Damnit First scratch!! MS3

[Hyun]

what the freak!~
There is lines of scratches on that wind guard thing below the bumper. It's one of those plastic pieces. I didnt realized when it was parked that it was in 1st gear and stalled and car jerked forward causing that plastic part to rub against the floor. Man im sad. How much does that part go for?.. it doesnt seem expensive and basically it looks like pins holding it. I will post pic soon.

 

[C'ville]

I did the same thing this morning
I'm too use to the truck and pulled a little close to the curb...CRUNCH
It's just the black plastic trim not the spoiler..no biggie dont worry about it..

 

[Nutari]

geez.. I was expecting the worst! That thing is meant to get scraped up. It tells you you are way to damn close to the curb and to stop before you cause some real damage...

I was all ready to come in here and scream..


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

 

[Hyun]

NOoooooooo. It was scratch free.. at least for month and half till this happened.

 

[C'ville]

NOoooooooo. It was scratch free.. at least for month and half till this happened.

I only made it 3 days

 

[dread]

one day before a rock put a big chip in my window, directly in my line of sight, drives me nuts, A also have a ding near the rear wheel well.

 

[Olestra]

I only made it 3 days

It's only the plastic peice, let it get scratched up b/c that's what it's there for. =)
It's way better than scratching anything metal/painted. If you get a new one, it's only going to get scraped again.

That plastic peice is your friend. =)

 

[Hyun]

i like my plastic piece

 

[Mocoso]

i like my plastic piece

LOL! Ive gone through 6 of them with the vette (actually dealer has gone through 5 of them boneheads tore it off every time I took it in) - I cant see the MS3 being more than the vettes and those run around 80 bucks... my guess would be 50-60 bucks (hoping the normal 3 uses them or availability may be a real mother)

And I know you like your plastic piece but nobody will notice... grab some black permanent ink and color the scratches in.... my guess is the only one that will notice is the drunken bumb who fell asleep in front of your car... you sure thats not what you hit?

 

[Olestra]

We have em but I bet they are different part numbers.

 

[kokemon23]

one day before a rock put a big chip in my window, directly in my line of sight, drives me nuts, A also have a ding near the rear wheel well.

I had a rock hit my windshield, huge crack, had to replace the damn thing! 2 days after, I get a chip directly in my line of sight just like yours, I can't stand it. At least it's small.

 

[dcomiskey]

I got my first scratch down the primer a few weeks ago on my driver's side door. I have a small gravel driveway and the round gravel gets stuck in the treads of my snow tires. As I get moving, I can hear them hitting the car. For whatever reason (unlike when I was younger and had my VW 337) it didn't phase me. Maybe I'll fix it someday. I have a lot more importnat things to worry about.

 

[Olestra]

I had a rock hit my windshield, huge crack, had to replace the damn thing! 2 days after, I get a chip directly in my line of sight just like yours, I can't stand it. At least it's small.

Yeah got a crack in my windshield too. =\ It's about 8-10inches on the driver's side edge at eye sight level. Sucks, but I got it filled and stopped. Not even going to bother getting a new windsheild until winter's over.

 

[mafanchai]

Some jealous punk ! decided to scratch 1/2 inch true red paint off my driver side mirror ... just for the hell of it.. ! i dab some touch up on it... Car is great , but in NYC .. some people are really nut.. they luv to do shi* like this !

 

[clos561]

i have minor rock hits...alot of contruction goin on around here...one on the right side....1 on the hood and 1 on the rear...extremely minor but it sucked

 

[ch77]

Hell, my rear bumper cover CAME with some scratches on the underside which I did not notice until doing an oil change - who lies down and looks at the undercarriage of their car when picking it up from the dealer? I will in the future.

Luckily it's a plastic piece, no rust will come of it, and I can fill the scratches (3-4 inches) with touch-up paint in the warmer weather.

But, small scratches and the like are part of the reason I went w/ silver. Also my first car (1988 Audi 90s) was silver and I could never get over the death of it - at 267,000 miles.