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and I parked away from all the other cars.

I still managed to get hit by someone reversing or turning around. I noticed it this morning in the light.

I am really not impressed at all :P

Will cut and polish tommorrow and organise someone to pop the dent out, but i have a feeling it will never look the same again. I should probably get some touch up paint for the scratch also.

I dont reall have any idea who it was at this stage and probably will never know.

http://members.ii.net/~tfroggydawg/dent.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~tfroggydawg/dent2.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~tfroggydawg/dent3.jpg

superspit Mentor

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someone's reversed and turned into it.....very slowly, on a very accute angle. Looks like anyones car that has been parked out the front of my place! (drug dealers across the road who can't 'reverse turn' when they're high). Bummer mate!!

noise Mentor

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Bad news.

I had a dent repair guy come around and take a look and he said he couldnt get it looking anything like new. He said the repair would look dodgy so he didnt think he should bother.

I will cut and polish it today. Now everytime I get in my car I will see the dodgy panel :)

What are my options? Panel beater? full respray on door?

anyone know aprox costs? So broke at the moment :)

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pro beater should be able to repair it for under $1000.. unfortunately any scrape, no matter how minor can be costly to repair.

You may be surprised how well the cut and polish takes it out.. and maybe you will be able to leave it like that until you get some cash to repair it properly.. but of course "you" will always know its there, and where to look at.. that always sucks.

Mines got a few small minor dents and long scratches.. that from 5-10m away you can barely see at all and the car looks "straight as".. but in bright sunlight and close up they're obvious enough.

pentae Mentor

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Do you think it was a white car that did it?

Ask everyone at the party who was there if they can remember who rocked up just after you who drives a white car that has a new scrape on it.

If you make a big deal about it and say if the owner doesnt own up you'll do a lot worse to them, news and rumours will spread fast and eventually you'll find out which scum did it..

Then you can kill them.

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