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Any suggestions
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 9:00 am
by ALUmnus
My four-year-old daughter drew a nice big portrait of her favorite cartoon character and some hearts, with a rock, on the hood of my car. My car's black. Now I'm not looking for suggestions as to what to do with my daughter but my car. Anyone have any luck covering large scratches in their car, or is my only option going to a body shop?
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 9:06 am
by flamesbball84

im more curious as to what you did to punish your daugher lol
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 9:28 am
by RubberMallet
that. is. hilarious.]
who is the cartoon character?
but anyways...it really all depends on how bad its scratched...so basically we need to see pictures
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 9:47 am
by Fumblerooskies
Call your insurance company...and get a paint job.
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 9:58 am
by SumItUp
Someday, you'll really laugh about this. However, it might have to wait for her wedding rehearsal dinner though.

Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 10:21 am
by Purple Haize
That is a GREAT stunt. Fortunately your insurance will cover it. It falls under the same category as your car being vandalized. i.e. someone keys your car or breaks your windows. It SHOULDN'T fall under your homeowners so fight that if they try/ BTW, who insures your car/house. (NO I am not in insurance LOL)
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 11:23 am
by Hold My Own
She didnt draw the picture from the office where Daffy is giving it to Mickey did she?
I say leave it...every time you look at your car you'll remember her...good or bad

Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 1:07 pm
by ALUmnus
I have Rockingham insurance, but fixing this won't go past my deductible, so that's not the route I want to take. I might try having it buffed out, but has anyone tried any of those magic solutions that supposedly eliminate scratches? I don't think these have gone through the black paint, but I'd rather not buff off a large area of clearcoat.
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 2:00 pm
by JDUB
it depends on how bad it is, but rubbing compound will take out some scratches. either way your hood willl need repainted eventually because your gonna end up taking off the clear coat fixing this so its just a matter of time till you have to paint it
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:22 pm
by RubberMallet
seriously, i can tell you what you need to do but i need to see pictures of the scratches up close...
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:29 pm
by flamesbball84
that clear coat fixing stuff will start peeling off eventually, might as well just get it repainted
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 4:10 pm
by HenryGale
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 4:16 pm
by blwall1416
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 4:18 pm
by ALUmnus
Hey, some people have jobs with normal working hours. I am one of those people. I'll try to take pictures tonight.
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 11:27 pm
by scuzdriver
Give your daughter some black crayons and see what happens.

Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 1:39 am
by Purple Haize
Actually, you shouldn't have any deductible on this claim. These are usually 0 deductable, but you may have a crappy policy too LOL
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 9:49 am
by ALUmnus
I couldn't get a good close-up with my camera, and the sky on the black paint doesn't make for good pictures anyways, but here's what it looks like:

Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 9:54 am
by Fumblerooskies
Paint job...
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 9:56 am
by LUconn
That's pretty good artwork for a 4 year old. I bet your wife did it.
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 10:05 am
by Cider Jim
Which cartoon character is that?
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 1:23 pm
by flamesbball84
Cider Jim wrote:Which cartoon character is that?
I was thinking the same thing...
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 1:36 pm
by Hold My Own
LUconn wrote:That's pretty good artwork for a 4 year old. I bet your wife did it.
No way...way to intense for a happy wife....has to be a neighbors whore daughter
but seriously...this is good work...
Can I ask a question to everyone other than Alum? Did anyone else laugh when they saw the pictures? I mean it's really not funny but for whatever reason I really did laugh...I think one day he'll laugh about this too...just not anytime soon after these payments
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 1:50 pm
by Sly Fox
All the parents of young children on here grimaced and ran to their garages to check their own cars.
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 2:43 pm
by Cider Jim
Hold My Own wrote:has to be a neighbors whore daughter
so
tempting
but
will
not
make
an
HMO
joke

Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 11:02 pm
by RubberMallet
yeah....there is nothing you can do other than repainting the hood...which having it doen right will cost around 500 dollars....they wil have to sand, and then a few coats of black, and a few coats of clear coat....and depending upon how old, blending...