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Old 04-21-2003, 11:03 AM
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lesson learned...never wax my car

well yesterday i got a lesson well learned...never wax my car again because someone ran into the rear quarter panel & shattered the blackout & the brake unit & of course runined the paint on it & of course dented the panel & bumper.......the guy is gonna pay for it all & he was in a truck when we hit it...............it never fails everytime i wax the car someone hits it
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sorry to hear about your car

maybe your captivating beauty is the real problem. I know I have a hard time focusing when I see a pretty girl in a 3rd Gen
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hey i know exactly how you feel. i got my car on the road for one day after i was finished with my motor swap. some guy hit just enough to ruin my tail light, quarter panel, bumper, and one part of a 3 peice spoiler. now your going to have fun finding parts for you car. for my car, i couldn't get a new bumper. so i had to get a used one. the quarter panel took some time to find, but my friend finaly found a GM quarter for $500.

sorry to here about this, but aleast you are alright and he is paying for the damage. good luck
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heavy u can get a new bumper. look in the classic industry catalogs for the camaro. they have new bumpers for any yr, front or back. im goin thru them when i get a new nose and new rear bumper and fenders
Old 04-21-2003, 04:55 PM
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i have an 87 lt bumper, it was in decent shape when i took it off, same paint scheme as your car too. if you're interested, i can snap some pics of it sometime
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SLP_GTA.....thanks

thanks guys...i just came back from the body shop & its $622.77 for everything....that really isnt too bad...ive seen worse....anyhow it couldve have been worse..it couldve been right before nationals!!!!!!~cristy
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diabolical...thanks but no thanks...im pretty sure the bumper isnt totally ruined,i believe that they can just pull the dents out since it never cracked the bumper or quarter panel....~cristy
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Sorry to hear about your car, like you said it could have been worse.
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yeah it definately could have been worse. the damage that was done to my car was $2,700. it is still not fixed. oh well, it should be going it as soon as i get the bumper.
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Ouch, sorry to hear.
As long as the guy in the truck is paying then it's all good. Time for a brand new paint job
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Well I learned my lesson also.

Never let Joe (lt1guy) drive my car. Both times someone tried to back into RAIF's nose. Not Joes fault at all. The first time the guy trashed my nose. The 2nd time I saw it happening and jumped b/w the 2 cars & beat on the guys back glass till he stopped.

So the car gods have warned me...no one is to drive my car but me!

I'm so sorry to hear the car got hurt, but at least its fixable...how hard is it going to be to match the paint?
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Air_Adam...yeah i hear ya there...kids that dont appreciate their rides...probably the fact that they havent worked for every dime that is put into their cars like we all have...so they could give less then a d@mn about it....

as far as matching the paint Redraif...thats the body shops problem which shouldnt be too hard for them as the car has been there before for rust spots,etc..

heavy_chevy...thats about what my car looks like except the boo-boo is on the other side....sorry to hear about your ride...
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sorry to hear about your accident.

yeah it sucks when u try and cruise on a sunday morning and someone rams into the back of you, thats was when i had the 88 formula.
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Hey camarogirl I live in st marys co maryland pics available
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Hey camarogirl I live in st marys co maryland pics available
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The first time I polished my car it got hit a day later. Maybe it's something in the products we're using...for me it just might be the month of November *shrug*

Glad you weren't hurt and I hope you get your car back as good as new.
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Maybe its the glare off the freshly waxed paint
Old 04-29-2003, 07:38 PM
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could be i dunno....i get the car back tomarrow hopefully so ill let you all know how it turned out....~cristy
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well i guys i got my car back wednesday afternoon & it looks great..only thing is the brake unit that they replaced,the lens are different then the other one & yes you can tell it..so it goes back down monday morning to get that little thing fixed...got my blackouts on order...& waiting for june 7 weeks away ..........~cristy
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