Car keyed: Options?

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 11:30

Hey guys,
My car was keyed last night on the rear quarter panel (photo below), it is deep and beyond a wet sand and polish in some areas. The car is not worth a great deal but I would like to get it repaired, what would be the best way to balance cost and a decent repair? I imagine a smart repair would be cheaper but will it be good?

Any advice, price guesstimates etc are welcomed.

Thanks!

kindai · 18 Mar 2017 at 11:31

Touch in pen then a cutting compound to level it out and hide it best possible.

wedrum · 18 Mar 2017 at 11:33

absolute gits they are.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 11:40

kindai said:
Touch in pen then a cutting compound to level it out and hide it best possible.

Thank you for your reply. Hmm with my skills I would likely make a big mess of that! Certainly worth considering though.

@wedrum tell me about it! :mad:

Yellow_Sun · 18 Mar 2017 at 12:09

Company called Chips Away a friend used and paid instead of going through his insurance.
The job down in under an hr and for less that £100.

You could if your UK based try Halfords and see what they come up with, think they do a pen kit that might work.
Good luck.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 13:20

Yellow_Sun said:
Company called Chips Away a friend used and paid instead of going through his insurance.
The job down in under an hr and for less that £100.

You could if your UK based try Halfords and see what they come up with, think they do a pen kit that might work.
Good luck.

Thank you for your reply. I think I will get a quote from Chips Away and see what they say.

Nasher · 18 Mar 2017 at 13:27

This seems to be getting more and more common. Scumbags must be breeding faster than they used to.

I'm quite temped to wrap my side panels in that super tough 3M stuff

Hyburnate · 18 Mar 2017 at 13:31

Smart Repair as above, they can do a pretty decent job to be fair.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 13:47

@Nasher It was parked in my friends street which isn't the nicest area I must be honest but it is still a bit unexpected. I just don't understand what the people who do it get out of it?

@Hyburnate That is good to know, thanks.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 21:30

Well my friend has sent me a CCTV clip from someone who lives opposite from him and to my absolute amazement my car was vandalised by his next door neighbour, an old woman in her 60's or something. :eek:

I am astounded by this but not sure where to go from here, do I confront the old bat about this or go straight to the police? I fear the police won't be to helpful with a matter like this.

What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks.

Rroff · 18 Mar 2017 at 21:32

If you have clear CCTV evidence then go straight to the police.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 21:40

I wouldn't call it clear as such, it was dark and raining at the time.

grudas · 18 Mar 2017 at 21:49

see I see it more and more often, people you would not expect doing that?

one guy from z4 forums caught an old woman keying his car while parked at friends?

I think there's some hate going towards people parking in front of their house I guess? I honestly have no idea.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 21:59

I was parked outside her house perfectly legally, not blocking a drive or anything like that.
If it was an issue for her and she politely requested I move it I would have done so. Just baffling.

grudas · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:07

slick rick said:
I was parked outside her house perfectly legally, not blocking a drive or anything like that.
If it was an issue for her and she politely requested I move it I would have done so. Just baffling.

there's no excuse really to do anything like this to someones car be it cheap or expensive.

parked legally or not the fact that she went through trouble of doing this is crazy..

must be mentally challenged or something?

Rroff · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:10

slick rick said:
I was parked outside her house perfectly legally, not blocking a drive or anything like that.
If it was an issue for her and she politely requested I move it I would have done so. Just baffling.

Some people get very funny about people parking in "their" spot

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:16

I agree 100% with you Grudas, it is not the actions of a rational person.

It is very annoying as I recently spent a lot of time and money on the car and it is very disheartening when this happens.

@Rroff I would not be surprised if she put my car on its side if I park there again!

Mysterae_ · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:18

slick rick said:
Well my friend has sent me a CCTV clip from someone who lives opposite from him and to my absolute amazement my car was vandalised by his next door neighbour, an old woman in her 60's or something.

I am astounded by this but not sure where to go from here, do I confront the old bat about this or go straight to the police? I fear the police won't be to helpful with a matter like this.

What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks.

Youtube it for sure, it's the 21st century version of public humiliation. Wait a few days for the comments to get really toxic then take a screencap of the video, make a card from moonpig from it and post it to her with the link inside. I wouldn't insist that she paid twice the cost of repairs before you removed the video as that would be blackmail. I wouldn't do that at all. Nope.

Rroff · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:31

Mysterae_ said:
Youtube it for sure, it's the 21st century version of public humiliation. Wait a few days for the comments to get really toxic then take a screencap of the video, make a card from moonpig from it and post it to her with the link inside. I wouldn't insist that she paid twice the cost of repairs before you removed the video as that would be blackmail. I wouldn't do that at all. Nope.

Give it a few days then take it to the local gutter press if the aim is public humiliation - they seem to love this stuff especially if there is a "viral" video involved.

slick rick · 18 Mar 2017 at 22:34

Haha! I probably will upload to youtube when I get a proper copy of the footage to show you guys.

Car keyed: Options?

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