Monster Door Ding

[Dkwatts1522]

I noticed today that my 2 month old truck was victim of some careless person at my expense while at my sons soccer practice at the park yesterday. Dent in passanger back door in the body line. Have an appointment at the body shop tomorrow morning with the paintless dent guy to see if it is fixable without major body work. I just don’t have patience for people like this. Wish me luck!

 

[Mdegen93]

In the future (if you have power steps) keep them deployed and if it’s a car their door will hit the step before the truck

 

[Dkwatts1522]

In the future (if you have power steps) keep them deployed and if it’s a car their door will hit the step before the truck

I forgot to mention that It was in off road 2 with the steps deployed. Had a black Nissan Frontier pull in a few minutes after I parked. I could see it from across the field . I actually said to my wife “I raise the truck up and deploy the running boards and my luck I have a truck park next to me”. (She rolled her eyes at me) and Her car was on the other side. This is all before I knew they threw the door open and damaged mine.

 

[Mdegen93]

I forgot to mention that It was in off road 2 with the steps deployed. Had a black Nissan Frontier pull in a few minutes after I parked. I could see it from across the field . I actually said to my wife I raise the truck up and deploy the running boards and my luck I have a truck park next to me. “She rolled her eyes”. Lol My wife’s car was on the other side. This is all before I knew they threw the door open and damaged mine.

Well ****.

 

[dutchman187]

I noticed today that my 2 month old truck was victom of some careless person at my expense while at my sons soccer practice at the park yesterday. Dent in passanger back door in the body line. Have an appointment at the body shop tomorrow morning with the paintless dent guy to see if it is fixable without major body work. I just don’t have patience for people like this. Wish me luck!

That sucks man. And that person had to know they hit you too.

 

[immersivenc]

Heart wrenching. Im sorry! Wife thinks I'm crazy for parking on the other side of a parking lot. People just don't give a **** about anybody else's stuff.

 

[Dkwatts1522]

That sucks man. And that person had to know they hit you too.

Exactly what I said. I am paranoid anyway since I was victim to too seprtate shopping cart attacks on my GMC. I try to park away from all other cars. Look at the attached pic of the car that parked next to me today after soccer practice. Take note that the parking lot was mostly empty and I parked 10 spaces away from all cars. Just can’t make this stuff up.

 

[Dkwatts1522]

Heart wrenching. Im sorry! Wife thinks I'm crazy for parking on the other side of a parking lot. People just don't give a **** about anybody else's stuff.

Sometimes I believe it is intentional.

 

[immersivenc]

Exactly what I said. I am paranoid anyway since I was victim to too seprtate shopping cart attacks on my GMC. I try to park away from all other cars. Look at the attached pic of the car that parked next to me today after soccer practice. Take note that the parking lot was mostly empty and I parked 10 spaces away from all cars. Just can’t make this stuff up.

Looks like they're an excellent driver, too.

 

[Jared B]

Man that sucks. I'm super paranoid about stuff like that, in the 2 years I've had my truck I always try and park far away but like you said someone always comes and parks beside you no matter what.

Hope the PDR guy can get it out, they're usually surprisingly good.

 

[dutchman187]

Don't laugh..but I actually own a set of Ding Bats. They are magnetic and fold for easy storage.

 

[Dkwatts1522]

Man that sucks. I'm super paranoid about stuff like that, in the 2 years I've had my truck I always try and park far away but like you said someone always comes and parks beside you no matter what.

Hope the PDR guy can get it out, they're usually surprisingly good.

I have the PDR insurance through my dealer and took it by today and they took pictures and started the claim process. My Service guy said he wasn’t sure if they could get it out but would contact me when he knew something. I have a buddy that runs a body shop that does fantastic work and I trust his opinion. So I took it to him to get his opinion on it and he said that one of his PDR guys was coming by tomorrow and he is the best he has seen especially on the more difficult repairs. He told me they usually do the PDR for my dealer so he called the service manager and ask if he could handle it from his side since the PDR guy he wanted to do my truck was coming tomorrow and the service manager told him to just send them the bill.

 

[Dkwatts1522]

They ended up doing the PDR this morning. Took 30 minutes. Before and after pics. They did a great job!!

 

[19RamLimited]

Wow.. the guy did fantastic. Especially on the body line. Thankfully its steel. If it were aluminum it would have been very difficult.

I park so far away anytime I park because of these situations. I find a corner spot and park as far in as possible. I am glad you were able to get it fixed I was steaming last night seeing it. I am OCD about my vehicles and drives me nuts that there are people out there that don't care that much.

 

[Edwards]

Any sufficiently advanced PDR is indistinguishable from magic.

 

[Jared B]

Looks great, glad they got you sorted out.

 

[John813]

One heck of a whack. glad they fixed it for you

 

[riccnick]

Wow! That looks great!

 

[niko]

I had the same exact thing happen this past week. Same spot. Glad to see they were able to get it out. I need to find someone to do mine.

 

[Flot]

I'm shocked that came out - buy that guy a case of beer!