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« on: April 18, 2008, 11:59:01 AM » |
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Man! After coming out of the car wash yesterday, I jumped out to dry her off with a microfiber and found a small paint chip below the right headlight. damn!
I've gotta get that clear bra!
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Eric
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2008, 12:09:36 PM » |
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ouch  I was once told that in France, when you buy a car, they take a little gold hammer and give the car it's first dent before it leaves the lot... I guess to get it out of the way, or luck, or who knows?
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2008, 12:45:12 PM » |
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Try backing into a fence and see how big of a scratch you can make. I did.
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2008, 01:12:30 PM » |
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haha lol i know how you feel i found a chip on the front of my hood the other day.  .. lucky it gavem me a reason to get a c/f one..
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2008, 04:05:52 PM » |
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Yeah you know my custom crest? I found a chip when I cleaned the area to put the crest. Here is the funny thing. I could only see the chip if I looked down on it. If I looked straight at it I can't see it. I can feel it but its invisable.
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2008, 06:22:08 PM » |
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Yeah you know my custom crest? I found a chip when I cleaned the area to put the crest. Here is the funny thing. I could only see the chip if I looked down on it. If I looked straight at it I can't see it. I can feel it but its invisable.
i have a few chippies on my front end on hood and lower bumper area... it is funny how when i see a chip or scratch, i tend to think about it for awhile, then one day, you see another one and then i start obsessing about that 
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2008, 06:36:43 PM » |
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Chips and scratches I can handle. Dings and dents drive me nuts.
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« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2008, 06:41:34 PM » |
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Chips and scratches I can handle. Dings and dents drive me nuts.
i am with you on that - i had my Pearl White Solara for 3.5 years and it was in perfect shape, except for a few rock chips in front, only real ding was small dent near license plate and i could never figure out where that could have come from - figured someone must have hit it with a shopping cart...
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2008, 03:00:36 PM » |
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I just got my first chip yesterday while driving on the freeway. Some huge rock flew off a garbage truck and hit my rear passenger door, it left a 1/8th inch chip. 
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2008, 04:31:03 PM » |
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second day i had my 06 corolla i was behind a pos old pontiac-a metal bar came out from under it and bounced on its ends,at the last second it took a funny bounce and hit my right fender -left a 1.5 " scratch that also dented-
man i wanted to hunt that pos car down and burn it
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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 10:26:18 AM » |
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I was reading a thread on scionlife about this issue and there are a lot of folks on there who complain that after only the first few thousand miles, the front end is all chipped up. Hypotheses are that it's due to the big, flat front end and/or cheap paint.
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 10:41:19 AM » |
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I was reading a thread on scionlife about this issue and there are a lot of folks on there who complain that after only the first few thousand miles, the front end is all chipped up. Hypotheses are that it's due to the big, flat front end and/or cheap paint.
Hey...I happen to be strongly attracted to that big flat front end
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2008, 07:05:40 PM » |
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I was reading a thread on scionlife about this issue and there are a lot of folks on there who complain that after only the first few thousand miles, the front end is all chipped up. Hypotheses are that it's due to the big, flat front end and/or cheap paint.
I thought that was only on the Gen1 xbs or at least I hope!  Not that I want xb1s to chip  but I thought our different design would help as it did with the new windshield slant. Sorry to hear.  Hope this is not going to be a problem with gold or any other color box. 
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2008, 10:11:09 PM » |
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I've gotta get that clear bra!
You know everytime I check this thread for the new replys I read this, but the potential of this sentance didn't hit me till tonight. 
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« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2008, 06:28:56 AM » |
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I was reading a thread on scionlife about this issue and there are a lot of folks on there who complain that after only the first few thousand miles, the front end is all chipped up. Hypotheses are that it's due to the big, flat front end and/or cheap paint.
I thought that was only on the Gen1 xbs or at least I hope!  Not that I want xb1s to chip  but I thought our different design would help as it did with the new windshield slant. Sorry to hear.  Hope this is not going to be a problem with gold or any other color box.  Unfortunately, the thread I was talking about was in the "xB 2nd gen owner's lounge", so it's happening with xB2's too. I think when I go to pick up my ride, I'm going to invest in a bottle of touch-up paint.
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