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My tC has become Emo :(

Old Mar 7, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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Default My tC has become Emo :(

I even caught it listening to My Chemical Romance ... hahaha

So I was driving on the freeway I hate the most (the 710) and a car kicks up a piece of I have no idea what and it slaps my tC in the face

Oddly enough, it left an arch shaped scratch on my bumper that looks like a big frown Hence my tC being Emo now =/

I waxed it out but its a scratch so....its still there =(



red arrows pointing to it



Outlined in pink





outlined in pink


I Know, its not HORRIBLE, but in person you can see/feel it more...that and I know its there and it bothers me
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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thats not too bad...if your car starts wearing eyeliner and thick black glasses and gets star tattoo's...then id worry lol.
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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^^

Good point!!
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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eh thats nothing ,i live in rock truck city

pot holes everywhere and rocks all over the road.

ive got tons of nicks sratches ,bumps and bruises

for the first 2 month i was sad but after that i figured,meh its just a car and as long as it gets me to work its fine
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 02:12 PM
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That'll buff out.
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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sorry.
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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hehe its all good, I just thought it was strange how it made that kind of scratch- I haven't tried buffing it out really, I've just hand waxed it and applied some touch up paint to the chips it made along that scratch line....so far
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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You should have seen the front of my '02 Jetta after a YEAR of driving around hawaii. I looked at the front end and it looked like someone with a rocksalt-loaded shotgun had been targeting me. But then that car didn't make it past 2 years anyway. What a POS.
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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I wish my grass was emo so it would cut itself! :D

doesnt look too bad from the pics...sorry tho!
Old Mar 7, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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its all good..just buff it right out....should be fine :D
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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this is normal for a tC
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:53 AM
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For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by bigwillystyle23
Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
x2
x3
Old Mar 8, 2008 | 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by CRUZtc8
Originally Posted by bigwillystyle23
Originally Posted by captainlaziness
That'll buff out.
x2
x3
x80
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
That's very true. I've been rear-ended by POS Honda civic like early 90's

he sad the sun was in his eyes
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
That's very true. I've been rear-ended by POS Honda civic like early 90's

he sad the sun was in his eyes
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:47 AM
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if that lil scratch is emo (lots of claybar and waxing...itll come right out)

my punk rock Tc would've killed itself a long long time ago
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by BZinn1
For some strange reason tC's are magnets for stupid drivers to back into or big rocks hitting us.........or ex girlfriends keying us...........
I disagree, well sorta. Most of my little wrecks came when I had my '06 Civic. One stupid woman driver on a cell and in an SUV hit me in the rear, another pulled out too quickly into heavy traffic, leaving me nowhere to go. Then I got run out of my lane by a pick up truck.

At least with my tC, I have the muscle to get away from some of these morons.
Old Mar 9, 2008 | 01:58 AM
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Sorry to hear that......clay bar.....if not use scratch-X and see what happens

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