OK, I'm a little more than annoyed right now, just finished cleaning the eggs of the car.

This is what I was greeted with this morning.






Everything is cleaned up now, thankfully this was caught before the sun came out, oh how I hate stupid people. I am starting to understand why the people who really take care of and really keep their cars clean are in the minority, this is so frustrating when I take so much time and effort to keep the car clean. I need a garage.

Oh, by the way Monster Fluffies and a lot of Slick will take egg off pretty easily.

Ok venting over, was anybody else on the receiving end of stupid people this halloween?

 

Wow. I'd be pi$$ed. Make sure you don't have any scratches or dents on your car.

 

sorry to see that. the only crap i got was birds dropping crap on my car. lol


there is a reason why i keep my hobby cars in the garage.....

 

Didn't see any dents they hit some fairly solid areas, I will be taking a closer look once I cool off a bit and the sun comes out.

I wish this was a hobby car, it's my daily driver, plus I don't have a garage...yet.

 

That is annoying. I always move the cars to the bottom of the driveway where they will be safer.

But our neighborhood is pretty tame when it comes to Halloween. Just a few small groups of elementary kids out looking for candy.

 

I went out to dinner with the folks last night and was so worried that something would happen to the car. That's the first time I have ever parked in the front row outside of a resturant. Normally I parked at the far end which is by the street/sidewalk and it's 400 yards from a college. Thankfully I got away with no damage this time.

 

I got a scratch on the boot the night before last when I visited a friend in an apartment complex. Don't think I'll go over there after dark again.

 

Sorry to hear about the egging ! Fortunately for us we have a garage for two of our cars so they were kept safe from the ghouls, however the night before last while out to dinner with the in-laws there was a Mercedes that parked about a 1/4 of an inch from my back bumper trying to fit into a space behind me. The back of his car was still hanging in the red zone. In the darkness it was hard to see if he had touched my bumper. I ran my hand over the bumper and didn't feel anything and once we got home I gave it a good look over and found nothing. As we were saying our goodby's to my inlaws, the man and his Wife came out to there car. He commented on how he liked my car but I didn't engage in any conversation with him knowing I might have a few words with him. I'm always nervous when I take the car out and sometimes it can be a pain finding a safe parking spot and I become a bit obsesed about the whole thing.

 

Eggs leave these concentric rings of scratches where they hit. After spending an hour or so trying to buff them out of my Brother's old car, I can recognize those rings anywhere.

Some Scratch-X work by hand with a foam applicator (or any other mild to medium compound) will help get most of it out. A bit of wax or sealant after the polishing will help hide them as well.

 

Just be happy that you weren't hit with hard boiled eggs!

As far as fixing egg shell damage, I've got to disagree. You can't fix paint that isn't there by polishing it. Egg shells impact and have serrated edges that gouge your paint. No polish, or anything else will fix that.

Take a look at this impact on a black Corvette.




On a white car, those impacts points are probably much less noticable after an egging, so maybe that's what you mean, but not on any other color.

Richard

 

Hi Richard,

You are right about white cars. Recall a few years back when I had my PW MC at one of your detail clinics, we hit it with the scratch X before using nxt and it really did a great job of hiding it, but still there nonetheless!

Motor Happy!

 

As Richard has pointed out, eggs will most surely leave these concentric scratches if they make a direct impact with paint. I know this because I too had some jerkoff egg my car 2 weeks after picking it up. The marks eventually showed rust, and the boot was repainted this summer at my dealer. Unfortunately, the repaint was the only solution to the problem.

TJM

 

I didn't get a chance to take a really good look at my car today, work was crazy, plus I wanted to try and forget about it for the time being so I wasn't angry about it all day, I will try and look tomorrow, hopefully not too much damage from the shells. I do know that I got all the egg off of the car though.

 

I wasn't able to get my egging dammage completely repaired years ago, but it mostly went away on the light blue metalic finish I was working with. You can, however, greatly reduce the optical impact of the gouges by smoothing them over... especially on a light colored finish like PW. That's why I recommended hand rubbing and a light-medium polish. I'd bet that black would show it the worst.

 

Wouldn't a sealant/paint cleanser with fillers help to cover them up? Obviously, the fillers would wash away over time and quarterly applications would be needed.

 

I have no problems with people by my car in my apartment. It sits out, and people park close, but are always very cautious. I think they know how much I care about my car. They may also think I am armed and dangerous

 

For anything other than a white car, the egg shells have removed paint, so primer or metal is exposed. You take a wax or sealent with fillers that hides clearcoat imperfections--how do you expect it to hide or cover up the painted areas???? If you're speaking from a protective standpoint--sure it will provide a measure of protection over leaving it exposed, but fillers are microscopic--they don't fill in holes of missing paint. Is wax the best solution to preventing rust? I don't think so, but I suppose it's better than nothing.

 

Speaking from a protective stand point because someone mentioned rust.

 

I used to have to park my '84 318i on the street and it was the favorite target of the local hoodlums. (It probably didn't help that I think I was the only one who had to park on the street in the entire subdivision.) The car was 18 years old at the time and it'd spent its previous three years baking in the South Carolina sun, so it's not like it had a really great finish left, but it was still annoying.

After awhile I got tired of cleaning egg off of it, so I let it go for at least a month. And when I finally did clean it off? It got hit again that very night.

If anyone messes with my new MINI....well....let's just say I'll be making some pretty serious empty threats. I might even carry some of them out.

 

That is just WRONG...

Donna

 

You've definitely got a bit of the 'egg yolk' look with the clear side markers.

 

Nice observation!

 

By the way, one way to save yourself a lot of frustration and repair costs, especially on Halloween night, is a car cover. Get a good car cover and it will prevent damage even from hard boiled eggs. Even if you only use it once a year!

 

car covers are imho invitation to get your car door kicked in.

 

That's why you gotta keep a 12 gauge shotgun nearby....but on the other hand--I've never thought about that before Ken--do you know something that we don't??? Something maybe from first hand experience??