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Old Mar 19, 2019 | 05:54 PM
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Some @#$%^ keyed my car--from the tail light to the front edge of the front door on the driver's side. Car is the bright white F-Sport color, forget its exact name. Pretty deep in spots--wonder if it's have to be completely repainted or if they can just fill it in. Will have to call the insurance company and find a body shop tomorrow. Ugh.
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Originally Posted by DerrickM
Some @#$%^ keyed my car--from the tail light to the front edge of the front door on the driver's side. Car is the bright white F-Sport color, forget its exact name. Pretty deep in spots--wonder if it's have to be completely repainted or if they can just fill it in. Will have to call the insurance company and find a body shop tomorrow. Ugh.
That right there spells repaint.
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Old Mar 19, 2019 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DerrickM
Some @#$%^ keyed my car--from the tail light to the front edge of the front door on the driver's side. Car is the bright white F-Sport color, forget its exact name. Pretty deep in spots--wonder if it's have to be completely repainted or if they can just fill it in. Will have to call the insurance company and find a body shop tomorrow. Ugh.
That's terrible! I hope the body shop can make it look like new. Where did this happen? How long were you away from the car? Please post a picture to give us a sense of the damage. Depending upon where you were parked, there may be some camera footage.
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Old Mar 19, 2019 | 08:50 PM
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It was parallel parked at a local park while I went rollerblading. I was away for quite some time. Don't think there are any cameras, or that the police would have the resources to track it down even if there were. Who knows; could be somebody I pissed off, but more likely just envy/jealousy. The risk of having a such a nice car I suppose.

Here's a couple of pictures, but it's hard to photograph. The scratch goes the length of the car minus the front fender. It's rough at the back of the car like more pressure was applied and the paint was chipping.


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Old Mar 19, 2019 | 10:07 PM
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Sorry this happened to your LS but the world is full cowards, haters and people who have no respect for others.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 07:25 AM
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Probably a repaint job. But there is a pen you can buy that fills the scratch with a very thin clearcoat and makes it much less visible. I tried several on my '99 RX300 when it got keyed. Most did not help but this one worked really well:

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You'll still see the scratch, depending on the lighting but it will be much less noticeable.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 07:31 AM
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needs to be repainted; and matched ..it will be Pain in the B###. People these days...SMH
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Probably a repaint job. But there is a pen you can buy that fills the scratch with a very thin clearcoat and makes it much less visible. I tried several on my '99 RX300 when it got keyed. Most did not help but this one worked really well:

https://www.amazon.com/Quixx-10050-P...ag=googhydr-20

You'll still see the scratch, depending on the lighting but it will be much less noticeable.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 07:32 AM
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That sux! Sorry to read this. Some **** wipe just dinged my back passenger door. It's more like a small dent with the white paint of the other car still showing. Some people are just jerks!
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That's going to be one expensive repair. They're going to sand that down, repaint the metal, clear coat and blend it. I imagine the total bill will be somewhere around $3-4k.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 10:52 AM
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Called State Farm, they recommended a body shop. Body shop estimate came in at $2100 and 8 business days to complete. Ouch. Glad I have insurance!

So, I guess I'll need to find a safer place to park when I want to skate at the greenbelt...
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 10:53 AM
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That's terrible. People suck.

You could always try something like this to see how it turns out since it's fairly inexpensive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Lexu...EAAOSwBahVcguC
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by DerrickM
Called State Farm, they recommended a body shop. Body shop estimate came in at $2100 and 8 business days to complete. Ouch. Glad I have insurance!

So, I guess I'll need to find a safer place to park when I want to skate at the greenbelt...

Is that even a good bodyshop? You should probably make sure they specialize in Lexus and other high-end cars.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 12:22 PM
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When you get it back from the body shop, get some dash cams installed with parking mode.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 12:34 PM
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My concern is that same jerk will attempt again if you park the LS in the same spot/area. I hate people becuase of things like this. Really pisses me off.
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Old Mar 20, 2019 | 01:59 PM
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Yup, I would have dash cameras installed. One forward-facing and one facing back from the rear-view mirror, which will cover nearly 360 degrees,
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