[FranknBeans]

:shakehead:

I had a rock from a big rig come up and hit the front driver corner of the hood. It's very fustriating, since I just picked the Nitro up last week.

Does anyone know if there is a "how to" on fixing paint chips? I DON'T want to just dap paint on the chips. I don't mind wet sanding it to do it the right way.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

Hey FranknBeans, check out this recent thread on scratches. Maybe this will help. Thanks to meangirl for this advice...

http://www.nitroforumz.com/showthread.php?t=4789

 

[FranknBeans]

Thanks for the link, but that is for fine swirl marks. Sadly, I have a gouge in my paint.... I'll go snap a picture so everyone can cry with me.

 

[FranknBeans]

 

[FranknBeans]

I'm picking up the chrome bug shield for sure now!

 

[crlozada]

Try this link for swirls:

http://www.properautocare.com/reswwaspincl.html

and this for scratches:

http://www.autoeducation.com/carcare/paintchips.htm

Haven't tried, so no guarantee, but maybe I will because I was hit from behind and the bumper suffer minor scractches and chips.

Good luck and let us know how it works if you try it.

 

[Quiet Lunatic]

It's obviously more than a sand down and touch up job. Go to a body shop and have it professionaly...

 

[FranknBeans]

Yeah, I would take it but I just spent 24k on the Nitro. With my SRT payment also I spend about $1200 a month on car payments. Not a lot of extra moneys laying around to take it to the body shop.

 

[Nitroboy]

Too late now but get the tag and company of the truck and they might pay. No different than getting hit in a parking lot. The truck is supposed to be covered or something.

 

[Jerrod710]

Too late now but get the tag and company of the truck and they might pay. No different than getting hit in a parking lot. The truck is supposed to be covered or something.

Not true anymore these days! I do drive and own a semi truck. If there is damage done like a rock chipping paint or windshield, etc... the company or drivewr is not liable. Not unless they have a missing mudflap, this would be a violation and if caught the DOT would place the truck out of service until the driver gets a mudflap put on the truck. The reason they aren't liable is because all of the bs liars out there claiming a rock came up from this truck and it chipped their windshield when it was already broken to begin with, they were just looking to get one for free. So it was determined if you are getting the paint chipped or windshield cracked from rocks you are driving to close to begin with. It is determined you are driving when you are closer than 200' from the rear of a rig. A truck driver cannot see directly behind his trailer, not unless it is 200' behind his trailer where then the sides of the person's vehicle will then become visible in the truck driver's side mirrors which are called westcoast mirrors. So technically by law if you are closer than 200' behind a semi truck and trailer then you are following too closely and in some states this is considered wreckless driving. So just a bit of insight/info for you all.

 

[NPHBOB]

Not true anymore these days! I do drive and own a semi truck. If there is damage done like a rock chipping paint or windshield, etc... the company or drivewr is not liable. Not unless they have a missing mudflap, this would be a violation and if caught the DOT would place the truck out of service until the driver gets a mudflap put on the truck. The reason they aren't liable is because all of the bs liars out there claiming a rock came up from this truck and it chipped their windshield when it was already broken to begin with, they were just looking to get one for free. So it was determined if you are getting the paint chipped or windshield cracked from rocks you are driving to close to begin with. It is determined you are driving when you are closer than 200' from the rear of a rig. A truck driver cannot see directly behind his trailer, not unless it is 200' behind his trailer where then the sides of the person's vehicle will then become visible in the truck driver's side mirrors which are called westcoast mirrors. So technically by law if you are closer than 200' behind a semi truck and trailer then you are following too closely and in some states this is considered wreckless driving. So just a bit of insight/info for you all.

I understand why they put this change in place and I do stay back at least 200' when following a truck. However, when one blows by you and is throwing rocks and crap, how do you put the 200' between you? I have had several dump trucks pass me (and I don't drive too slow myself) only to shower my car with the debris they didn't clean off the tail gates before hitting the road. :loser1:

Over the years, I have had four windshields busted because of this exact scenario. All these were several years ago so I was able to get two of them replaced by the trucking company and two by my own insurance. Now, though, it looks like I will be stuck if it happens again.

I wonder if I get a "free pass" when hauling my bobcat on my trailer and I don't clean the rock and mud off beforehand....I have mud flaps on the truck and the trailer!!!! :SHOCKED:

 

[Jerrod710]

I understand why they put this change in place and I do stay back at least 200' when following a truck. However, when one blows by you and is throwing rocks and crap, how do you put the 200' between you? I have had several dump trucks pass me (and I don't drive too slow myself) only to shower my car with the debris they didn't clean off the tail gates before hitting the road. :loser1:

Over the years, I have had four windshields busted because of this exact scenario. All these were several years ago so I was able to get two of them replaced by the trucking company and two by my own insurance. Now, though, it looks like I will be stuck if it happens again.

I wonder if I get a "free pass" when hauling my bobcat on my trailer and I don't clean the rock and mud off beforehand....I have mud flaps on the truck and the trailer!!!! :SHOCKED:

Yeah the dump bed truck drivers arte in and out of sand and gravel plants as well as hauling things from a demolition site and a lot of those drivers forget to lock the tailgate in place which is so easy to do. You reach down and flip an air operated switch that the air locks a switch on the tail gate when the trailer is in the lowered position. I don't know if this is laziness on the driver's part in most cases or just forgetfulness. Still sucks either way and something that should be done by the driver. It isn't much effort to flip a switch so I can't imagine someone being that lazy to just not do it, but these days I guess you can't be surprised.

 

[Jerrod710]

I understand why they put this change in place and I do stay back at least 200' when following a truck. However, when one blows by you and is throwing rocks and crap, how do you put the 200' between you? I have had several dump trucks pass me (and I don't drive too slow myself) only to shower my car with the debris they didn't clean off the tail gates before hitting the road. :loser1:

Over the years, I have had four windshields busted because of this exact scenario. All these were several years ago so I was able to get two of them replaced by the trucking company and two by my own insurance. Now, though, it looks like I will be stuck if it happens again.

I wonder if I get a "free pass" when hauling my bobcat on my trailer and I don't clean the rock and mud off beforehand....I have mud flaps on the truck and the trailer!!!! :SHOCKED:

As far as dirt on the trailer deck or rocks you can get in trouble for that even semi truck flatbed drivers like myself have to keep the deck clean cause they can give a ticket for unsecured load if there is anything like a tiny piece of gravel or a dirt clump or anything like that on the deck.

But as for a rock a tire has kicked up off a truck and damage done to your vehicle it is unlikely you will get compensation or a company or insurance to pay for the damage regardless if the truck is passing you or not, there has just been too much fraud. That being said what is one to do? Yeah you can hire an attorney and go through the months of legal process but wouldn't you be spending more money that route if you did wind up in some way winning? Most attorneys are going to want money up front and let's just say that is $800 to start and a windshield or chip in the paint costs $300 to fix it just makes it not worth dealing with. Not saying it is right or wrong, it is just one of those things that is just a risk factor on the road these days.

Hell, where I live about a year and a half ago there was a guy moving using his pickup and trailer and just had his furniture on the trailer not secured down and a couch fell off and the semi truck behind him hit the couch and it wedged under the truck causing him to lose his steering and it overturned and went down the embankment and killed the husband and wife in the truck. Sucks. There are bad factors whether it is a truck driver or someone in their personal vehicle.