Folks,
I've seen people lamenting about door dings and having
had to fix'em. Well, it's my turn to rant. My 3-week new
X got hit by a falling rock (yes, a fairly large sized rock!),
this past wknd. near an Avalanche area enroute to Lake
Tahoe ;-( And, this was the 1st time I took my X on a ski trip.
The rock seemed to slide down from no where (slope on my
right side) and what a bad timing/luck it was
I had minimal
reaction time, so was unable to totally avoid it. Perhaps the
impact was lessened by the direct hit on X's rear right tire.
Nevertheless, the rock ricocheted from the tire and hit the
very lower side of the rear right door on it's follow thru'.
There's a sizeable ding (though not visible if you stand right
next to the door) with a 3" scratch at the very bottom of the
right rear door, just below the lowest crease. The raw metal
underneath the scratch is visible too. I couldn't see any effects
of the ding on the inside bottom of the door, though. It's a
real painful ordeal to go thru' on a brand new 41K X. I felt
so bummed about it that the skiing wasn't quite enjoyable.
My wife consoled that it could've been far worse had the rock
struck elsewhere!
Now, those of you who've had the misfortune of having
to fix dings/scratches, what did you do? There're body shops
galore, but any recommended places to fix it (particularly in
the SFBay area)? Any pointers will be much appreciated. Or,
should I first approach the dealer?
thanks, and thanks for reading this!
I've seen people lamenting about door dings and having
had to fix'em. Well, it's my turn to rant. My 3-week new
X got hit by a falling rock (yes, a fairly large sized rock!),
this past wknd. near an Avalanche area enroute to Lake
Tahoe ;-( And, this was the 1st time I took my X on a ski trip.
The rock seemed to slide down from no where (slope on my
right side) and what a bad timing/luck it was
reaction time, so was unable to totally avoid it. Perhaps the
impact was lessened by the direct hit on X's rear right tire.
Nevertheless, the rock ricocheted from the tire and hit the
very lower side of the rear right door on it's follow thru'.
There's a sizeable ding (though not visible if you stand right
next to the door) with a 3" scratch at the very bottom of the
right rear door, just below the lowest crease. The raw metal
underneath the scratch is visible too. I couldn't see any effects
of the ding on the inside bottom of the door, though. It's a
real painful ordeal to go thru' on a brand new 41K X. I felt
so bummed about it that the skiing wasn't quite enjoyable.
My wife consoled that it could've been far worse had the rock
struck elsewhere!
Now, those of you who've had the misfortune of having
to fix dings/scratches, what did you do? There're body shops
galore, but any recommended places to fix it (particularly in
the SFBay area)? Any pointers will be much appreciated. Or,
should I first approach the dealer?
thanks, and thanks for reading this!