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I replaced my rear windshield wiper assembly (yes I know most of you guys delete it, but I actually find it kind of useful sometimes) and in the process discovered that someone left this nice surprise on my driver door last night.

The clear coat is missing in a big patch right next to that scratch.

Ugh.

 

Bastards is right, for lack of a better description. It REALLY pains me to see my wife's nicely kept MCSa with its passenger door all dented and scratched by some bozo who had parked beside her with a 4-door vehicle and slammed the doors into her car, leaving without a word. Now, since I will show it again in August where it won First Place in its class [it has to be shown in the Winners Circle of last year's winners], I'll have to find a dent repair service and get the door repainted. I could kill that MFSOB.

 

Looks more like someone on a bike maybe hit it with a handle bar more so than a door ding.

 

Yeah, I’ve been trying to puzzle it out. It looks like a knife or something was inserted vertically and dragged down to make the scratch, which made the clear coat come loose and then it was flaked. It’s very weird and in an odd place.
I made a call to my insurance company yesterday, and am taking the car to a body shop to get an estimate today. I’ve got a good policy too, so I shouldn’t have any out of pocket for a patch.

 

Dave,
Do you use the 5" pads on your 6" polisher? I just ordered the Griots polisher and am fixin to buy the esoteric pads. Also, which cutting/polishing compound and which for finish? I can still see the Cooper S and JCW badge outlines where I removed them and though I know the paint around them is be faded, I'd like to try and make them disappear as much as possible.

 

You mean it's time for her spring bath.
Mine too...but the weather is still too cold here. Making sure I have a fresh claybar and other detailing supplies ready.

 

Look what I found at the junk yard.

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2007 JCW

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I am saddened to see this as it looks in relatively fixable shape. Are you going to get it?

 

If the fog lights are clear don't have any chips or cracks, get em for me!

 

I feel a little better now. My MINI never got to that point of depravity.

CD

 

That’s one of the selling points of the US MILL WORKS mount. Car wash proof. The back plate goes edge to edge of the plate.

 

Using my bluetooth elm 327. And also when I plug the BMW scan tool. Both power on but will not connect to ecu. Wondering if I jiggled something loose when swapped out the header

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I don't either. Going to look and see if there are any loose pins in the obd port later. Even the hard wired one I have, powers on but doesn't link to ecu. Thanks for the help

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