) while they drove it down there to deal with the insurance man and stuff.

I would imagine it's a trustworthy shop if the insurance company goes to them for paint-related incidents.

Pics when I get the car back of course.

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:17 pm

u should have messed up da paint a lil bit

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:21 pm

I probably would've gotten screwed if I messed with the paint. It's not like they haven't dealt with this kinda thing before.

Talked to the paint shop again and they said they got it off, but they haven't clearcoated it yet because they want me to look at it first. Going in at 8:00 AM tomorrow to see it.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:00 am

awesome. keep us posted.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:43 am

So how did it look?

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:27 am

They buffed the whole car, didn't see any paint except on the honeycomb grill pieces. Looked good, but they still had some cleaning up to do so I couldn't make any final judgement.

They somehow managed to mess up both of my headlights, there are a lot of cracks in the middle of the lenses on both lights. They're replacing them too, supposedly gonna be done tomorrow.

I should've brought my camera, but my brain doesn't work right at 7:30 in the morning.