Of course

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 01/20/2018 at 16:06 • Filed to: None

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Looks like someone somehow hit the front of the Miata. Sigh. Just cosmetic but... Really? Peeled plastic off like scraping a knife on butter. Annoying. I have comprehensive with a $250 but I dunno if this is worth it. Might just hit it with bumper filler and repaint the stupid thing.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 16:09

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I don’t think it’s worth it. Wait for a bigger boob and lump it all together on a bigger claim?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 16:16

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People suck

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 16:19

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might be worth calling the nearby scrappies to see if they have one lying around in the same colour

used ones seem to be going for $100-150 over here (but as im not in the states im not sure if pricing is anything like that for you)

still.. might get lucky

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/20/2018 at 16:38

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Can that be done? My rear bumper has a crack and a bunch of spiderwebbing where my fiancee rear ended it with my motorcycle... Not sure how I would explain then both.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/20/2018 at 16:39

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Japanese stuff is rare in local scrap yards. Miatas are very few and far in-between and this Silverstone Metallic was only on 1500 cars. Gonna need paintwork if I ever decide to fix this and my cracked rear bumper.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 16:47

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ah righto... thats a shame then

then yeah... i guess repaint is your best bet

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 16:48

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Well I don’t want to advocate for outright fraud. I just mean that if your car is involved in another scrape-and-run of more substantial damage that front bumper, just lump those two on one claim, since you have to pay for it anyway...

Klaus Schmoll > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 17:45

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Some of that might respond well to a good polish with an aggressive scratch removal polish. That would lead to a much smaller area that has to be dealt with. Touch up paint or those paint matched vinyl stickers that this Drive Clean guy dealt with the other day might get rid of the rest, or at least somewhere where you can live with it. It’s not a lease where they will rape you for every little imperfection come trade in time.

I managed to polish this mishap to something I could live with with an old sock and some scratch removal polish within ten minutes.

Or this:

to that:

Die-Trying > Klaus Schmoll 01/20/2018 at 18:09

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thats some mighty good results.......

Urambo Tauro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/20/2018 at 19:22

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Alternatively... stickers!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Klaus Schmoll 01/20/2018 at 23:09

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Nah it gouged and took a chunk of plastic off. It’s fairly impressive.