Be Careful of Who You Hit When Fleeing the Scene!

[Junkman2008]

So my buddy calls me up a 9:00 AM this morning asking me if I had my buffer in my hands. I told him that I was waxing something but her name wasn't "car". Of all the nerve, he knows that I am either sleep or "working" that damn early in the morning! He's a bachelor too so he KNOWS better! http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/lol.gif

Here's what happened. He's turning into a parking lot and some guy with no license decides to pull out and swipe the back end of his car. Realizing what he did, the guy decides to run. Bad decision. My buddy is a detective with the local PD and he was driving his unmarked Charger with a HEMI. So he chases the guy for a block and pulls him over. I told him that it must be nice having a cop around when you need one! :D

Bottom line is, this bumper will need to painted in order to make it 100% perfect, which means that he would have to turn it in to the motor pool. He didn't want to do that because he knows that he would get a hooptie to drive while they take their time fixing his. He wasn't having any of that so he called me. Here's the damage he showed up with.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_damage_1.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_damage_2.jpg

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http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_damage_5.jpg

Damage like this is going to require a more aggressive polisher than the PC-7424XP if you want to fix it sometime this week. At the same time, a rotary polisher could have easily MELTED this rear fascia considering how flexible it is. Since he was in a hurry, I had to just blast the job out. So I broke out some 3M Perfect-It™ I Rubbing Compound, 3M Perfect-It™ II Machine Polish, a flat surfaced green pad, a flat surfaced white pad and my trusty ol' Flex-3401VRG.

A couple of things to note. Normally I would have washed and clayed that area, and wet sanded that remaining scratch out of the paint. However, due to time restraints, I just did the "hook a brutha' up" repair. If you saw the finished product, you wouldn't have ever known that this car was in an accident. I told him to make sure that he reported it to Car Fax. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/lol.gif

Here's the final results.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_fixed_1.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_fixed_2.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_fixed_3.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_fixed_4.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_fixed_5.jpg


And because you all know that I never fake the funk, here's the flash test.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_flash_1.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_flash_2.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Detailing%20Pics/hemi_flash_3.jpg


He asked me what I wanted for the job. I told him to dance like Calvin & Hobbs. He said he'll meet me at Texas Roadhouse. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/lol.gif

My Lord, I would have loved to seen the face of that guy when his rear view mirror filled up with Christmas lights! :D


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That's all folks! http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/tiphat-1.gif

The Junkman

[Anonymous]

I just see one problem,the rest of the car is not gonna match that shine !

[The_Greg]

Looks awesome. I'm also a fan of Calvin and Hobbes!

[Junkman2008]

I just see one problem,the rest of the car is not gonna match that shine !

Nailed it! He has work to do. ;)


Looks awesome. I'm also a fan of Calvin and Hobbes!

My favorite, next to the Peanuts!

[Uncle Paul]

Magic, Junkman...Pure Magic.

You are the Wizard of Wax.

[Junkman2008]

Magic, Junkman...Pure Magic.

You are the Wizard of Wax.

lol! That's a new one! http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/thumbsup.gif

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Great job.. like a mirror

[Boba Fett]

Junkman, you're the HNIC up in this piece!!

[Junkman2008]

Junkman, you're the HNIC up in this piece!!

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[AZTVR]

Bottom line is, this bumper will need to painted in order to make it 100% perfect

From the pictures, if it were my personal car, I would much more want your fix than risk what might be the result of a repaint unless I knew a guy as capable as you was doing the paint ! Plus, you just know if one were to go through all of that foe 100%, the next day someone would bump it in a parking lot again.

Nice to be able to do a job and have such immediate results and "customer" satisfaction. Also, that is a good guy to bank some buddy points with !

[99RT10]

That is amazing! Great job JM!!!

[FLATOUT]

Lol I get similar requests and those are fun repairs. Great job buddy!

[Junkman2008]

... Also, that is a good guy to bank some buddy points with !

Let him tell it, we ain't buddies because I wouldn't let him pass me at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He said I was blocking him. I told him that blocking is part of racing! We go back and forth about that all the time around the guys. He wants a rematch! http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh216/Junkman2008/Smileys/lol.gif