Door Dings
 

As much as we all try to avoid door dings, they still sometimes happen.

Are the 370Z's aluminum doors more prone to dings than standard metal doors? Would they be more expensive or harder to repair?

Fortunately for me, I've been "ding free" on my last three cars through careful parking place selection. My wife's MDX looks like the dark side of the moon! :facepalm:

I'm going in on Saturday to negotiate a deal on a new Z, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Thanks!

yes, alminum is a biotch to PDR depending on how deep and where it is. it's doable though.

more prone to dings? i dont think so. aluminum is more brittle than steel.

Dings mess up all cars. So does bird poop, rocks, idiots in minivans, etc. Unless you plan to keep this a showpiece for 50+ years, do your best to take care of it and enjoy it.

Good luck on the negotiations.

I just found a door ding on the passenger door after washing my car the other day. Scraped some of the paint clean off and left a very small crater :icon14:

:shakes head:

Same thing happened to me the other day... Luckily it was on a DD.

I dated a girl (long time ago) who's brother wasn't good enough to be called a loser. Dropped out of college (not his fault of course), couldn't keep his job (again, not his fault) and drove a POS american sedan. He would park next to nice cars and swing the door out hard on purpose. Really pissed me off.

No pics of the gf, that was long ago. She was hot but what a messed up family. :shakes head:

i would :crying: if that happened to my dd... but then again, i have (check out wall other side of z). :rofl2:

but if paint came off. :crying:

http://www.the370z.com/members/kench...-27-25-196.jpg

2002 bmw x5 with 90k miles, I used to care until people gave me more and more dings and then everything started to fail... Money pit I tell you!

>_> <_<

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...aAV0jItjP9NY-f

Yup, PDR guys hate aluminum but the guy that did my hood (hail damage) did a great job. Can't tell it was ever dinged.

Good luck!

Ken, I didn't understand your post? What am I supposed to see in your pic? A ding? A wall? :icon14:

Your roadster got HAILED on?!?!?!?! eeeek!

Are your tips burning the rear valance?

What I did to prevents dings was right after I took delivery of my Z I drove straight over to the local Mazda dealer and had them switch out my old flimsy Z doors for some Miata doors.

Ah yes... this is the ULTIMATE door ding preventer. How could I forget. In fact, if an SUV door SLAMMED into your Z equipped with a Miata door, not only would the Z door suffer no damage, but the SUV door would fall off its hinges.

:bowrofl: wtf... :rofl2:

I'm serious! I didn't get your pic/post..... oh, I read it again, are you saying you dinged your Z from your garage?!?!?!?!:icon14:

I think the pic shows PDR tools hanging on the wall.

I thought those were his snake wrangling tools...:tup:

dings
 

They are inevitable, BUT, never park near anyone, no exception. Of course an idiot will always find you, thats why I have a dent guy ready at my beckon call. I also have a professional rim/wheel guy along with a paint guy. I'm covered. After 2 years now, my black is near perfect as can be and its easier to adjust to the thought of blemishes than when brand new.:driving:

^ I agree! (btw, rebe945, I hope you have clear bra to help maintina that perfect paint? ;))

I've had PDR done on my G35 coupe (caught in a hail storm) and one on the door of my Z while I was registering the car with the state. They all came out fine or at least the ones that could be done with PDR.

:tup:


G2Z- those are tools hanging on my wall for PDR. :D



:bowrofl: blahahaha!

Clear Bra
 

Also have a the Ultra Ventureshield to help out . Nothing else i/we can do except sit out in the parking lots.

So does the toolkit in the back of the Z contain spaces for a pdr kit?

depends on which rod you're taking... but standard lengths would not fit under the trunk floor.