Strucked with truck tire on highway

Zbrah · 06-30-2018, 01:58 AM

A big chunk of tire on the highway was kicked up and bounced off my front bumper at high speed on the way home tonight. Happened too quickly so I didn’t have enough time to react to swerve out of the way. Looks like no major damage to the front bumper except that a large piece of the clear coat had been removed from the paint. Anyone know if this is something a body shop could repair without repainting the entire bumper? I plan on taking her in to have it checked out this weekend but just liked to know if it could be easily repaired without redoing the whole paint job

axmea? · 06-30-2018, 05:22 AM

David - pics?

JARblue · 06-30-2018, 07:44 AM

Sorry to hear

If just clear is removed, then I think a good shop can blend a new layer of clear fairly easily. It's blending the actual paint color that tends to be more noticeable. My guess is a professional would still be able to spot the clear coat repair, but a layman would have a hard time seeing it.

daveb91 · 06-30-2018, 08:57 AM

Kind of hard to answer without a pic of damage..

Zbrah · 06-30-2018, 02:11 PM

Really strange there isn't anymore damage from the impact than just the clear coat peeled off. Could this be fixed? Would suck having to redo a whole bumper because of this spot

OhioYJ · 06-30-2018, 02:25 PM

Just have it painted. By the time they sand to rough it up and smooth out the clear coat there will be a low spot there. I'd be surprised if a body shop doesn't want to paint it. This is up top where it's noticeable. If it were down low maybe. I doubt a body shop will want to do that. Look at it this way, it's probably a chance to take care of some rock chips on your front bumper.

Ian B · 06-30-2018, 02:28 PM

Needs bumper repainted. Dont go cheap on it, just get it done correctly and you wont regret it if the clear coat goes bad down the line trying to save some money. Let us know what estimate is for having bumper repainted.

Ian B

*J*ap***V*et* · 06-30-2018, 02:57 PM

That's awful man...glad you're ok. Hopefully you can stumble across a partout with a similar color and save a few pennies

axmea? · 06-30-2018, 05:25 PM

Redo. Sorry man.

OTW Z-Boy · 06-30-2018, 07:48 PM

This sucks. =( Sorry to see that. Hate all the road debris everywhere!

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06-30-2018, 01:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zbrah A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: The370Z.com Posts: 4,956 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 5451	Strucked with truck tire on highway A big chunk of tire on the highway was kicked up and bounced off my front bumper at high speed on the way home tonight. Happened too quickly so I didn’t have enough time to react to swerve out of the way. Looks like no major damage to the front bumper except that a large piece of the clear coat had been removed from the paint. Anyone know if this is something a body shop could repair without repainting the entire bumper? I plan on taking her in to have it checked out this weekend but just liked to know if it could be easily repaired without redoing the whole paint job __________________

06-30-2018, 05:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
axmea? A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,233 Drives: WELL ZED PW 6MT Rep Power: 53241	David - pics? __________________ >MyZ's Album< NISMO Convert/ECUTEK/Takeda CAI/F.I. HFC NR CB Carbon/F.I. 34 Row Oil Cooler/4.08 Final Drive /Powertrix+Swifts/Hotchkis/SPL/Whiteline/TWM/Zoom Engineering/EVO-R/AeroJacket Vented CF Fenders + CF Spoiler/Avant Garde-WORK/NST/Morimoto Halo/STi Clear Lenses/Carbon Signal Automotive/RJM Performance/ZSpeed Clutch Flywheel CSC delete

06-30-2018, 07:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,449 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Sorry to hear If just clear is removed, then I think a good shop can blend a new layer of clear fairly easily. It's blending the actual paint color that tends to be more noticeable. My guess is a professional would still be able to spot the clear coat repair, but a layman would have a hard time seeing it. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

06-30-2018, 02:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Zbrah A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: The370Z.com Posts: 4,956 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 5451	Really strange there isn't anymore damage from the impact than just the clear coat peeled off. Could this be fixed? Would suck having to redo a whole bumper because of this spot __________________

06-30-2018, 05:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
axmea? A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,233 Drives: WELL ZED PW 6MT Rep Power: 53241	Redo. Sorry man. __________________ >MyZ's Album< NISMO Convert/ECUTEK/Takeda CAI/F.I. HFC NR CB Carbon/F.I. 34 Row Oil Cooler/4.08 Final Drive /Powertrix+Swifts/Hotchkis/SPL/Whiteline/TWM/Zoom Engineering/EVO-R/AeroJacket Vented CF Fenders + CF Spoiler/Avant Garde-WORK/NST/Morimoto Halo/STi Clear Lenses/Carbon Signal Automotive/RJM Performance/ZSpeed Clutch Flywheel CSC delete

06-30-2018, 08:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
daveb91 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Vienna WV Posts: 302 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 24	Kind of hard to answer without a pic of damage..

06-30-2018, 02:25 PM	#6 (permalink)
OhioYJ Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Ohio Posts: 261 Drives: 2016 370Z Rep Power: 952	Just have it painted. By the time they sand to rough it up and smooth out the clear coat there will be a low spot there. I'd be surprised if a body shop doesn't want to paint it. This is up top where it's noticeable. If it were down low maybe. I doubt a body shop will want to do that. Look at it this way, it's probably a chance to take care of some rock chips on your front bumper.

06-30-2018, 02:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
Ian B Track Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cedar Park Posts: 679 Drives: 2010 Nissan Rep Power: 137465	Needs bumper repainted. Dont go cheap on it, just get it done correctly and you wont regret it if the clear coat goes bad down the line trying to save some money. Let us know what estimate is for having bumper repainted. Ian B

06-30-2018, 02:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jap**Vet* Enthusiast Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 479 Drives: 2009 370z Rep Power: 115133	That's awful man...glad you're ok. Hopefully you can stumble across a partout with a similar color and save a few pennies

06-30-2018, 07:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
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