lokerola
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- May 11, 2011
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So............after a very long and very stressful week full of 12+ hour days I hop in my 2011 Dodge Charger R/T after work. It's been sitting in the garage all day staying nice and protected from the weather. In fact I just waxed it with Collinite 845 2 weekends ago and it's been looking great.
I hop in the car, fire it up, put in reverse, turn the wheel all the way to the left, and gun it to back out of my spot. I gunned it because I was the only one left in the garage at the end of the day.
But I wasn't exactly alone. In a split second I head the horrifying crunch and the car came to lurching stop. Although there were no other cars in the garage, there was the huge 3 foot by 3 foot square brick column.
I had just smashed my beautiful black Charger up and into the column. And smashed it good. I was stunned. Then pissed. It was driveable and I drove it home and haven't been able to look at it the last 2 days I was so mad at myself. It's going into the shop Wednesday and I'm sure everything will turn out OK, but it sure sucks to have your ride so smashed up after working so hard to take care of it.
Look at the beautiful beading, LOL!
Note the large chunk of paint that flecked off. More on that to follow.
What do you mean that won't buff out, LOL!
OK, so here's the interesting thing about the paint that flecked off. It's soooooo thin! I know from reading Mike's book and reading here that today's paints are thin, but it's truly unbelievable how thin the paint is.
Backside of the paint was oddly metallic. The panel on the smashed fender is bare paint, so this fleck has to contain primer, paint, and clear. But it doesn't look or feel like I think primer should feel. I wasn't expecting something metallic and shiny. Maybe someone who knows paints better than me can explain why this is?
Maybe a hair thicker than a post-it note. But not by much. that's the primer, paint, and clear!
Almost can't see it from this view.
Anyway, watch out when you're backing out!!!
I hop in the car, fire it up, put in reverse, turn the wheel all the way to the left, and gun it to back out of my spot. I gunned it because I was the only one left in the garage at the end of the day.
But I wasn't exactly alone. In a split second I head the horrifying crunch and the car came to lurching stop. Although there were no other cars in the garage, there was the huge 3 foot by 3 foot square brick column.
I had just smashed my beautiful black Charger up and into the column. And smashed it good. I was stunned. Then pissed. It was driveable and I drove it home and haven't been able to look at it the last 2 days I was so mad at myself. It's going into the shop Wednesday and I'm sure everything will turn out OK, but it sure sucks to have your ride so smashed up after working so hard to take care of it.
Look at the beautiful beading, LOL!
Note the large chunk of paint that flecked off. More on that to follow.
What do you mean that won't buff out, LOL!
OK, so here's the interesting thing about the paint that flecked off. It's soooooo thin! I know from reading Mike's book and reading here that today's paints are thin, but it's truly unbelievable how thin the paint is.
Backside of the paint was oddly metallic. The panel on the smashed fender is bare paint, so this fleck has to contain primer, paint, and clear. But it doesn't look or feel like I think primer should feel. I wasn't expecting something metallic and shiny. Maybe someone who knows paints better than me can explain why this is?
Maybe a hair thicker than a post-it note. But not by much. that's the primer, paint, and clear!
Almost can't see it from this view.
Anyway, watch out when you're backing out!!!
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