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06-11-2013, 06:15 AM | #25 |
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07-26-2013, 08:32 AM | #26 |
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My story with my Coupe - Part 3
Hi again, long time. Now comes the bad part which I mentioned will tell you.
One night I parked my car and went in with my friends. After spending a nice evening, when I came back to my precious M coupe, my heart was broken to see that it got keyed all around. Pictures are below, but not for the faint. On hood: Left front fender: Driver Door: Left rear fender: Right rear fender: Passenger door handle: Front right fender: Front right fender: I don't know how there is still people on earth who does this to a beautiful car. Why? Whyyyy? I cursed sooo much that night. Next morning I called a friend who works at a body workshop to come inspect my car to come up with a solution. He said this was probably done with a nail, not a key cause it was really deep, and the only solution is paint the body, and painting only the affected panels versus painting the whole car is not much of a cost difference, so its better to paint the whole car to avoid color difference. I decided to wait for sometime and check other options. First, was to use a temporary deep scratch repair kit which is called "Scratchwizard". I filled all the scratches then buffed the extra, and did it again over it for better results. Some pictures during work: After I finished filling the scratches, I painted them with exact color of Interlagos Blue, however I was not happy with the result., but the filling was good and almost even with the surface. I decided to get the 3M brushed steel blue metallic, and started to do the wrap job by myself. Comparison pic: This was really a tough wrap job to do. It's not perfect, but it was my first and will be my last I am sure. The result after I finished. Thanks to my friend for the photos. I also did the Umnitza Orion V2 LED angel halos: Thanks. |
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07-26-2013, 08:57 AM | #27 |
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Wow, HATE people who have no respect for someone's property. Looks like you made the best of it though! Love the Umnitza's!
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Oh...my....God...
That is so sad. I'm speechless. Makes you question humanity. Wrap looks interesting! Does your insurance not cover the damage? If so, having the paint professionally repaired before the wrap would have made sense.
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07-27-2013, 02:08 PM | #29 |
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Saddened and angry to see this. It's just painful.
The wrap looks good, especially for a first time! It's a good alternative to a full paint job. |
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07-27-2013, 02:21 PM | #30 |
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So sad......
You really have to wonder what makes someone do something like this. Karma do your thing .....please!
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this shit regularly happens in arab countries, you should come and see what kind of retarded shit people come up with to mess up your day. I can't wait till i can leave this country to the US, waiting on a software engineering job to get my visa going. READ this: Just to explain things to you, a guy hits his wife with a broomstick in front of their 5 little girls regularly (wife disciplining is normal in Islamic religion), a guy from the army breaks inside to stop this because the screams were heard so loud, the guy kicks the army personnel out because of invasion of privacy law, he then keeps on hitting his wife brutally till she bleeds out and dies. the police comes the next day and takes him into custody (please note that the guy didn't flee or anything), the minister after a couple of hours comes and takes him out of jail and the guy goes and takes his 5 little girls to live with his family. Now what happens? An army of people from the relatives of the killed woman and other women who are receiving beatings regularly goes for a strike, 30 days later and shit lot of beating done, the government decides that there should be a law against domestic violence, the law is still pending discussion in the parliament. as if, there's anything to discuss ... it's fucking "don't hit the ones you love you idiot" end of story. If you want another story, the news is pretty entertaining with similar stories, we can like have a thread of daily fun on zpost in this regard ... :P |
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Thanks. It was really tough to do it alone, but I don't want anyone helping me anyways. |
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07-28-2013, 02:24 AM | #33 | |
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Good luck with your software engineering job and leaving to US. Seems like your forever wish will come true soon. This is off topic of my thread, but I would like to replay to you: It doesn't mean it could not happen on US or any other country around the world. Either your car getting keyed, or some man beating his wife or abusing his children. "shit" doesn't happen regularly in Arab countries. It can also happen in US or any other country around the world. This is earth, not heaven. |
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07-28-2013, 11:07 AM | #35 |
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More info on the halos, who'd you send to cut open the headlights?
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I find the front bumper incredibly ugly. Dont mean to beat you while your down or anything, really sorry to hear about the car being keyed, but the front bumper just ruins the car for me. I love matte finishes on cars and matte wraps, but I think this in particular does not look too great because you chose a wrap that had that brushstroke pattern in it, and maybe it looks better in person, but in the pictures, the texture gives kind of strange reflections and how the brushstrokes are not going all one direction I am not a huge fan.
But it sounds like you are open to new bumper possibilities (btw I really hope you did not cut the aero bumper up) and the wrap may not be a permanent thing so I will see what happens with this. It has a lot of potential, but to me right now execution leaves a bit to be desired. Its really simple though, what they have is not love, its an unhealthy ego-driven power and control ploy by weak men over powerless women. Its pathetic behavior and its really sad to know about, but unfortunately, that is the way their culture is. Laws will do little to change that. People must stand up and change their minds as a collective group, they need to decide that not only do they want a law preventing this, but as individuals they personally want to see that behavior stopped. Until then... |
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Thank you. I hope you didn't take my replay offensively.
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And, yes the wrap is just a temporarily solution to cover up the brutal scratches. I went with brushed because it's my first wrap self-job, and flaws will show easier on gloss and matte wraps. |
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07-29-2013, 02:57 AM | #40 |
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First off, I was sick to my stomach when I saw pics of your being keyed. However, i found offense to some of the comments about Islam and the stance of men superiority over women. My family is from that region of the world and generalizing these people based off of your/others experience is not fair. Islam is based on peace, compassion, and willingness to help the fellow neighbor selflessly. I don't want to hijack this thread but just had to get that off of my chest. My parents grew up back home and recently came back from Kandahar on vacation. Please keep religious/political comments off of the Z forums if at all possible as I'm sure I'm not the only minority on the Z forum. Nonetheless, I hope your car gets back to where it once was and I applaud your own efforts and sharing with us your project. Thank you. |
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07-29-2013, 03:07 AM | #42 |
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It's someone's opinion, that doesn't mean it's true. They are just expressing themselves, I for one don't have an issue with political/regigious opinions from fellow zed members. It could even provide an insight I had never thought about before. Anyways that's just /my/ opinion : D
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OP I am glad you did not cut the aero bumper perhaps I mis-spoke on that. I just cant wrap my head around how that ACS lower lip "fits" onto the aero bumper without cutting the fangs... but maybe thats not on the aero bumper?
Didnt even think about brushed being harder to hide mistakes, but in the picture from dead on behind, it looks like a professional quality wrap. Maybe before you repaint it, you can try your hand again at a matte wrap in a true matte wrap with no pattern? From what I see here, you are very good at getting the vinyl down, so I think it would look great. Gray, white, and black are kind of overdone. Maybe a very metallic blue matte (like the same color of wrap you used here, in a normal matte film) would look good and be true to the car Quote:
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Brushed hides mistakes easier than other films like gloss or matte, I guess. Thanks, I really appreciate that you see my hand work on vinyl is professional. Unfortunately local authorities in my place does not allow any matte finish or any wrap that is a different color than the paint underneath. The matte thing might be allowed sooner or later, but not a different color. |
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