Egg Damage

[Pumped]

Hey guys,

A couple of months ago i had my car parked out the front of a mates house on a main road for about 20 minutes.
I didnt realise til the next day cause it was dark at the time but whilst there someone had driven past and thrown two eggs at it.

Its left two pretty obvious markings on the right hand side of the car, one above the front wheel on the guard and one just behind the rear wheel on the rear bar.

Just wondering if anyones had similar scratches fixed on a Graphite Euro?

ive been to a smash repairers and they said the rear one could be fixed on the plastic bar by respraying the whole bar again to match the paint.

They advised against fixing the front marking on the guard as they werent 100% certain they'd be able to get the colour matched with the car and i dont want the guard being a slightly different colour.

Has anyone had a graphite euro repaired in sections? if so does it stand out?

Any ideas would be good, everytime i look at the car it bothers me.

I'll try post some pictures of the damage up when i get a chance.

[i-vtec]

Hey guys,

A couple of months ago i had my car parked out the front of a mates house on a main road for about 20 minutes.
I didnt realise til the next day cause it was dark at the time but whilst there someone had driven past and thrown two eggs at it.

Its left two pretty obvious markings on the right hand side of the car, one above the front wheel on the guard and one just behind the rear wheel on the rear bar.

Just wondering if anyones had similar scratches fixed on a Graphite Euro?

ive been to a smash repairers and they said the rear one could be fixed on the plastic bar by respraying the whole bar again to match the paint.

They advised against fixing the front marking on the guard as they werent 100% certain they'd be able to get the colour matched with the car and i dont want the guard being a slightly different colour.

Has anyone had a graphite euro repaired in sections? if so does it stand out?

Any ideas would be good, everytime i look at the car it bothers me.

I'll try post some pictures of the damage up when i get a chance.


i have a graphite euro also and had it repsrayed on the drivers side, that includes drivers side door, rear passenger door, rear quarter and the rear bumper. i dont have any problems with the color matching and i cant see the difference in colour and it doesnt stand out.

[Fr3aKi3]

Sorry to hear about you're car getting egged, some people just have nothing better to do other than damage other peoples property! As for matching the paint, it'll obviously depend on where you take the car. Go to some cheap place and chances are the paint wont be as good as another place with more experience (and higher price to match).

[Atjo]

If there's no dent on it just use touch up guys. Last time i had a really bad scratches on my front bumper & the dealer sent me a touch up guys to fix it. Only took 1-1.5 hours to do it. The guy sanded down & sprayed the bumper, the paint matched as well.

http://www.yellowpages.com.au/search/postLocationSearch.do?bookId=1&areaId=1054&businessName=touch+up+guys&locationClue=sydney&locationText=Greater+Sydney+NSW&stateId=1

[Pumped]

:) well im glad to hear that Graphite can be matched up well, i know itd bother me if it didnt match right

Im going away tomorrow so i might try arrange for my a touchup guy to have it fixed whilst im away, or at least see what they say about it

[Atjo]

Just don't forget to give them the colour code of graphite pearl.

[adammet04]

hey mate,

i had someone reverse into my euro (graphite) and it got resprayed to match the rest of the car..i havent heard /had aone comnt on it yet..

mine was on the rear bumper..but hopefully same diff?



cheers

[kam]

i have a graphite euro also and had it repsrayed on the drivers side, that includes drivers side door, rear passenger door, rear quarter and the rear bumper. i dont have any problems with the color matching and i cant see the difference in colour and it doesnt stand out.

jeez quite a few panels resprayed there - what happended

and its kinda sad people purposfully drive around with eggs looking for cars to hit

[tony1234]

Make sure u go to reputable panel shop and get some advise on best way to repair it.There are some losers in this world!!!

[ZEi20T]

if a repair shop says they CANT match the pain colour of a car (factory colour), even if its aged. then you DONT go to that shop for repairs.

[euro77]

I have no idea how bad a damage an egg can do to the paint, do you have any pics? Can't the paint cleaner and claybar remove it?

[sendok]

sorry to hear that.. touch up sounds a good idea. they usually do it quick and pro, but must be the correct OEM paint of Honda.

My friend's car also got thrown by egg couple weeks back. Lucky he saw and clean them.. but dont have time to chase that stupid gay who just jealous with nice cars.. LOLz...

Good luck for u mate.!

[ZEi20T]

i had an egg thrown at my S15 many months ago. as the shell dries it shrinks and being that its on a painted surface, it takes the paint with it. yes i also didnt know it was an egg till a day later. too late! bastard kids!

[aaronng]

The egg is damaging because the shell chips the paint very badly, and the proteins in the egg directly damage the water-based paint as it doesn't have to go through the clearcoat first. But MOST of the damage comes from the shell.

Here's a pic of a car that was egged and then washed about 10 minutes later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/DasCoupe/IMG_1187.jpg

[ZEi20T]

yeah thats what happened to mine too. for some reason i thought it was a maccas drink that they threw at me while i drove past.

i chased them for a while tho. but they cut through some people's yard and my car couldnt follow there :(

[80057]

its a shame there are so many idiots in the world that do stuff like this, i feel for you especially on a graphite car as scratchs and marks are so clear.

im with everyone else, make sure you have not doubts the smash repairer can do it and emphasis if it aint done right you will go back till its done. if u have any doubt the smash repairer isnt confidnet in doing a good job go somewhere else. i never heard a spray painter saying he cant match paint!!!

good luck what ever you do.

[kam]

for little chips like this - do they respray just the area - or the entire door, and how much does this cost

[my_vtec77]

Mine had too. but quite small so i leave it. I hate those jealous idiots.

Hi Kam, i think you can respray just that area. but when look closer, it will be different. Coz there will be another layer of paint on top of original layer. I'm not sure, it's depends on how good they respray.

[aaronng]

To fix it they should sand it down and respray. But they won't bake the paint, so it will be softer than original.

[ZEi20T]

if you leave it in the sun for a few weeks after the spray job, that will bake it well enough

[aaronng]

if you leave it in the sun for a few weeks after the spray job, that will bake it well enough

The type of paint used for non-baked respray is an acrylic. It's totally different from a baked 2-pack paint. For example, if you spill RainX on your original paint, you can just wipe it off. Do that on acrylic paint, and you're wiping off your paint instead.

[80057]

I cant say i know for sure, but every time i have been to a smash repairer they have sprayed the whole panel/fender etc. no just a small area. in the past i have had a small ding (size of a 20 cent coin) on the bonnet whole things was resprayed, a side skirt scratch (fairly deep) whole thing and boot lid was fully sprayed.

[ZEi20T]

for touch ups they use acrylic?? wouldnt that leave signs of being touched up??

anyway, eggs suck. cept if they are fried with some bacon..... damn now im hungry!

[Pumped]

I have no idea how bad a damage an egg can do to the paint, do you have any pics? Can't the paint cleaner and claybar remove it?

Sorry to drag up an older thread, hadnt read this recently, been on holidays

heres my particular egg marks, cant really tell the size of it but you can see there both semi circle shapes

Front Fender
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5568/egg1gn7.jpg

Rear Bar
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6038/eggrearsh2.jpg

Pictures are a bit dark and the cars dirty but you get the idea! :(

Going to get it looked at this week sometime, see what i can get done

[VTECACCORD]

you can minimise that but not remove it without a respray.

To minimise it get these products.
1. Poorboys SSr2.5 to remove swirls, and grind down the edges.
2. Poorboys pro polish with carnuba blue, will fill some of the color back into it, so it wont be white. Then do the whole car
3. Seal the paint with you favourite protectant or poorboys exp pro.

you have to order these items online, but they will do a good job of minimising it.


btw it may be best done with a random orbital polisher using a 6.5" pad, the smaller the pad size the better the cut

[aaronng]

Random orbital polisher with a heavy cut pad and SSR3 won't even touch the egg damage. Those are chips in your clearcoat. Not just a swirl. If you can't fix it, it's either touchup paint and clay, or respray.

[aaronng]

Looks more like egg shell residue that should come off with some light compounding.

Looks like chips from the egg shell to me. No amount of compounding will fix that unless you are willing to cut down all the clear (which is not what you want to do anyway).

[VTECACCORD]

yes I agree it wont get rid of it, but it will fine the edges so the scratches wont be as visible.

Of course the filler will wear off over time and will need to be applied again.

[euro77]

Thanks for the pics. Now I know how bad an egg can do to your paintwork. Damage looks like the paint has been chipped, so I think the only way to go is to touch it up (if not respray)

[sendok]

ugh.. it's pain in the a$$.. good luck man!

[tknova]

Ouch, i'd be spewing!

With the front guard you should be able to get away with just rubbing down the guard, flicking paint on the guard & clearing the guard. Make sure they clear the entire guard and just don't clear the painted section or you'll have ugly blend marks.

I don't think you would have to blend the door as by the pics the paint seems is good order with no oxidation.

The rear bar same thing, you don't need to paint the whole bar, same process as above.

Should cost around $300 for the bar i'd say and $300 for the guard

Lodge a claim through insurance if you like so if blending of pannels is required the insurance company will cover the cost of those blends if your excess is only $500. Just be happy that egg did not hit your quater panel!

[Pumped]

Thanks for the comments guys, certainly is a pain in the A$$
the paints been chipped pretty deep, these pictures are after having tried different sorts of waxs etc, it was worse originally!
The damage thats in the pictures is quite a few months old now so i dont think anything will fix it looks like getting them resprayed is the only option!
may look into an insurance claim i'll get a few quotes on fixing it first

Definately annoyed to say the least, car was pretty new at the time it happened and it was only left unattended for about 10 minutes for this to happen!!

IF/when i get round to fixing it up i'll post up some pictures to show how it worked out!