Just walked outside to my car today and found someone had keyed the right side of my car from front to back. Passenger side door and the right rear quarter panel have long key marks down to the bare metal in some parts. Worst thing about it is it could have happened in the last 2 or 3 days, so I'm not sure where it happened. Does anyone know roughly how much a repaint would cost? Is there any way to just repair the damage to the keyed part without having to repaint all of both panels?


Jason
'00 FBP ITR 1297

 

Sorry to hear this! I'm always paranoid myself. Don't think you can just fix the marks, but I'm not 100% sure. If you need some to fix it, check out Kenny Hawkins Automotive (919.851.0242) in Raleigh. Ken does a lot of track events in his Viper and is a nice guy. His shop does mostly high-end Euro & Classic stuff, but I know he has worked on an ITR that hit a tree.

We should meet up somtime since we're so close(I'm in Raleigh). Shoot me an IM.

 

that sucks,


btw, if you have comprehensive coverage on your insurance policy, they will cover the damages minus the deductible

 

I've seen a Yellow ITR keyed as well, at the Acura display, from front to back at the NY auto show at the Jacob Javits Center.....now that's sick

 

that sucks man, yeah like the other guy said i would report it to my insurance and then have them pay for the repairs

 

humans

 

Sigh.......what do you guys think of the mostly likely group of haters that will key people's car?


[Modified by nEoMuGen, 12:59 AM 2/10/2002]

 

my wifes 99 4 dr accord just got keyed down both sides from front to back and it $2000 to repaint. i will be getting it fixed in the next few weeks.

 

We really need to import the "flame-thrower" to protect our cars.

 

nuff said

 

I dont know about that but seeing a brand new Yellow ITR keyed from front to back on the Acura display the the NY International Auto show made me sad....
All sorts of losers go there.....2 years ago there was a stabbing at the BMW display cuz of two men arguing over a woman...maybe one guy looked at the woman in the wrong way and the other guy didnt like it, so what do ya know? knife fight.....one guy goes to the hospital...

 

Haters... geez wtf is their problem??? painting it over will cost a bit since they'll have to put the primer coat on.. looking at a few Gs

 

Got an estimate from the body shop. Roughly $650 bucks for stripping and repainting both panels. My deductible is $250, and it won't affect my premiums if I make a claim. One question though, is it legal to make a claim and get a check and then not go ahead with the repairs? I hear about people doing this all the time, and I'm not sure I wanna drop $250 bucks to repair a scratch that might happen again the next day.

 

Sorry to hear what happened.