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today i parked my car as usual on cemetary road (wont be parking ther EVER again) and when i came back to it the left side back panel (would have been over the fuel cap if it was on the right if u get me) was keyed real badly, two big ones bout 30-50cm long each and they tookall the paint clean off, ****ing pricks, im so cut, im never parking my car anywhere for longer than 15mins again unless im close by, im gunna catch public transport every day into uni now just coz of some little top bloke who is jealous of my car :D:(:)

does anyone know basically howe much it would cost to get the area resparayed ? car is black

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Depends on how many panels involved and how close the scratch to the next panel. If it's too close, the panel beater might need to paint to panels at least to blend the colours in. But since you have black car, I suppose it's not as hard as any other colour.

I had done about $600 respray for two panels (rear quarter & door) on my previous car with metallic baby blue colour.

yah my friends black lude got keyed aswell

all the way from front panel to rear panel

it'll cost yah about $500 to buff out and paint over

yeah ****in hate people that do that

jealous or have a grudge against yah

get a sensor alarm that pics up motion

poor nathan

i feel sorry for ya...but u cant help it

wherever u park if stoopid ppl like them around is still gonna do stoopid things to the cars...just try to pray and watch out next time

park in public area where everyone sees...mite be better:)

i got a keyed area too...but just slightly so never quoted to get it fixed...hope u get it resprayed again soonish:)

thats ***ing shite nathan... park it there again... same time... leave a note on it... "to the wanker who keyed my car... look bitch its fixed"

wait behind a bush with a big bat (can borrow mine if u want) and wait...

hee thats a tempting thing to do narky, but i think ill stick with the leave it in the garage and only drive it somewhere where ill always be with it, and public transport to uni every day :D man im so depressed, i guess u guys will get to scope it out tomoorow at goodguys

im telling you, everyone needs a standared issue beating stick, i made one out of aluminium for beating up an annoying co-worker (im technically his boss as im older plus im the heir to the business :D) sucks though getting the car keyed, makes it worth it to buy a daily driver, but then again how can u enjoy ur skyline when ur paranoid about it most the time

its the name of my aluminum mini basball bat... its got a few dents in it from when i was younger and a bit of a loose unit... my cousin prefered the wooden bats... one still has teeth marks in it.

meh ive calmed down heaps now..

anyways... back on topic... sorry to hear nathan but i wouldnt worry.... rest ur mind in the fact that they will get there comeupense... COMEUPENSE!!!!

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