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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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I Backed Up Into Another Car-Is this damage bad?

Basically i wanna know if this is a bad place to damage my car.
I was not paying attention and i actually backed up into my landlords car that was in the garage....lol it was a long day, i was sick, tired and was outside playing ball hockey at a tournement for like 6 hours..... i cant believe i did it...but it happened...

I backed up fairly slow and hit his front plate screw.
I found the point of impact on my car and it is shown in the pic. It is very small and only the screw head from the other cars front plate contaced my back bumper and left a very very small screw head mark. It is more then a mark, kind of liek a nick in the plastic.

Is this very bad? like it cant rust or nothing, and the paint looks ok. Is this very minor and only a small cosmetic issue?...you can only see it if u really really look up close....
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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actual pics, sorry about the quality...
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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last pics....
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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ur good.. that bumper from what i see is plastic..
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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i felt like such a ****in loser when it happened, the garage door was opening, glanced underneath, saw no car, reversed and actually looked in all the mirrors, still saw nothing..... and then BAM...i thought i hit a wall or something....felt so dumb.....


so its not a big deal?, no problems can occur later? no rust, paint peeling..... like its so small as you can see in the pics, but the car is fairly new and im pissed that i did it....
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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just get some touch up paint an you'll be fine
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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wat if i dont get any touch up paint? will it still be ok....
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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The bumper is plastic so it won't rust. Don't worry about it.
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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wat if i dont get any touch up paint? will it still be ok....
yes, like other said its a plastic bumper so ur cool. the paint is do-do anyways
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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its not major but if your **** just put some touch up paint on it and it will be fine
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 09:00 PM
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It's not major, and it is plastic so your safe.
You can always touch it up with paint, or to add a little more style to it... get RRMs CF rear license plate surround.
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:25 PM
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phew..u guys made me feel a lot better...thanks for the info gentlemen.... after it happened i felt so stupid and bad about it, that i just slept all day and night....
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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believe me i freaked out when i scratched the underpart of my rear bumper when i ran into those parking markers as i was backin up.. freaked me out for days.. hahahaha
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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phew..u guys made me feel a lot better...thanks for the info gentlemen.... after it happened i felt so stupid and bad about it, that i just slept all day and night....
looool come on guy, really?
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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ill post pics of my bumper, i wanna know if touch up paint will fix THAT ish..give me a couple hours
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