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08-04-2014, 06:45 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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The roof! The roof! The roof is...hey, all scratched up...
Sorta deep scratches on my roof. Right over the driver's headrest. Wouldn't be able to see it in direct sun, I just got a good look today while it was overcast. Might have been a branch from a tree, definitely not conscious vandalism this time I think, something was on the roof and slid off.
I hand-polished 85-90% of it off, only three or four spots about .5" long remaining (that I know about!). Buffer tomorrow will take care of the small remaining marks. This soft paint system sucks, a bug fart scratches it.
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08-04-2014, 07:13 PM
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  Drives: 2010 SSII w RS & Sunroof Yellow Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: West Suburbs of Chicago, in a Courthouse Somewhere
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You all have the federal govt with Their EPA and osha standards for the crap paint being put out today.
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08-04-2014, 07:23 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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Yeah, I hear that. I had a car painted in 2003, nice coat of paint. Hard to chip, hard to scratch. Times has sure changed.
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08-04-2014, 07:30 PM
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          Drives: Love the one you're with Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Downtown Charlie Brown
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Man you have no luck. Maybe you should just beat it with a hammer and not worry about anymore.
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08-04-2014, 07:33 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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08-04-2014, 07:35 PM
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While I truly feel your pain I cannot lie. The bug fart comment seriously had me cracking up out loud. Hahahaha.
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08-04-2014, 07:44 PM
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Drives: 2010 rs 2lt Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: wisconsin
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I almost give up on the paint for these cars , By the time I get the scratches corrected , New ones appear , And save it all you wash experts I watch Junkmans Videos , Use the 2 bucket system with girt guards , 3 micro fiber mitts , spray with foam gun , keep it waxed as much as possible Use borderless micro rags to dry , never apply too much pressure when drying , etc etc. The paint sucks
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08-04-2014, 07:45 PM
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Drives: FOR SALE! Bumblebee 1 of 1 Join Date: May 2010
Location: Geneva IL
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Trade for a vert? :-)
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08-04-2014, 07:47 PM
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Drives: 2014 2SS M6 "CHRISTINE" Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Boston Metro North
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Chris my man, maybe you should just buy a 1970's Camaro finished in primer gray
 Or maybe you should move. WTF, you are hexed man!
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08-04-2014, 08:02 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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08-04-2014, 08:03 PM
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Buick 455 Fan
Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Boston MA
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Pretty positive this had nothing to do with where I live, this time.
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08-05-2014, 04:54 AM
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Drives: too many Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: oh va pa ma tx
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saw the title laughed had to be you! ya gotta lay off the duke boy jumps through the trees.. we all know paint ain't what it used to be..
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08-05-2014, 05:05 AM
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waiting at the tree
Drives: SIM 2010 2SS/RS A6 Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Niagara Falls
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Do you put your helmet on the roof at track days?
My tech guy at the drag strip told me to leave it on the DS in case I scratched my car. I am so used to 4th Gen T Tops it became second habit to unbag it and roof it.
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08-05-2014, 06:28 AM
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I feel your pain... I had my first kill yesterday. A big bird committed suicide on my windshield going 70MPH. He knew he was a goner as he emptied his bowels all of the heat extractor on my hood on the way in.
Two small chips (barely visible) on the windshield and a small scratch from his talons of doom next to it. Somehow he must have bounced hard as he managed to clear the paint all together. That SMACK is a hell of an attention getter too. I flinched and cringed.
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