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!

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!

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.











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.

Here's the final results.












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








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.

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

That's all folks!

The Junkman

[meanman]

Thats impressive work man!

[Junkman2008]

Thank you sir.

[Palomequet]

Congratulations for a job well done.

[Junkman2008]

Thanks Palo.

[eleven11]

Looks great!

So I rarely see members on this forum (at least on the M5 side of things) that are from Louisville. I'm currently happy with my detailer, but was hoping you could PM any details about your setup (process, cost, location, etc.), to have another option. Thanks.

[Junkman2008]

Originally Posted by eleven11

Looks great!

So I rarely see members on this forum (at least on the M5 side of things) that are from Louisville. I'm currently happy with my detailer, but was hoping you could PM any details about your setup (process, cost, location, etc.), to have another option. Thanks.

Wassup homie!

Believe it or not, I don't detail cars for a living. I fix computer networks. Detailing is something I do for relaxation. It doesn't pay anywhere close to what I make at my real job and my real job is a LOT less work. Plus, I own the company.

There are exceptions though. I do have people who ship me their cars from all over the country for me to do to them what I do. I only work on about one car a month though and I ONLY do exteriors. If a person can't be without their car for a month then I am not their guy. Add to that, I charge WAY more than any detail shop I know of so I am definitely not one who is trying to be remotely competitive or affordable. I get some special cars from people who obviously are part of "the other half." Must be nice!

[eleven11]

Originally Posted by Junkman2008

Wassup homie!

Believe it or not, I don't detail cars for a living. I fix computer networks. Detailing is something I do for relaxation. It doesn't pay anywhere close to what I make at my real job and my real job is a LOT less work. Plus, I own the company.

There are exceptions though. I do have people who ship me their cars from all over the country for me to do to them what I do. I only work on about one car a month though and I ONLY do exteriors. If a person can't be without their car for a month then I am not their guy. Add to that, I charge WAY more than any detail shop I know of so I am definitely not one who is trying to be remotely competitive or affordable. I get some special cars from people who obviously are part of "the other half." Must be nice!

Nice. I ended up taking my M5 to Eric Witt in Knoxville to have him install Opticoat. Do you know of anyone in town that installs Opticoat, CQuartz, or similar?

[Junkman2008]

I really don't know any of the detailers in Louisville. I have kinda never had a need for one.

[eleven11]

Originally Posted by Junkman2008

I really don't know any of the detailers in Louisville. I have kinda never had a need for one.

Understood.