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Old 05-03-09, 04:59 PM
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So 2 nights ago I parked in front of my gfs house right in front of her garage like i always do in here gated complex. Always pretty safe.. theres a gate.. neighbors are close...Theres only one driveway to go in and out of the complex. I was only there for a hr, came outside and my mirror was pushed in... and i thought oh some ******* just pushed my mirror in ... it wasnt just only the mirror!!!!!!!





The idiot backed right into me.. and then took off... it has to be one of the people living in one of the 5 houses in that complex or one of their friends, and of course i went knocking on all there houses and all of them denyed anything, however 4 of the houses let me see their garage and all the cars they owned and i knew it wasnt them cuz their car had no dmg and they said they had no vistors today. the last house had about 5-6 cars and are known as bad drivers from the other neighbors. Im pretty sure one of them did it but the car was not there at the time. The last house their whoel family came out like it was a big deal and the other houses were just like wow that sucks sorry and went inside cuz it didnt concern them.

I called the cops but you know cops useless they just took a report down and im stuck with the repairs..

So anyways its not as bad as it could have been.. its going into the bodyshop this week... just the door... and since its in there im looking into upgrades.. what do you guys think of this..



my car before =(
Old 05-03-09, 05:01 PM
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Have your GF look out for any car from that house to see if one of them has damage. If she sees one, write the owner a little note...

Clean SC btw man
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Thats weak. I hope you catch those guys.
Old 05-03-09, 05:59 PM
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Thats banged up, but hey nice way to bounce back . What kind of wheels are those they are nice.
Old 05-03-09, 06:06 PM
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Wow, i would of been super man..
sorry about that man.....
Old 05-03-09, 06:06 PM
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Damn dude.. but yea go for the mirrors! I'm thinking about picking up a set for myself
Old 05-03-09, 06:11 PM
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sorry to see such a clean black SC get damaged. any idea or indication of what color the car was that hit you? looks like white paint on the door to me from a white car? i think those lighted mirrors would be nice.
Old 05-03-09, 06:14 PM
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man sorry to see that

time to start demanding some garage space from the gf...
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Originally Posted by SCboy
Damn dude.. but yea go for the mirrors! I'm thinking about picking up a set for myself
They look nice, but I've heard a few people on here say that they don't fit correctly. Notice why you haven't seen them on any other SC on here
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my bodyshop can do some magic so even if they dont fix correctly im pretty sure they can make them work.

the rims are sportmax 502s
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Originally Posted by eliteskill
my bodyshop can do some magic so even if they dont fix correctly im pretty sure they can make them work.

the rims are sportmax 502s
Your best bet would be to rewire them into the stock mirrors
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Hi Eliteskill,

Sorry to see things like that happened to such a nice looking SC. I really do like your lighted mirrors and I wonder if you got them from eBay. I saw something similar on eBay but they were more like a cover. They were much larger than the stock ones and I am not sure how a truck-size mirror would look on my SC.

Did you get yours from eBay and could you tell me how you get them to fit into your existing mirrors? Thanks and I hope you will a way to get rid of those scratches without having to spend a fortune.
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yeah go with the mirrors I have them on my SC

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Sorry to see that happen to car dude. I probably would have turned into the hulk!
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Sorry to hear about this. Try PDR then buffing it to see if the transferred paint would come out. That might be a less expensive route to the bodyshop. Good luck, and clean SC btw!


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