Your F-150's First Ding/Scratch/Dent/Chip
04-14-2016, 09:48 AM
#11
Was sitting in the drive through window at Walgreens picking up a prescription. Forgot about the vertical lane barricades that flank the drive through window. Pull out to the right and thunk thunk thunk thunk thunk lol. Made a small scratch on the passenger door which is luckily not too visible. Was really kicking myself for that one.
04-14-2016, 01:23 PM
#12
Senior Member
Nothing yet on my 2015, aside from the inside hinge area of the tailgate.
However, I had bought my first pickup 5 years back. It was a 2003 XLT with 160K on it but the body was damn near perfect. Best looking truck I had seen in it's price range and I bought it in part because of that.
Day 5 of owning it I brought it up to work and parked in the garage to get my inspection done on the way home. Pulled into a spot that was right next to a square concrete support pillar on the passenger side that when you parked was nearly invisible due to it's placement in your side view.
Backing out to head home I cut the wheel over to head out in the passenger side direction. I hear first a sliding sound, then feel some resistance, then a crunching sound and then I realize what just happened.
Caved the front quarter-panel in along with some nice grinding marks down into the paint, chewed the F-150 badge up, and popped in the fender flare.
I'm sure there is excellent surveillance video somewhere of my rather animated reaction to seeing what I had done!
I used some rounded wooden rods to rub out as much of the dent as I could by hand and used some touch up paint on the scratches. It looked less awful but it was always very prominent still. At least at that point I stopped caring much and was a lot more free with my off-road use. A few branch pin-stripes were nothing by comparison now.
Good lord was I ready to stomp puppies that afternoon.
However, I had bought my first pickup 5 years back. It was a 2003 XLT with 160K on it but the body was damn near perfect. Best looking truck I had seen in it's price range and I bought it in part because of that.
Day 5 of owning it I brought it up to work and parked in the garage to get my inspection done on the way home. Pulled into a spot that was right next to a square concrete support pillar on the passenger side that when you parked was nearly invisible due to it's placement in your side view.
Backing out to head home I cut the wheel over to head out in the passenger side direction. I hear first a sliding sound, then feel some resistance, then a crunching sound and then I realize what just happened.
Caved the front quarter-panel in along with some nice grinding marks down into the paint, chewed the F-150 badge up, and popped in the fender flare.
I'm sure there is excellent surveillance video somewhere of my rather animated reaction to seeing what I had done!
I used some rounded wooden rods to rub out as much of the dent as I could by hand and used some touch up paint on the scratches. It looked less awful but it was always very prominent still. At least at that point I stopped caring much and was a lot more free with my off-road use. A few branch pin-stripes were nothing by comparison now.
Good lord was I ready to stomp puppies that afternoon.
Last edited by photomankc; 04-14-2016 at 03:03 PM.
04-14-2016, 01:31 PM
#13
Beer Gut Extraordinaire
I scraped my front passenger fender flare on the concrete column in my parkade at home the night I brought my truck home. The scrape is not bad all and I'll eventually get it fixed but man I felt bad about it. Oh well.
04-14-2016, 02:46 PM
#14
Senior Member
I drove mine home with a dent in it. My wife noticed it at the dealer when we were picking it up and I didn't mention it because it was barely a quarter inch long on the lower portion of the driver's side rear door. For what I use my trucks for, they accumulate small scratches and dents on a weekly basis no matter how careful and slow I am.
Sure enough, less than 3 days later, like a dummy I brought home 6 potted trees, each weighing about 180lbs each. I should have waited till I had the bed liner in, but the trees shifted on the way and put two very noticeable dents to the interior of the bed wall. My bed liner now covers it up, lol.
I do really get bent out of shape when the kids lose control of their bikes and run into my truck. I see it as crossing into the territory of being negligent on their part, seeing as I take pains to park where they are should not be riding their bikes in the first place.
Sure enough, less than 3 days later, like a dummy I brought home 6 potted trees, each weighing about 180lbs each. I should have waited till I had the bed liner in, but the trees shifted on the way and put two very noticeable dents to the interior of the bed wall. My bed liner now covers it up, lol.
I do really get bent out of shape when the kids lose control of their bikes and run into my truck. I see it as crossing into the territory of being negligent on their part, seeing as I take pains to park where they are should not be riding their bikes in the first place.
04-14-2016, 03:36 PM
#15
Brought my truck home and pulled in the garage. Stopping when the sponge ball touched the windshield.
Went from '05 screw 5.5 bed to 16 screw 5.5 bed so no reason new truck shouldn't fit in garage just like the old one.
Garage door came down and put some really nice gouges in the rear bumper cover. Moved the ball forward a few inches and all is good now.
Went from '05 screw 5.5 bed to 16 screw 5.5 bed so no reason new truck shouldn't fit in garage just like the old one.
Garage door came down and put some really nice gouges in the rear bumper cover. Moved the ball forward a few inches and all is good now.
04-14-2016, 04:07 PM
#16
Nothing yet on my 2015, aside from the inside hinge area of the tailgate.
However, I had bought my first pickup 5 years back. It was a 2003 XLT with 160K on it but the body was damn near perfect. Best looking truck I had seen in it's price range and I bought it in part because of that.
Day 5 of owning it I brought it up to work and parked in the garage to get my inspection done on the way home. Pulled into a spot that was right next to a square concrete support pillar on the passenger side that when you parked was nearly invisible due to it's placement in your side view.
Backing out to head home I cut the wheel over to head out in the passenger side direction. I hear first a sliding sound, then feel some resistance, then a crunching sound and then I realize what just happened.
Caved the front quarter-panel in along with some nice grinding marks down into the paint, chewed the F-150 badge up, and popped in the fender flare.
I'm sure there is excellent surveillance video somewhere of my rather animated reaction to seeing what I had done!
I used some rounded wooden rods to rub out as much of the dent as I could by hand and used some touch up paint on the scratches. It looked less awful but it was always very prominent still. At least at that point I stopped caring much and was a lot more free with my off-road use. A few branch pin-stripes were nothing by comparison now.
Good lord was I ready to stomp puppies that afternoon.
However, I had bought my first pickup 5 years back. It was a 2003 XLT with 160K on it but the body was damn near perfect. Best looking truck I had seen in it's price range and I bought it in part because of that.
Day 5 of owning it I brought it up to work and parked in the garage to get my inspection done on the way home. Pulled into a spot that was right next to a square concrete support pillar on the passenger side that when you parked was nearly invisible due to it's placement in your side view.
Backing out to head home I cut the wheel over to head out in the passenger side direction. I hear first a sliding sound, then feel some resistance, then a crunching sound and then I realize what just happened.
Caved the front quarter-panel in along with some nice grinding marks down into the paint, chewed the F-150 badge up, and popped in the fender flare.
I'm sure there is excellent surveillance video somewhere of my rather animated reaction to seeing what I had done!
I used some rounded wooden rods to rub out as much of the dent as I could by hand and used some touch up paint on the scratches. It looked less awful but it was always very prominent still. At least at that point I stopped caring much and was a lot more free with my off-road use. A few branch pin-stripes were nothing by comparison now.
Good lord was I ready to stomp puppies that afternoon.
04-14-2016, 04:19 PM
#17
Senior Member
I hear you man... cement pillar got me as well. My word choice was pretty on point for that moment. Turtle waxed it and luckily my friend owns a shop and was taken care of right away.
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Looks like he did a bang-up job. Mine the paint looked decent on but the crinkle in the body panel always stood out at any angle other than 90 degrees.
04-14-2016, 04:22 PM
#18
This is after the turtle wax before the paint job. See below for band-aid paint job lol. No complaints because he did it for free but I can still see it a bit on different angles.
04-14-2016, 04:37 PM
#19
Senior Member
This just reminds me why I don't buy new and gives me heart palpitations when I read them. d:
I've purchased 2 new cars in my lifetime, 1 was hit a couple years after purchase; 12K in damage. Next one was hit some 40 days after purchase; $14k in damage. Both should have been totaled as both insurance carriers spent almost exactly what they were worth after rental, diminished value and repairs.
I've purchased 2 new cars in my lifetime, 1 was hit a couple years after purchase; 12K in damage. Next one was hit some 40 days after purchase; $14k in damage. Both should have been totaled as both insurance carriers spent almost exactly what they were worth after rental, diminished value and repairs.
