R50/53 Halloween Egging Punks!!!
Halloween Egging Punks!!!
Two nights ago, I was driving home from a halloween party @ 2:30AM when I heard a big THUD! Pulling over and inspecting, I found egg yolk all down the side of my car. I searched for the $%@#s that did it, but no luck. Lucky for them, anyway. Begrudgedly, I drove to the carwash afterward and washed the car down (it's frickin freezing out here).
The next morning, I looked at the door where it was hit and found that there was an impact (like a crater) mark on the side of my car. The paint actually splintered like a frickin' asteroid hit it! And you can actually see where egg shells gouged all the way down to the primer!
Well, I'm hoping for suggestions on where to go from here. My insurance deductible is $500.00. A repaint would cost MUCH more than that, I realize. Another option: side stripes!
Any thoughts??? Pics of your own side racing stripes that might look SHWEET on mi MINI?
The next morning, I looked at the door where it was hit and found that there was an impact (like a crater) mark on the side of my car. The paint actually splintered like a frickin' asteroid hit it! And you can actually see where egg shells gouged all the way down to the primer!
Well, I'm hoping for suggestions on where to go from here. My insurance deductible is $500.00. A repaint would cost MUCH more than that, I realize. Another option: side stripes!
Any thoughts??? Pics of your own side racing stripes that might look SHWEET on mi MINI?
Last edited by longboarder81; Nov 1, 2007 at 05:46 PM.
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In many states (including good ol Cali) throwing anything at a moving vehicle is a punishable offense.
Personally, I would file a police report (but I'm a curmudgeon in training). Sure the police clerks will laugh at you as you file the report, but let's say, this is a recurring event in your neighboorhood. The paper trail may eventually lead them to the meddling punks. Plus, its your right. (Right?)
Sorry to hear that. That is my fear every year about this time.
Personally, I would file a police report (but I'm a curmudgeon in training). Sure the police clerks will laugh at you as you file the report, but let's say, this is a recurring event in your neighboorhood. The paper trail may eventually lead them to the meddling punks. Plus, its your right. (Right?)
Sorry to hear that. That is my fear every year about this time.
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Dude...i feel your pain...a couplea months back i came out one morning to find that my MINI had been egged...and YA...it's all paint damage...Still havent been able to find anything that is gonna be easy to repair it. If i could get my hands on the punk i'd break his arm...and i'm a pretty passive guy. When it comes to my MINI though...Dude, look out. I might just have to get some stripes to cover it though, it seems to be the only way.
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From: West Chester PA
That sucks real bad dude,
Nothing you can do with egg yoke damage to auto paint except clean the area with a "little" laquer thinner and fill in the little pits with touchup paint, wet sand with 2000 grit, fill again, wet sand. Keep repeting untill you build up the pits. As long as you keep repeating untill you get it perfect you will never see the touch up. *TIP* Go to an art store and get a very fine paint brush for your touch up paint to avoid blot marks that take forever to sand down.
Then polish and wax away.
I use the same process for big paint chips.
The only other option is to have a body shop chemical stip the paint off the door and repaint the whole thing. $$$$ Not worth it in my opinion.
Nothing you can do with egg yoke damage to auto paint except clean the area with a "little" laquer thinner and fill in the little pits with touchup paint, wet sand with 2000 grit, fill again, wet sand. Keep repeting untill you build up the pits. As long as you keep repeating untill you get it perfect you will never see the touch up. *TIP* Go to an art store and get a very fine paint brush for your touch up paint to avoid blot marks that take forever to sand down.
Then polish and wax away.
I use the same process for big paint chips.
The only other option is to have a body shop chemical stip the paint off the door and repaint the whole thing. $$$$ Not worth it in my opinion.
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This is just one of the many reasons I've often said on this board that I don't recommend anyone carry a Comp deductible higher than $100. Just too many claims fall under the comp coverage and most comp losses are not within your control (unlike collision coverage losses).
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This is just one of the many reasons I've often said on this board that I don't recommend anyone carry a Comp deductible higher than $100. Just too many claims fall under the comp coverage and most comp losses are not within your control (unlike collision coverage losses).
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Mother$&#*$^! 
I had some d**kh$#*#s egg my Miata so I know what the damage looks like.
Now with that out of the way, sorry to hear that
. With egg, even with milk (don't ask me why 
) you have to wash it off ASAP.
Before you file a claim, try filling in the areas with touch up paint with a fine tip brush. Then level off the paint blobs with Langka. I recently fixed a paint chip on my car and I'm very satisfied with the product.
I had some d**kh$#*#s egg my Miata so I know what the damage looks like.Now with that out of the way, sorry to hear that
. With egg, even with milk (don't ask me why ) you have to wash it off ASAP. Before you file a claim, try filling in the areas with touch up paint with a fine tip brush. Then level off the paint blobs with Langka. I recently fixed a paint chip on my car and I'm very satisfied with the product.
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Where is "Judge Dredd" when you need him?
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
Where is "Judge Dredd" when you need him?
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
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How much would side stripes and install cost, assuming you didn't do it yourself? I had my hood repainted after a guy backed into me and the bill for his insurance was just over $500 for paint, labor, replacement trim, and dent popping. I can't imagine a door costing more than that. Get an estimate to see what the difference is.
Unless it's metallic paint in which case stripe away
Unless it's metallic paint in which case stripe away
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Where is "Judge Dredd" when you need him?
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
When are we really going to go after the thugs, morons, creeps, thieves, and other bad people and purge society of the sort of riff-raff who egg others' property? How long can people just keep taking it from the thoughtless, cowardly and stupid before we finally snap and start fighting back.
Some days I think I'm going to reach the point that the MIchael Douglas' character in "Falling Down" reached.
When I was driving my Saturn several years ago, the same thing happened to me. Of course, the little creeps did it on a major high-speed thoroughfare, under cover of darkness -- cowards that they are. I caught them in the corner of my eye as I approached the stretch of road, and then heard the huge-sounding "thump". I saw red, and was ready to kill if I could have tracked them down. I knew what it had to be, so I headed straight for the closest coin-op wash.
If only I could have found them. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your kids were just moronic louts who had to be surgically removed from society. Rather like tumors."
My bf is the same way. When he drives and someone is being an a$$**** in front or behind us, or does something to our car; someone drew a permanent marker from my tailight to the front door, on the driver side once, luckily we could remove it. He so wanted to track the punks down and teach them a lesson lol.
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Bummer. As mentioned, there is really no way to repair an egg crater 100% without re-spraying. Honestly, in 10 years of detailing eggs are still one of the worst things someone can do to a car. It's easier to fix key marks. :(
AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! If I could only get a hold of the punka$$e$ that did it!
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My car has been keyed at least 7 times. Thankfully none of it gouged through the paint and came out pretty easily.
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Some gas guzzling big truck owners don't seem to like us Mini Cooper owners either. Ever since I got my Mini, I have noticed a definite change in the way they drive around me. It's like they are mad because they pay 3 times what I do at the gas pump. Oh well, the price you pay to have a very cool car I guess. Sorry to hear about the egg though...
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