View Poll Results: do you have any door dings?

yep, i have dings and will live with them

28.45%

yep, i have dings and will try the side molding

1.72%

nope, I'm ding free but will consider side molding to protect it

6.03%

nope, no dings but side molding looks terrible in the 2IS

63.79%

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door dings - who's got'em? would you consider body side molding to cover up?

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02-27-07, 01:42 PM

bagwell

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door dings - who's got'em? would you consider body side molding to cover up?

I'm waiting for my first door ding to consider these

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02-27-07, 01:43 PM

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Not a chance...I'd go with paintless dent removal any day.

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02-27-07, 01:54 PM

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I'm waiting for my first door ding to consider these

sometimes mouldings woludnt help........if it happens, it happens. i guess the paintless dent removal would be the best bet

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02-27-07, 01:57 PM

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Not going to jinx myself!

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02-27-07, 01:58 PM

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LOL. Those door moldings ain't gonna help you from door dings.

Also that completely disrupts the line of the IS!

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02-27-07, 02:00 PM

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Whoa! I'm already a cast-out, due to my pinstripes. I think those would be grounds for 1 to 2 model years in the slammer.

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02-27-07, 02:02 PM

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Not a chance...I'd go with paintless dent removal any day.

Me too. Already did once. My bike slipped out of my hands while I was hanging it up in the garage and it tagged the rear quarter panel. Got it taken out for $60. I'd do it again in a second.

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02-27-07, 02:04 PM

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Me too. Already did once. My bike slipped out of my hands while I was hanging it up in the garage and it tagged the rear quarter panel. Got it taken out for $60. I'd do it again in a second.

yikes....$60 a pop is a little too "deep" ?

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02-27-07, 02:09 PM

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yikes....$60 a pop is a little too "deep" ?

Usually a lot of these dent places will do $60-75 a whole panel, not just a ding. Not sure if you have one in your area, but try to setup like a dent day to see if you guys can get a discounted rate. The S2000 club does this quite a bit.

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02-27-07, 02:18 PM

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yeah i got a door ding... it's right above my rear driver side wheel well.. if i had those door moldings and still got a door ding such as the one i currently have....I WOULD BE PISSED

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02-27-07, 03:19 PM

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FYI, when I bought my IS in June of last year, Lexus did not offer a OEM body side molding. Since then, they now offer a BSM for the ES, but not the IS. I would be very wary of anyone selling a BSM for the IS, since I believe it would just be a modified BSM for an ES, and may not be a perfect paint match for the IS . . .

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02-27-07, 04:15 PM

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I would DEFINITELY go for PDR if I got a dent, since I've been thoroughly amazed at what they can do (i.e. as if the dent never existed). However, I kind of like the way the moldings look. I think the doors look really plain.

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02-27-07, 05:10 PM

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The very first thing my mom said when she saw my new car was, "Hmm...the sides are very...flat." I smiled and said, "I know."

Wouldn't want to chince that up with moldings.

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02-27-07, 05:16 PM

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I've been down the "protective molding" route many times and invariably lost. The dings as they came (and they ALWAYS came) were above, below or beside the molding. Still I do everything I can to minimize them.