View Full Version : I hate my life!
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 07:44 AM
I want to end it all. I was loading a 46" Samsung DLP HDTV into the back of my Hawk (that's what these cars are made for right?) and I have a moving blanket over my quarter panel and I just set the TV down on it for a second to get a better grip. Anyhoo, I get the TV in the car and get home and when I go around to the back I notice 3 freakin dents in my quarter panel! 1 of them is really bad. Looks like hail dings, but like if the hail stones were cube-shaped. The TV wasn't that heavy, I could lift it easily by myself, but my quarter panel couldn't handle it for a second? WTF?!?!!? The paint is ok, so I'm going to check out a dent repair place today, but I'm afraid I may be stuck with it. I hate myself and deserve to die.
Hurley711
06-05-2008, 07:47 AM
Make sure you do it on video and get someone to post it, I hate threads being left open-ended.....no pun intended with that last word there
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 07:56 AM
It wasn't your TV. Those dents are a result of body flex. Very common in these cars when ragged on w/out subframe connectors.
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 07:58 AM
I have subframes. And they weren't there until yesterday. It's about an inch above my antenna.
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 08:06 AM
wow...shitty. Well-pewter is good for hiding everything, so don't worry much about it.
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 08:08 AM
I guess it's not too bad, but since I know right where it is, that's the first place my eyes go to and it makes me want to throw up.
JohnnyBs98WS6Rag
06-05-2008, 08:17 AM
I take it you already had the TV out of the box?
Blanket or no blanket, take any half-heavy object that is flat on the sides and rest it on a curved surface and all that weight lands on one small spot, you're going to get denting. Don't feel so bad though, a year or so ago I was moving my new vertical air compressor in my pickup standing up, didn't have it strapped down sufficiently (should've removed the cardboard box cover and strapped directly to the pump on top), sucker fell over 1/4 mi from home and dented the top of my tailgate. Then in the process of standing it back up to assess the damage, then lay it back down to take back for exchange, I lost my grip and it landed on the top of my cab and broke the back window. Glad I didn't have my 9mm handy that night.
astyles
06-05-2008, 08:51 AM
I want to end it all. I was loading a 46" Samsung DLP HDTV into the back of my Hawk (that's what these cars are made for right?) and I have a moving blanket over my quarter panel and I just set the TV down on it for a second to get a better grip. Anyhoo, I get the TV in the car and get home and when I go around to the back I notice 3 freakin dents in my quarter panel! 1 of them is really bad. Looks like hail dings, but like if the hail stones were cube-shaped. The TV wasn't that heavy, I could lift it easily by myself, but my quarter panel couldn't handle it for a second? WTF?!?!!? The paint is ok, so I'm going to check out a dent repair place today, but I'm afraid I may be stuck with it. I hate myself and deserve to die.
should have gone lcd it would have been lighter and not dented your car and are better t.v.'s.........j/k
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 09:15 AM
Oh yeah, I got the TV home and it doesn't work. Ain't that a kick in the nuts?
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 09:40 AM
Oh yeah, I got the TV home and it doesn't work. Ain't that a kick in the nuts?
ok, now you can kill yourself.
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 09:52 AM
ok, now you can kill yourself.
I'll wait until tonight. The way things are going, I just know I'm gonna walk in on my wife fuckin my friend or my dad or something. Then I'll be ready to meet Jesus.
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 10:40 AM
Bring a case of Guiness-I hear he digs the stout lager.
BlwnCamaro
06-05-2008, 10:40 AM
dont feel to bad I got home a few weeks ago to find my roommates daughter dragging rocks down my original cherry midnight blue paint job on my 00 SS. At the same time his dogs were chewing off pieces of the front bumper. It was like a nightmare, I wanted to just cry. Wiped out my whole paint Job!
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 10:43 AM
dont feel to bad I got home a few weeks ago to find my roommates daughter dragging rocks down my original cherry midnight blue paint job on my 00 SS. At the same time his dogs were chewing off pieces of the front bumper. It was like a nightmare, I wanted to just cry. Wiped out my whole paint Job!
Shoot the kid, the dog and the friend...wtf?
Mr. Luos
06-05-2008, 10:48 AM
A good paintless dent repair place should be able to get those out for fairly cheap.
Good luck!!
Even with subframe connectors my car has a slight dimple from 1.6 short times at the track. :lol:
BlwnCamaro
06-05-2008, 10:55 AM
Shoot the kid, the dog and the friend...wtf?
wanted too, but my friend owns property that I rent for my shop and house! Told him bout it and it caused a fight cause he was being indifferent about it at first, but in the end he came correct and offered to repaint for me. :woot:
Shrouded
06-05-2008, 10:58 AM
dont feel to bad I got home a few weeks ago to find my roommates daughter dragging rocks down my original cherry midnight blue paint job on my 00 SS. At the same time his dogs were chewing off pieces of the front bumper. It was like a nightmare, I wanted to just cry. Wiped out my whole paint Job!
Wow...thats too much to take in all at once LoL
BlwnCamaro
06-05-2008, 11:05 AM
Wow...thats too much to take in all at once LoL
yea I had to sit there and stare for awhile just to actually comprehend what was going on I was literally in shock when I saw it:eek2:
Dont mean to hijack your post thread starter but i feel you pain! LOL
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 12:18 PM
ok, i just paid $85 to remove the 4 dings. 3 are gone completely, but the 1 big deep one left a little reminder for me. It's not as noticable now, looks like a paint flaw more than a dent, but i still long for the days when my quarter panels were flawless.
stevenm357
06-05-2008, 04:07 PM
Bring a case of Guiness-I hear he digs the stout lager.
mmm guiness... our cars are not stools, coasters, tables places to set things.... a place to organize paper... wish people would learn not to touch them.
call the dent doctor. and lean your lesson.... but you must put 3 dents in your own rear quarter first hehehehe. :titslap:
'02DirtyBird
06-05-2008, 04:09 PM
I hate myself and deserve to die.
At least your not beating yourself up over this!
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 04:12 PM
At least your not beating yourself up over this!
I'm not being overly dramatic, am I? :cry:
01WS6475hp
06-05-2008, 04:40 PM
85 for 4 dings is a good deal. I have very very very small ding on a 100% flawless car so I know what it is like. It gets better over time. Worst things in life to be concerned about thats for sure.
INMY01TA
06-05-2008, 06:35 PM
I'll wait until tonight. The way things are going, I just know I'm gonna walk in on my wife fuckin my friend or my dad or something. Then I'll be ready to meet Jesus.Lol. You may want to try another paintless dent guy to work on that last one a little more. My paintless dent guy usually never has a problem making it all look like they were never there. When I first got my Porter Cable polisher I was polishing my hood and dropped the thing. Put a nice big dent in the hood. My guy took care of it tho. I was all set to buy a Ram Air hood there for a minute. :buffer:
Hawk23
06-05-2008, 10:25 PM
85 for 4 dings is a good deal. I have very very very small ding on a 100% flawless car so I know what it is like. It gets better over time. Worst things in life to be concerned about thats for sure.
Yeah, my wife is 8 and half months pregnant so I should be planning for the baby. But all I can think about is those damn dings! Is it too early to be a deadbeat dad? Well, they're fixed now, at least 99 percent fixed, so I don't feel as bad. I think the paint got messed up a little when the guy used a heat gun to warm up the metal before pushing the dent out. It's nowhere near as noticable as the 1 inch flake of paint that came off the corner of my hood, but i didn't cause that so it's easier to live with.
third_shift|studios
06-05-2008, 11:50 PM
these cars are our vanity...i know where every scratch is on my car...we all do. And we all think of them everytime we wax them, but the truth is, NO ONE else notices them..they see american legends
fbird777
06-06-2008, 02:34 AM
these cars are our vanity...i know where every scratch is on my car...we all do. And we all think of them everytime we wax them, but the truth is, NO ONE else notices them..they see american legends
:werd:
terrytheexpert
06-06-2008, 04:14 AM
I'll wait until tonight. The way things are going, I just know I'm gonna walk in on my wife fuckin my friend or my dad or something. Then I'll be ready to meet Jesus.
lmao...kick the wife...fuck the dog?
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