Egged!!!!
01-10-2010, 02:29 AM
#41
Melting Slicks
The egg shells scratch a rough circular band where they hit and shatter. Usually goes well into the clearcoat.
The egg washes off but I doubt the "ring of saturn" can be polished off.
It's black, your only choice is a repaint of the trunk lid. Probably not a difficult or expensive job.
Its nearly 35 degress out and think the cold panels prob contributed to the damage, or the eggs were near solid.
I kinda blew it off til I saw the damage
f'in kids!
01-10-2010, 03:39 AM
#42
Instructor
this happened to me the first week i bought my car. my brother borrowed it to go to a buddies house, and when i got there to meet him up about 5 minutes after he had parked i relized it was egged. the top was also down but fortunetly nothing went on the inside.
01-10-2010, 07:10 AM
#43
Lepus-temperamentalus
Wow! After reading this I did some searching on the net about cars being egged to see if I could find some kind of miracle cure.
The bad news is that no, didn't find anything to fix it. The good news is that it can be at least mitigated somewhat by a complete cleaning and claying followed by the above scratch removers and polishes (see below photo of a professional "after" non-repaint repair).
What I was so amazed at was that an egg can do that much damage. I always figured it was the egg itself that would hurt the paint...like bird crap. I had no idea that the shell caused so much damage. In one article it was described as the paint being hit with a hundred razor blades.
Awfully sorry to hear about your car. Just remember Karma eventually gets people like this.
The bad news is that no, didn't find anything to fix it. The good news is that it can be at least mitigated somewhat by a complete cleaning and claying followed by the above scratch removers and polishes (see below photo of a professional "after" non-repaint repair).
What I was so amazed at was that an egg can do that much damage. I always figured it was the egg itself that would hurt the paint...like bird crap. I had no idea that the shell caused so much damage. In one article it was described as the paint being hit with a hundred razor blades.
Awfully sorry to hear about your car. Just remember Karma eventually gets people like this.
01-10-2010, 09:26 AM
#44
Race Director
These kind of things really burn me up.
01-10-2010, 09:50 AM
#46
call janet n. must have been a terrorist attack ,eggs must have fallen out of his underwear......whitehouse set aside 50,000,000,000,000,000 for just this thing..................anyway,good luck!
01-10-2010, 09:54 AM
#47
Le Mans Master
No need to post a pic - from your description alone you have the "classic" damage from being egged. Only choices are to 1) Live with it 2) Have it repaired correctly which mean repainting the panel 3) Do a cheapo repair with touch-up paint of some sort. I know which one would be my choice.
TRY NO.2
01-10-2010, 10:13 PM
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I tried some "clear" spray and it did NOT work.
I tried some "clear" touch up spray and it did NOT work. It had too much plastic in it and would not "feather" out to blend with the original coat. The "clear" edge would just stretch at the edges and not bite into the original coat. I finally polished it out. I never did check on any other clears, but the clear I got was from O'Rileys I believe. I sure there are better clears out there, I just didn't look any further, but next time I will.
01-11-2010, 12:56 PM
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I got egged tonight! While away from everyone elses cars at the movies, I come out to find not one but two eggs struck the car. One hit the door leaving the above mentioned circular evidence and the other hit the windshield.
Its nearly 35 degress out and think the cold panels prob contributed to the damage, or the eggs were near solid.
I kinda blew it off til I saw the damage f'in kids!
Its nearly 35 degress out and think the cold panels prob contributed to the damage, or the eggs were near solid.
I kinda blew it off til I saw the damage
f'in kids!Hope you get it fixed quickly and to your satisfaction!
01-11-2010, 02:43 PM
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01-11-2010, 03:45 PM
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This happened to me while my car was sitting in front of a friends $million house.
I don't know about black but I can tell you that my 08 is Machine Silver and they had to repaint the entire side of the car (twice) to get it to blend properly.
$1200 and two weeks and the repair is perfect.
They had to remove all on the panels on that side of the car.
It was repaired so it would take a very highly skilled expert to tell the car was repainted.
I hope the black is easier to match.
The insurance adjuster said the damage was VERY common when a car (not just a Corvette) is hit with an egg.
Thrown from a moving car is even worse.
I am very sorry to hear about this.
I know how pissed off I was
I don't know about black but I can tell you that my 08 is Machine Silver and they had to repaint the entire side of the car (twice) to get it to blend properly.
$1200 and two weeks and the repair is perfect.
They had to remove all on the panels on that side of the car.
It was repaired so it would take a very highly skilled expert to tell the car was repainted.
I hope the black is easier to match.
The insurance adjuster said the damage was VERY common when a car (not just a Corvette) is hit with an egg.
Thrown from a moving car is even worse.
I am very sorry to hear about this.
I know how pissed off I was
01-13-2010, 09:16 PM
#53
Lepus-temperamentalus
Keep in mind, it's a touchup, not a repaint. It'll fill in the chips, but they're still there and you can feel them when you run your hand over them, but as touchups go, it's the best thing I've ever seen or used.
01-13-2010, 11:58 PM
#54
Melting Slicks
I don't get why people think it is ok to do this kind of thing to someone's car. I own a vette because I saved up for it over the years and they would be able to own one too if they do the same. This kind of lack of respect for other people's property is horrible.
