M-ster

M just wondering, does the 8 gets dimple easily? Those where some car pulls beside yours and opens their door as if there aren't any car besides theirs. Bang! Dimple!

A lot of Japanese make model I know of as compared to the Continental's make, some how or rather, the body works seem to be lighter and thinner. Thus they don't stand very well to the slightest knock.

mikeb

dont know yet
thank god I have no dimples or DENTS

vibec

Being a MX5 owner currently, Mazdas are really prone to ding, dimples, dents etc.!!!!

you have to be super careful

on the MX5 if you close the lid by pressing with your thumb too much- you would leave an indentation.

Its to do with the fact that mazda try to get their cars to weigh as little as possible= really thin sheet metal

I guess you dont take it shopping...

BillK

All cars are like that today.

More than one person has left a dent in the front hood of their Porsche Boxster or 911 by closing it incorrectly...

M-ster

Use to have the Miata too, it gets very big dimples. If only those are on some cute chicks' faces. My guess are they are normally created by trucks and SUVs drivers/passengers, as the Miata sits pretty low and these guys, they can't quite judge how much they can swing their doors, and thus the consequences. Sigh...

IWANTMYRX8

too bad mazda cant use those lightweight panels like saturn does. you can hit it w/a baseball bat and it pops right back out..gotta love it...I'll miss my saturn...lol


NOT!!! :D

Sputnik

And some people just don't care either way about someone else's property. My Miata hood was damaged when some jerk put a loaded child seat on it.

---jps

UFGatorx8

Got my first dimple today and it's almost impossaiable to see unless you put your head to my car door and look down the side. I noticed it in a heart beat but thats just me. My friend tried to look for it and couldent see it. But I'll be getting it removed within the week. I was so upset you have no idea. But I also realize its going to happen but not when it's only a month old. And well we all would like for it to never happen.

So with that said anyone know of any good way's of removing them? I have a friend who has the "Pop a dent" kit how well do those things work?

Wing

You should be able to pop it out as long as it is not in a crease. a plunger will even work

It sucks, but it always seems like these things happen when you first get the car. My last car got hit pretty bad in a parking lot a month after I had it, bent in the front bumper I fixed it but it wasn't lined up as good. Now my 8 got a large paint chip a month in.

Maybe this will be the ONLY ding ?? My last car survived after that initial hickup, but there was a few door dings, but VERY minor and few.

mikeb

I gonna be honest
I've heard bad things about that pop a dent thing
I wouldnt reccommend it

RotorGeek

My wifes Miata has a few dings. I think they are from SUVs the dings are high on the doors ans rear fenders

Sux how little people care about other peoples rides

M-ster

I've got friends who swear by it. I've never try this paintless dent removal before, I thought it's pretty neat, and probably cheaper then having them knock and respray in the garage.
With my new baby, if I ever were to get any dimple (keeping my fingers crossed that wouldn't happen) these guys would probably be my first choice.
Here's something we have locally.

mikeb

that looks like a better option

XDEEDUBBX

some lil kid threw a rock at my car as i was driving by..(btw i have a 03 mx5) it was a lil rock and it left my car with a big *** dimple... and the body was pretty much perfect besides that *sigh*

mikeb

that sucks
someone threw a golf ball at my last car when I was on the freeway once, thank god they missed

MikeLMR

The Miata's dent easilly as a lot of the non structural panels are aluminium ... the bonnet being one of them.

Not sure about the RX8 but I'm sure some panels will be aluminium to save weight.

Mike

RodsterinFL

Don't think it is any worse than other cars - new ones that is. Mercedes use to have one of the thickest sheet metals out there and even they have thinner stuff now. I don't think manufacturers are too concerned about this since it has little to do with build quality as far as THEY are concerned.

Aluminum components are VERY touchy. On our cars that is the hood and I believe at least part of the rear doors. ALWAYS LET THE HOOD JUST DROP DOWN when closing.

Squidward

listen to this... this is wierd.

I got back to my car hoping that nobody has dent it (like always), and I saw cigarette ash scattered all over the hood of my car, as if somebody dumped their ashtray on my hood... WTF??!???

Wierd.. Cuz all I did was take a deep breath and blew it all off and it was clean.


BUT WTF... whats WRONG with people nowadays.. I f*cken HATE going to The Block at Orange.. They got the worst type of people there..

Elara

I got that at a hotel yesterday- the car was parked just outside our room between 11am and 9am, and some freak stood over it smoking or something. It was ALL over my hood. It just blew off, but still...

starbucks

After reading a few of your posts, I'm wondering if I should just stick with my old Accord...j/k.

But still...a golf ball (mikeb)...kid/rock...and ashes on the hood? What the heck. Were you guys doing something to attract that stuff, such as racing or taking two parking spaces (hate people who do that myself!)?...or are there so many people who are so small that they do bad things to nice cars?

mikeb

the golf ball was thrown at my last car not the 8
The block in orange --forget it
Please get their cars keyed and stolen their alot

grogiefrog

I recently stopped at a new Starbucks (in a bad part of town) with my wife's 2000 Accord. I was in there for about 10 minutes. Afterwards I noticed that the front bumber had 43 key scratches. What is up with that? Luckily my wife's dad owns a body shop and repainted the bumber for me. The RX-8 is on my list for my next new car, but boy am I going to worry about it when it's not in my garage!

grogiefrog

I was at a classic car show recently, and a friend of my father-in-laws was showing a '69 Charger R/T that he had just had repainted. Parked next to him was this ugly baby blue (that needed to be repainted) 70's Camero (why he was showing this car I'm not sure... at least repaint it!).

I was looking at the side of the Charger, and noticed a dimple in it's side and mentioned it. It lined right up with the passenger door on the Camero. The guy's punk kid was responsible for it. The kid just blamed his dad for parking too close.

h0rde

my 99 prelude got dented to hell by hail a while ago and i got it fixed at cindy rowe before i sold it to get my 8. they did a fantastic job, all paintless dent removal and they took out 93 dents from almost every panel on it. it looked brand new afterwards.

XUrotaryrocket

I was sitting in the Clermont County courthouse parking lot the other day. I was driving my RX-7 which is not in perfect shape, but overall its great. And, it's my baby.... !!! Some jackhole parks next to me and slams his door into my passenger side mirror........ WHILE I AM SITTING IN THE F@CKING CAR !!!!!!!!!! Then, he can't understand why I roll down my window and mouth off to him.

Meanwhile, on the driver side, I am being extra careful not to hit an old piece of sh@t chevy truck with the side caved in. I just don't comprehend people and their lack of concern for others.