Accident magnet?

[WormGod]

And some of us get to vote twice.

One Dragon Green totalled.

One Ebony banged up pretty bad on the front drivers side quarter.

[AlaskaVX]

No accidents, but man those rocks love to beat the hell out of my windshield and hood! Must have like 20 rock chips on the hood and my second windshield has three different cracks going across but they all missed my line of sight, any passenger must hate it though.

[Dallas4u]

Had a dent taken out of drivers side, top, front fender... plus some dents in the hood. It looked like someone had possibly jumped up on top of the hood... weird. The service guy at the dealer body shop said the dent in the fender could have been caused from me opening the hood too far up, pushing on the top of the fender, thereby denting it in. I told him his shutting the hell up could be caused by me, possibly ramming my fist down his 'troat, thereby closing his pie-hole.

Kidding... didn't say it, but a lot of those service guys are just morons.

[Anita]

Originally posted by Dallas4u
The service guy at the dealer body shop said the dent in the fender could have been caused from me opening the hood too far up, pushing on the top of the fender, thereby denting it in. I told him his shutting the hell up could be caused by me, possibly ramming my fist down his 'troat, thereby closing his pie-hole.

Kidding... didn't say it, but a lot of those service guys are just morons.

Let's talk about trouble magnets for a moment...:bwgr:

<--------- adam


Jez kiddn, adam...;pr;

[Dallas4u]

Really, I'm a casual, easy-going guy! I promise!

[Bantan]

I think we all need a GROUP HUG.
I propose we have simultaneous meets (on the same day) Next spring.
One for each Geographic Region.
It will take alot to do this, but it is possible. Hopefully everyone and their VX can make it.
We can call it "VX DAY":biggroup:

Wha du y'all think?

[Anita]

Im all for it!

;Dr;

[migil]

Whenever I say "I've never..." normally that exact thing ends up happening to me a few days later, so I think I better pass in this survey while knocking as hard as I can on wood...

[NC_VX]

Yeah, the Freakin' Accident Bug hit me. I am so pissed right now! I havne't been online in like forever and I am here to say that it happened over the weekend. I was backing out of a tight parking place and reversing to let someone in, I had three cars around me and was carefully trying to watch all three (can be a pain in the *** with the horrible rear view) and I freakin hit an illegally parked car. The good thing is it was illegally parked so I am not responsible for anything, the bad news is my bumper has a huge dent in it.

Do you know if I can pop it out? I bet it is going to cost an arm and a leg to replace. Other funny thing is, I was going to get the cladding sprayed with a liner next month along with a new Black paint job... now I gotta wait til I figure this ding out!!! I AM SO SAD!!!!

Honestly, I am usually so careful and I was not paying close enough attention, I know how "aware" of your surroundings you need to be in while driving the VX

I am posting pictures and the good news is, I still went wheeling after and kicked the trash out of my Jeep Wrangler. THe VX Rocks!!!!

[ron]

Originally posted by NC_VX
the bad news is my bumper has a huge dent in it. Do you know if I can pop it out?

Depending on the severity of the dent, it may be possible to use a heat gun or a very hot hair dryer and "massage" it out into place. Simply remove the cladding and heat up the inside area of the dent especially the outer perimeter of the crease. Do not focus the heat in one area alone as it may melt or damage that area. Rather "wave" it around the area and simultaneously start pushing the dent out. Don not force it out but rather "massage" it out instead. If the results are successful, you may still end up with visible "stretch creases from the outside. But since you may be covering with line-x or paint, then it doesn't really matter. If the results are not to your satisfaction or the damage is too great to apply, then replacing the entire cladding may be your only option. Keep us updated of whichever way you go with and good luck.

[johnnyapollo]

I did the same thing during the first Orlando meet - backed into some guy at a IHOP parking lot (I was clearly backing up and he tried to go around me, then stopped right in my path). It was a rental car, so no sweat to me (private property and he had insurance to cover the door damage). It put a dent into one corner of the cladding.

I tried removing then heating with a heat gun and working the damage out. It started to work, but the cladding had a bad split right along one reflector. As I heated, the split turned into a big hole. If you have similar damage, the same thing will probably happen to you. It was much easier to order a new bumper cover from Merlin - $220 shipped and got it the next day. It may be worth it just for the time involved to buy the new piece, rather than spend time working out the dent. I think even if you work it out, you'll see distress lines around the dented area and if you're like me - it'll bug you too much to leave alone.

-- Best, John

[VXD959]

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[NC_VX]

Wow, sorry about the wifes acident, glad everyone is okay!

I am going to try the heat gun and buy another piece. When you said $220 for the bumper, is that the whole thing? If I can fix the other one, it would be great to have a spair... I bet I will damage my rear bumper trying to do something stupid someday... might as well plan in advance. maybe I can have a whole second set for wheelin... It would be a pain... actually, I will just be such a good rider that I won't do damage!!! That works!

Anyway, will keep you all posted!

[NC_VX]

Alright Guys, thanks for the advice. This was my first free saturday since the accident so I pulled the VX into the garage and went to work. Amazingly, the heat gun worked! I feel like such a handy-man! That has got to be the cheapest accident ever. I really feel bad for the other guy, his repairs will probably be close to a thousand!!! I love my VX!!!

I will be posting before and after shots along with the other victim when I get a chance to create it all in a single image!!!

Happy VXing!

[Moncha]

Only minor under body stuff from off-roading. Paint's in great shape!