Tried sucking it up against the garage wall as close as I could to avoid any door dings from the kids getting out of the other vehicle in there and I got a little too close . Anybody else have any similar experiences? What was the total damage$$$??

 

wow that sucksss bro, did it miss the door tho?

 

Assuming the majority of the white color is paint transfer from the wall... you should be able to clean it up with buffing. It won't be perfect, but it will help to hide the damage.

Here is an example of a similar problem when my fiance bumped the side of the garage in her old car.

 

I had already rubbed off all the paint transferred from the door trim. The white areas are where the paint had scraped off of my car.

**** happens. Its just frustrating when I spend the extra time and energy searching for parking spots in the back of parking lots to avoid door dings and then I go and do something like this myself. Doh!

It's just a car though; a good body shop should be able to make her pretty again. I'm just not sure about the $$.

 

could happen to anyone. i curbed my previous wheels in the garage; i was so mad

 

I'm assuming you don't mean you machine polished it? That will be much more effective and I'm sure will greatly reduce the white marks on the paint.

 

Looks like there is an actual crease in one of the pics. This could be a bigger "fix" than you think, if so. Don't get me wrong, you could sand it down, use a spot filler and then paint and clear coat, but I would hit a body shop or two for a professional opinion. If they tell you it will be a significant cost to repair, you may want to pony up your insurance deductible.

 

Sounds like a good reason for an IS-F Front end conversion

 

Funny, I just did this to my car but it was a little worst than urs since I actually chipped the paint. I too, try to be careful and ended up miscalculating my turn out if my parking garage.

The insurance adjuster estimated the repairs which was repainting the area and replacing the strip of the clear bra on the area to be about $1000. Luckily I only had to pay my deductible of $250. the only unfortunate thing was that I was without my baby for 5 days .

Urs might need the same work since ur paint looks like it creased or chipped... But then again I'm not a expert.

 

shouldve looked for a bigger parking spot...

 

Seriously buff it out yourself first. Most of that white will come out

 

that happen to my wifes car but someone tried to back out and hit that same spot with there bumper..

to get it correctly done it cost 1700 bucks with my insurance no deductible.

 

thought i'd push out an update. All in this little snafu is going to cost me $675. It's crazy how one quick little mistake can be so expensive!

Oh well as long as she looks new again.

 

Check with your insurance company and make sure this will increase your premium. Since car was moving, it is prob considered as collision (at your fault).

 

I would let a body shop deal with this. 675 isn't too bad.