Fix it, or leave it?

ero2 · October 22, 2022

Good news, my daughter got married this week! Bad news, while dropping off her 8FT tall seating chart, this dummy side swiped a mail box, AND, one of the groomsmen laid his belly/buttons of his dress shirt on the side of the bed resulting in a through the paint scratch from the mailbox and multiple smaller ones from the buttons.

$1174.00 to fix it. My truck is my baby, I have PPF on the front to stop all the rock chips, don’t go through brushed car washes, etc., to give you an idea of who I am, but it IS a truck…

What would you all do? It is a lot of money.

ero2 · October 22, 2022

Other, smaller scratches.

reeseb · October 22, 2022

It's s truck. It's big and it's going to get scratched several times. Make look it as best as you can cheaply. You probably won't even think about the damage in a few months.

johnnyquick · October 22, 2022

I am hoping you did NOT get a body shop estimate or this will show up on a carfax.........Fix it the $1100 is peanuts compared to the truck let the Groomsman kick in for his mistakes as well.

ero2 · October 22, 2022

20 minutes ago, johnnyquick said:

I am hoping you did NOT get a body shop estimate or this will show up on a carfax.........Fix it the $1100 is peanuts compared to the truck let the Groomsman kick in for his mistakes as well.

Oh hell, I had 0 idea just getting an estimate would show up!! It’s a small local shop but I did get a write up/breakdown

How should I have gone about it?

redwngr · October 22, 2022

If the truck is a spotless 'my baby' , as indicated then I'd get it fixed.

If it's in good shape but in well worn work clothes it would get likely get left as a battle scar.

KARNUT · October 23, 2022

Most of that will wax out. The scratch can disappear with touch up paint.

johnnyquick · October 23, 2022

3 hours ago, ero2 said:

Oh hell, I had 0 idea just getting an estimate would show up!! It’s a small local shop but I did get a write up/breakdown

How should I have gone about it?

If it is a small shop maybe it was not computerized and or entered yet ask them on Monday and they can hopefully not put it in, any claims will show up so just cash it out.

If it is too late then just keep the dated pics and show the actual damage when you go to sell the truck eventually.

Carfax/Autocheck can devalue a vehicle quite easily.

Cheers

ero2 · October 23, 2022

7 hours ago, johnnyquick said:

If it is a small shop maybe it was not computerized and or entered yet ask them on Monday and they can hopefully not put it in, any claims will show up so just cash it out.

If it is too late then just keep the dated pics and show the actual damage when you go to sell the truck eventually.

Carfax/Autocheck can devalue a vehicle quite easily.

Cheers

This is great to know, thank you so much! I will not be running it through insurance, sadly, due to various discounts I would lose as a result. If I get a quote but pay cash, it would likely still show, I’m sure? So if I’m gonna get it fixed (maybe), there’s no way around it showing up?

thanks again for the info!

winks79 · October 23, 2022

It will not show up on anything unless you file it with insurance. I've never had anything to show up if I pay it myself and don't file. I would have it fixed if it were mine. I know it is a lot of money, but if you are not planning on keeping it for several years you need to fix it. I would have to have it fixed anyway myself, especially where the scratches are located.

Silverado4x4 · October 23, 2022

2 hours ago, ero2 said:

This is great to know, thank you so much! I will not be running it through insurance, sadly, due to various discounts I would lose as a result. If I get a quote but pay cash, it would likely still show, I’m sure? So if I’m gonna get it fixed (maybe), there’s no way around it showing up?

thanks again for the info!

If it were me I would get it fixed. those little scratches may come out with wax and the big scratch was it a plastic mailbox or metal box? The big one from the picture looks like a rub mark and that may come out. I would take it to a detail shop and see what they say. If the big one is a scratch your looking at rust later if you leave it.

ero2 · October 23, 2022

1 minute ago, Silverado4x4 said:

If it were me I would get it fixed. those little scratches may come out with wax and the big scratch was it a plastic mailbox or metal box? The big one from the picture looks like a rub mark and that may come out. I would take it to a detail shop and see what they say. If the big one is a scratch your looking at rust later if you leave it.

It’s definitely a scratch (can feel it with my nail, so through the pain), and it’s slightly dented too. With a steel bed, it will rust for sure with how much rain we get in TN. That’s why I was contemplating Dr Colorchip to cover it up, but the dent would still be there then.

It’s a tough place to photograph well.

ero2 · October 23, 2022

Just now, ero2 said:

It’s definitely a scratch (can feel it with my nail, so through the pain), and it’s slightly dented too. With a steel bed, it will rust for sure with how much rain we get in TN. That’s why I was contemplating Dr Colorchip to cover it up, but the dent would still be there then.

It’s a tough place to photograph well.

This was after I washed it, covered it with quick detailer for a very small amount of protection.

GMC-AT · October 23, 2022

Get a mobile dent man to take of dent first .. then DR Colorchip. Think the beds are all allum now, but I wouldn't worry about rust either way.

ero2 · October 23, 2022

1 minute ago, GMC-AT said:

Get a mobile dent man to take of dent first .. then DR Colorchip. Think the beds are all allum now, but I wouldn't worry about rust either way.

I guess 2020 was still steel? Magnet sticks to it.

That might work well, as Dr Colorchip is pretty freaking amazing.