So I broke my antenna mast a week ago at the car wash. I know

I got the replacement in the mail yesterday and went to tackle the project today. Everything went fine except this. X 10



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So any of you folks got an idea on how much it might cost to fix that jewel of a scratch? Assuming that I provide the paint.

 

Ouch!

 

Just touch it up and forget it was there.

Body shop shouldn't charge you much for something like that.

 

ouch. I have no idea on price, but I'm sure a good body shop could do a pretty decent job filling that in for not too much money. it may not be perfect, but they could certainly make it look better.

 

ouch buddy!

Hurts just looking at it.

Nothing a little touch up paint can't fix, good luck!

 

nice hi-res... you can see where it's scraped down all the way to the metal in lovely gruesome detail... >_< ....

sowwy d00d GL with the touchup....

 

same happend to me..after leaving MT..my buddy slam the truck..and antenna stuck in my wing (gsr) and snaped.so i pulled out rest..throw away..i had to cover something so water doesnt go in there..so wtf i shoot hot glue gun to fill the top.lol works great getto DIY

btw: go to auto store and look for knid of wax that can cover damage

 

holy ****, how'd ya manage to make it so it wasn't just a line scratch?

gl on the repaint/touch up

 

touch it up, the forget about it.
to properly fix that, a bodyshop would have to colormatch and paint the scratch, i believe your whole 1/4 pane would have to be repainted as well or atleast re-clear.

 

i think this is common for many people that do the antenna conversion. almost happend to me too. damn that little shiny spinning collar thing to hell.

 

Holly crap!!!

see how there are those knicks...you must have been reeming on the screw driver pretty hard to get it to glance that many times off the paint!

I'm asuming you went from inside and removed the rear interior panel and got everything all loose and disconnected first right?

Forget the expensive body shops...put a nice 'ricey' sticker over it. Your gauranteed to get comments like "Hey, nice shiney new antenna" or 'Wow man, where did you get that sticker...it's got to add at least 20hp to the wheels."

Aloha,
Brandon

 

It's merely a flesh wound

 

I did the same thing when removing my antenna.

Actually, I'm a little worse than you. I had read about the risk of scratching your paint with the screwdriver when removing the silver cap, so I broke it loose carefully and did not scratch my paint. I then tried to turn the silver cap by hand, but it was still slightly too tight to be loosened. So, annoyed, I used the screwdriver again with much less force than the first time and proceeded to loosen the cap and scratch my paint.

I've got a little sticker promoting a friend's tinting business that covers both my antenna hole and the scratch perfectly.

 

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Ricer...

 

i'd put that on..i have two of them on my bumper hahahha

 

lol

 

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Yeah, I admit the guy who's sticker I'm running doesn't even know who I am nor does he help me out in anyway.

 

DOH! I almost did that once when removing the antenna.

 

I was really nervous about it when i did mine, but managed not to scratch it at all.

 

&lt;= Scratched my car too Luckily it was very minor.

 

They do make a nifty little tool for that annoying chrome collar

 

yes they do...snap-on has it

 

hey next time how about you not use an AXE to work on your attena


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i need to get some of those, about 1500

 

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Here's someone that's selling some are a very high price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=WDVW

 

damn