Getting acorn dings in hood and roof
 

Since the 86 is the greatest car made in the last 30 years, it must be lightweight.

I got some dings from acorns last night. You ever get this?

I popped the hood and massaged the ding from behind and was able to remove about 80% of each ding. I might keep a blanket in the car for the next time I park under a tree.

Remember: Hood is Aluminum. Roof is steel.

but is it

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Christ, here we go again...

Yeah. Worst fucking metal ever.





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Mine has a few. Doesn't bother me, I think it's a bit strange to expect something that delivers us through almost literally anything unequivocally to not take aesthetic damage eventually.

It sucks, but it happens. Get a different DD and put this one away if it's something you want to preserve :)

Posts like this keep me happy lol I used to worry all the time about keeping this car perfect. At the end of the day, it’s not a super car or anything. Just an affordable sports car that I daily so it’ll get little dings and chips here and there. Doesn’t bother that much. Just shows that I actually drive it

After parking under an oak tree every day for the past seven years, mine has at least 1000 dents. The hood is the worst, but all the steel panels have some dents too.


I've chosen to believe that it adds charming character, and improves aero like a golf ball.

I had 4 acorn dents and it pissed me off so much.

A few months later a hail storm came through and put approx 240 dents in the car. Some were quarter sized and 2mm deep. Hood, roof, trunk, fenders....
Insurance took care of it with PDR, 10/10 would park outside in the hail again as they took care of every dent on the car including ones from parking door dings etc.

Sold the car after a good paint correction cause the panels were in the best shape they have been since I got the car in 2012. Blessing in disguise, probably got another 1-2k for the car

Can you post some photos of the damage?

No, in this case, it's the best metal ever. The reason I own a BRZ is because 2700. Outside of the Elise, this is the fastest handling car made in the last 30 years due to the weight. A few dings are totally worth the price of owning the best driving car of the new millennium.

It is pretty simple to remove the dings with a PDR kit, and it looks a lot better today.

Could'nt agree more with this. After owning a 3000gt VR4, I'd gladly trade lighter/weaker panels for tankiness. Damage is much easier to mitigate than material weight

What did you do the piss the squirrels off this time?

Well, acorns are a yearly thing...

Introduced them to a gang of red squirrels..


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Tell us more about your experience owning that bloated pig of a 3000gt VR4!

bloated pig?!? at least his was imported. i drove a 2-door convertible endeavor. the insurance company called it a sports car. it had the same turning radius as a suburban. weighed almost as much too.

I guess not parking under oak trees is the answer.

Bought it in 09. Upgraded the turbos to 15g sized turbos, had Emanage ultimate, upgraded struts and Trim lowering springs with every upgraded bushing I could find. 275/35r18 Fallen Azenis tires, the car was a monster.

After it spun it's second bearing, I abandoned it and just stayed with my trusty E36. The turn in response and handling of the VR4 at higher speeds was insane, but for autocross it was too much work for a low speed technical course. The engines are garbage to work on and you need race pads even with stock power.

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Sorry for thread jack.

exactly. i've got plans to fix some of the more semi-serious damage the cars taken on due to my mistakes. but the rest of the door dings and stuff, i'm not worrying about because as soon as i finish getting them all fixed, there'll be just as many more.

a friend of mine bought a new '18 silverado, first camping trip, the squirrels rained walnuts onto all the vehicles every morning for 3 days. they just had 12 dents PDR'd for $1200. i could just barely see 3. i never saw the other 9 dents, even after they pointed them out.

I don't park under trees here in FL, not just the acorns but because the bird shit and tree sap as well.

I agree it's a great car, but disagree about the fastest handling. My Mazdaspeed Miata was about 200 pounds lighter and far nimbler. No contest when it came to tossability, at least for me. The 86 unavoidably carries weight higher over the rear suspension for one thing.

Yes, I meant to include Miata.

Outside of the Elise & Miata, this is the fastest handling car made in the last 30 years due to the weight.