Someone backed into my Z.

Dave N

Went to lunch at a local burger joint yesterday and just as I was settling in to enjoy my lunch, a gentleman comes up and asks if I own a white Nissan 370Z. Crap....that can't be good. I told him I did, and he proceeded to tell me that he just backed into my car. I couldn't hide my displeasure with the news and as we walked out to survey the damage, I was expecting the worst.

Fortunately, it turned out less severe than I imagined - it appeared to be a slight rub against the back bumper. After brushing away some of the dirt (I hadn't washed the car yet after the weekend rains), I could see there were some scratches in the paint that would need to be buffed out. I got the driver's info and told him I would get some estimates for having a body shop do the work:



When I got home last night, I decided to grab my detailing supplies and work on it myself. First, I cleaned the area and then took a clay bar and removed the black plastic that transferred from the bumper of the other car. Next, I took some scratch remover and went over the area with a couple of applications. Lastly, I reapplied some wax to the area. The end result is 95% of the scratches were removed. Fortunately, none of the scratches went through the paint; I'm so glad that I don't not need to deal with paint matching this color.



This was a reasonably happy ending, but still a pain to deal with.

Dave