I just got my type R no less than a month ago. I park it at school everyday and I just noticed today that I have a door ding on my left side by the fender. Now this pisses me off. I'm sure when u guys get a new car you want to keep it in as perfect condition as possible. Its not that big just minor. Any ideas on how to fix it? It made a mark in the paint not too big, about the size of an ant or so. Although when you look at the car from a certain angle, you can totally see that the fender is bent. I heard that you can like suck it out but I'm not that great with fixing minor things like this.

 

Don't take it to school.

 

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good luck with that...door dings are the least of your worries

 

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good luck with that...door dings are the least of your worries</TD></TR></TABLE>

Serious...its sad but true.

I used to take the ITR to school...got broken into about 4 times, finally got myself a beater, now the ITR just collects dust waiting for track days

 

at my dealer ship they took out two dings on my si and it took like 20 minutes and you cant tell a thing esp the door and fenders. check your local honda or acura dealer for there guy who fixes dings.

 

my school lot is so safe.. no break ins all year, we have so many damn cameras its crazy

 

school is a bitch to park mine locks up the gate and no 1 can get in or out. no acceptions . we have guest parkin so no1's cars get stolen but alot get key'd and tires slash, windows smashed.. etc alot of haters at school

 

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yeah mine was just broken into at school yesterday

 

I took my car to Dent Wizard a couple of years ago to get rid of all the dings. I have since accumulated more dings and I'll be going there again. Learn more about paintless dent removal and find a location near you here:

http://dentwiz.com/

As for the paint chip, you might want to try some touchup paint and this:

http://www.langka.com/index2.htm

I've never tried it, but it looks good based on what I read. I read favorable reviews about Langka a while back on some VW site.

Door dings suck, but as long as you park you car in a parking lot frequently, you will get door dings. I'm super paranoid when I park my car and very selective as far as what kind of car I park next to and I still get about a ding a year.

 

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good luck with that...door dings are the least of your worries</TD></TR></TABLE> for serous. Someone tried to steal my GSR once. Then a week later, hey, it was gone . Daily driver is the way to go, for sure

 

My advice? Get over it. Door dings happen.

 

Be more attentive where u park. Pick end spot and
try to avoid damm big american cars doors.
Welcome to Ding Phobia!

 

Sh#$ happens.

 

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http://dentwiz.com/

As for the paint chip, you might want to try some touchup paint and this:

http://www.langka.com/index2.htm

I've never tried it, but it looks good based on what I read. I read favorable reviews about Langka a while back on some VW site.

Door dings suck, but as long as you park you car in a parking lot frequently, you will get door dings. I'm super paranoid when I park my car and very selective as far as what kind of car I park next to and I still get about a ding a year.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is dent wizard expensive?

 

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Is dent wizard expensive?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's $100 per panel. If you have 3 dings on one panel, it's still $100 but if you have 3 dings on 3 different panels, it's $300. But since I had 5 panels to be fixed, they gave me a discount so I paid $400 something. That's what I remember from 3 years ago. If I remember correctly, I think they finished the job in about 2 hours.

If you compare this to the price you would pay a body shop for dent repair and repaint, it's not expensive at all. In fact, it's better. Paintless dent removal restores the panel to the original condition, unlike body shops who use fillings.