Hibachi

When did you get your first dent/scratch on your IS?

I've had my IS250 for about a week and a half and I just noticed a tiny scratch mark on the rear bumper. The size of it is very small but it's enough to see the underlying white (I have a black IS) plastic. Any tips on touching up the mark? The scratch isn't deep but you can definitely tell that the scratch sinks in a bit... thanks~

shadowman

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Mine has been about 2 1/2weeks and still clean. *knock on wood*

I've done everything I can to protect her with clear bras in front. I usually park in large spots and corner spots where I hug the curb.

To fix your scratch, you need to smooth out the scratch area with very fine sandpaper. Then apply touch up paint. The smooth off the excess. Finally apply the clear coat and
smooth again.

It's alot of work.

Frosty250

iTrader: (18)

Two weeks after I got my 250, couple rock chips on front bumper.. Damn rocks..

IS350HKS

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3 days after i got my car i got key on the side

Asakura58

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3 weeks after getting car some idiot dinged my door at the mall ..lesson learned park far awayyyy.....

KWang

about the second week i got it ... some idiot's front license plate screws dinged up my rear bumper... so theres 2 identical marks from the screws on my rear bumper ever since =/

it hurts till this day. . !

heyarms

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Wow i feel lucky... besides a tiny rock chip or two, took 11 months before someone hit-and-run'ed my right rear quarter panel. Got it fixed, looks like new

redline201

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i have a huge paint chip on my fender i touched up ( looks terrible) some scratches from a parking block (dohhhh) and dings from some ******* license plate on my rear bumper. Oh and a **** ton of rock chips from riding dumped on the highway.

don

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3 weeks after I got my brand new IS350, I got shot on my driver side door by a BB gun. While driving.

DarkIs250

scratches on black car, so far it has been 5months since new....

Initial G

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Where in the bay area was this?

Got my first scratch a few days after driving it off the lot. I was but I got over it... these things tend to happen whether you like it or not.

don

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San Jo. Driving home along Ruby Ave.

Wasian

had mine for what a week and a half... someone with a white car already decided to paint my front bumper... prolly a parking lot scuff... hardly noticeable but damn... SOOO NOT COOL

ernestfyu

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one week after i got my car, some high school punk who lives on my block indented my rear bumper with his li plate bolts trying to get out of a parking spot.

x2eXu50x

Same. And besides the 2 screw marks my bumpers paint chipped a little also so it's a nasty black mark on my bumper. I had my car for about 6 months..