whoever did this to my car.. I hate you..

[Jfheisenberg]

Try to get it fixed by a professional, especially one white colors it can be tricky to try to mess with it yourself.

When i go to walmart, i park all the way in the back where usually nobody parks. 9 out of the 10 times that i park far away I'm good, but you know there is always some asshole that decides to park right next to you even though there is like 100 spots available.

[Packofcrows]

Oh goodness!

I shuddered and cringed at looking at the pictures!!!

I wonder if investing in a camera might help with that....least record a part of the car that hit you... Maybe even two that record for 1-3hrs? Then it loops. One pointing right, one left.

Hope a kit can help.

[Amir Ghadiri]

No fun, but at least I can say it's not going to be a pricy repair. Have a body shop just repair and blend that area for $300-$350 (It'll probably be closer to $350 with it being the pearl color). Dont let them paint the whole panel as then you will likely have problems with the match - if they just blend that area it'll never be noticeable (and cheaper )

[sallgoodman123]

Even when you park at the furthest ends of the Wal-mart parking lot, there's always going to be some beat up car with messed up paint and a cracked windshield parked right next to you when you return.

[Jyn]

I realize this thread is about 2 weeks old, but to the OP, get that fixed professionally. Rust will develop if you don't.

[babydriver]

Originally Posted by sallgoodman123

Even when you park at the furthest ends of the Wal-mart parking lot, there's always going to be some beat up car with messed up paint and a cracked windshield parked right next to you when you return.

Absolutely! There could be 250 other parking spaces available and you could be in the space that is absolutely the furthest from the door to the store and there will always be some fool who has to park right beside you, often a much older car not in that good a shape. I have decided that these drivers want a good look at the car, so they park next to me.

I have developed a strategy for reducing the odds of getting a dent -- I always park in the last space on the right of a row, preferably with a concrete or curb/grass "island" there, parking as far to the right in the space as I can. That way, there is no possibility of a car on my right to dent my passenger door, and since more than half the drivers out there are driving solo, the passenger door on their car is less likely to be opened. This has worked for me so far, after 8 months.

Also, don't park anywhere near a mini-van as it will almost certainly have passengers and they will have an average age of 8.

Having said that, the only big dent I've ever gotten in the Wal-Mart parking lot (in my nearly new 2000 Taurus) was clearly due to a shopping cart or several carts. It was so deep that I suspect the culprit was an employee of Wally World pushing a long line of carts back to the store. They probably got away and hit my car, again judging from the size of the dent left (in the shape of the corner of a shopping cart.) What I should have done is gone in and asked to see the security video. That way the store could have been dinged for fixing my car's ding.

[evomike]

Originally Posted by spatcha88

bro it's confirmed. It's not just through the clear coat but through the damn paint into the panel. Not even sure how someone did that at such a weird ass angle. I'll take another pic.

It's deep bro. The panel is even cracked as you can see.

a lot of that looks like it will clean and buff off, you really should try thinner and buffint it.

[evomike]

Originally Posted by Amir Ghadiri

No fun, but at least I can say it's not going to be a pricy repair. Have a body shop just repair and blend that area for $300-$350 (It'll probably be closer to $350 with it being the pearl color). Dont let them paint the whole panel as then you will likely have problems with the match - if they just blend that area it'll never be noticeable (and cheaper )

this is the most god awful advice I have heard in a long time, you cannot open blend clear coat and if people tell you that its ok they are a hack.