Warning: Do not open hood with Winshield wipers up!!

After owning the 8 for over a month I felt like washing it. ( I live in So Cal and those ashes took their toll.) Had the wipers up and felt like, hey let's wipe the water off of the engine compartment.
I lifted and wack!! Now I have put two very nice beauty marks on the back edge of my hood. A mental mistake on my part and a warning to all others.

BTW, what's the best way to get it back in shape? These are the first dings on this awesome pice of machine.

bill

 

MAXRX8

Youre gutsy to own up to such a silly move , hey youre not related to maxwell smart are you. ha ha ha .

in good faith.
michael

 

yeah. My user name should be agent rx88. I thought we were discussing this in the cone of silence.:D

Cool.

 

Would you believe agent rx86?

nufsaid.

 

did the same thing, caught myself just as they touched so nothing major or noticeable.........a big fat DUH to me!

 

I did the exact same thing last time I washed... sucks. Now I have a pretty noticeable chip on the hood edge. The worst part is that it stares me in the face everytime I drive

I guess I'll be trying out the free touch-up paint soon.

 

All i can say you guys must be all related to (MAXWELL SMART )or you must work in. IT

 

that sucks guys
sorry to hear

 

I feel for your pain.

I made the same mistake when I bought my P5. The edge is very difficult to touch up. I finally gave up after hours of touching up and sanding.

 

happened to me also..

lanka took care of it perfectly.

 

What is lanka?

zoom zoom oops:D

 

I did the same thing - and didn't know it really chipped the paint until I went to drive it......and as you said, it stares you in the face. I came home tonight and ordered the touch-up paint and the lanka.com products. Tomorrow I am going to have 'stupid' tattooed to my forehead.

 

just kidding....