Somebody please make me feel better ---UPDATE!!!!!

I feel your pain. Sorry this has happened to your new Prius. In the hopes of making you feel better, I'm sure they will be able to make it look as good as new, or at least I hope so. I'll be sure to keep my black baby as far as possible from body shop paint booths. Hope it works out for you, let us know.

 

It'll be all ok. I am sorry for what happened to your baby. Hopefully they know what they are talking about.

Today I hit the front bumper on a curb (I was waiting for a friend at his apartment complex, and was looking for my phone to call him up. Apparently I wasn't pressing the brakes hard enough, my PRIA rolled and hit the curb... Now there is a 1-2inch long, 1cm wide scratch mark on the bumper.

I picked up the car exactly a month ago.

I feel your pain...

 

I think your black beauty is going to be just fine. That overspray should buff out without any trouble. Even if it doesn't, they screwed up and they should fix it. Either way, it's gonna be gorgeous. Relax.

Oh hey, welcome to the cult.

 

It should clean right off without any problem. Surface wasn't preped for painting so it shouldn't stick. Could be worse - I was getting some welding work done on a new vehicle of mine (trailer towing) and when they had it in the shop someone used a grinder nearby and embedded steel in the rear window. It was stuck in the glass and rusted once it got rained on. Had to replace the window.

 

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Years ago something similar happened to a buddy's newish car.

Friend and client not withstanding what happened borders on gross recklessness. Come on, you know that. I I doubt I woudl trust the same place to try again if they were that careless the first time. Anyhow, ask what kind of primer it was,adhesive, etc and if they have experince fixing this kind of problem. Then ask about a chemical bath and clay treatment. Instead of a body shop if the underlying paint job is fine, I would inquire at one of those super fancy car wash places that do expensive detailing. That's where my friend went and they did a great job I think for under $100. Of course you could ask your dealer who can get very specific advice directly from Toyota which would be my first choice.

 

This won't help with the sick feeling: But my advice is relax, at least for the time being. The body-shop owner has promised to make it right. No point in worrying until/unless he fails to keep his word.

It's a car. The damage is not structural, only cosmetic. And they're going to fix it.

Good luck, and yes, I do understand how you feel. But try to relax and wait until the body shop does its thing.

 

I know how you feel. I have a 2006 white Prius, and yesterday morning, driving under a railway overpass, some kind of black splotch hit my front window - it cleared right up when I used the windshield wipers/cleaner on it and I didn't think about it again, until I got home from work and noticed that there were black splotches all over the hood, fender and outside mirror - I was very upset. I took it to the hand-wash car wash over in the next town this morning - I was there while they were still setting up and was the first customer through - but they managed to get all those awful black marks off - WHEW! So my 'upset' was ony half a day.

But they're going to fix it, even if it means a few days, and then you'll feel as relieved as I do!

 

i got construction overspray on my black prius a while back. i had it claybarred, the construction company eventually sent a check, the white spots were gone.

i didn't like the wax the place used, so the only work for me was putting my regular wax on the car.

 

My advise... check the Zaino Bros. site. They sell excellent products including kits for just this problem. Use the claybar to remove any of the overspray, then use their polishes and you will end up with show car finish. No, I don't work for them. I recently used their products on my daughter's black 2002 Civic that had not been waxed in a couple of years, it took a couple of hours of work, but the car looks just about as good as when she picked it up. The claybar got rid of many of the swirls and buff marks and the polishes give a real depth to the finish.



Check out their site for more information, and good luck. It'll turn out fine!

 

I had exactly the same thing happen to my new 4Runner a year or so ago - I was really upset at the time since I couldn't find the culprit and had to have it fixed myself. A local detailing shop took care of it for around $125. They said it happens all the time and is no big deal. My car came back good as new.

Hope this helps!

Mike

 

I had a spray shop do this some years back to my pride and joy.
overspray lacquer from air vent

The glass was the worst, when it rained the wipers didnt know what to do with water in overspray.
They eventually took my car back, stripped off the overspray, resprayed whole car but it came out dull.

Sold car to someone that didnt know any different

 

Long time back I had a Olds 88. Liked the car except for one thing that drove me nuts. Had a plastic cover over the clock. Well it rattled and squeaked constantly every time you went over even the slightest bump in the road. Its like the old leaking bathroom faucet. Not a big problem but you end up listening for it.

Now if you think a slightly messed up paint job ruins your day, let me tell you my story. Back in the 60's got my first car, had no garage at the time so parked it in front of the house, located on a quite side street with little traffic. Car was new and only months old. At about 1:00AM I hear somebody pounding on the front door of the house. You kind of think your dreaming, then you get startled when you know you're awake and there's somebody pounding on your front door like crazy. So I get up, it was my neighbor who was sitting on their front porch with his wife. He didn't really have to say anything, he just pointed. Somebody had slammed into my little pride and joy head on and almost totalled it. We were the third house from the corner and this nut obviously made way too fast a turn and slammed right into my car. The kicker was it was a neighbor that lived down the block. He managed to free his car from mine then drove another 100 feet or so, left his smashed car with two flat front tires and went directly to bed. Didn't have the decenancy to face me or apparently care if my neighbors saw the whole thing. The police came and literally had to drag him out of bed to arrest him. He was drunk as a shunk. B)

 

Clay bar will get a lot.

Polish with a dual action polisher will take care of the rest. That's probably what the body shop would do....detail the car.

 

I know it sounds cold but rule #1 in business is NEVER do person business with your clients. If things like this happen it makes things very awkward. the tax prep company my mom works for has a client that also does their IT work. They do a poor job which is a kind statement to say the least. But what can they do? They are friends and clients.
Again its a really good practice to sept the two.

 

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please note this experiance: I spray painted a small piece of metal in my garage with a 2005 prius and
a 66 mustang about 10 feet away, maybe a 5 sec shot of paint. Did'nt notice anything until the next wash and
yes there was over spray all over the prius but not the mustang. I belive the prius is like an electonic magnet
to dust and particles. We had xzilon coating applied when pruchased and they removed it with the claybar
FILLESS

 

My white 06 needed a new bumper and passenger door repaint after only 2 weks (freeway furniture). The body shop got light white overspray on the black window/door frames. I polished it out myself with Meguier's cleaner polish. Taking it back was just too much hassle, so I was able to remove all the overspray myself. No big deal. They should fix your car good as new.