What's this from?

My truck is no show queen and I'm usually not alarmed by the occasional scratch etc but I was washing it yesterday and saw this...


Anyone have a clue what could've caused it? I'm tempted to get insurance to fix it but not quite sure what to tell them.

 

Charles that picture is very grainy. Is that a chip in the paint down to the metal? Maybe a BB.

 

What part of the truck is it on?

 

looks like it's on the side on the lower half of the door. makes me think it's a rock chip from someone mowing/weedeating grass and catching something.
anyone cutting grass at work, home, or other places you've been parked at? hell...or even drove by?

 

I'd shrug that of as a rock chip, looks a lot like what I see on windshields.

 

^^This ^^

 

Sorry. Try this.

 

Rear driver side door

 

Helluva chip. Looks like something that hit Earth a few million years ago and caused a mass extinction

 

Maybe Andy's post, #4 .

 

yikes

 

Looks perfectly round like a BB.

 

Come to think of it, our lawn guys came by the other day.

 

Would insurance fix?

 

probably. just have to pay your deductible....whatever that is. maybe get a quote from someone first before involving insurance. or get lawn guys involved, but good luck proving that one.

 

I have a $100 ded.

 

Ya that’s not getting buffed out.

With the skid marks next to it definitely got something ricocheted off your door.

That sucks.

 

Helps narrow it down but cause may not matter unless it is from large tire poke with no fenders; issue may repeat if this is the case. Not sure it is worth running it through insurance. Looks like it is down to the bare metal so take care of it before it rusts.

DYI or a detailer with rock chip repair experience can fix this and make it look fairly good. Several vendors sell color match touch up kits; door jam lists your paint code.

Here is an example of what it takes:
https://youtu.be/UrynVNvKtHg

 

Shop quoted $1800

 

Quote is almost as high as a full door repaint and blend.

Maybe it is hard to tell from the pics but how big is the chip? What is the labor breakdown they offered?

 

Is the chip as big as a quarter?

 

Maybe a tad smaller. He's also kinda trying to help me out...

A while back I had my driver side door replaced and repainted due to a little snafoo with a Taco (his fault). When they did that they also repainted my rear door to better blend the newly painted door in. The entire job was poorly done. It took a paint guy to show me how.

Anyway, this body shop is gonna fix the ding but also re-do some of the stuff the stealership did in the name of blending it all together.

 

That makes more sense now. The quote is average for a full respray. Blending metallics gets tricky. If it were just the chip no more that $200 or so(Edit: note they usually do several touch ups for that one price). Detail shops w/paint correction capabilities that do restoration can patch that up and blend it where it would be hard to notice.

 

I think the State Farm adjuster agrees. He estimated $660.

 

I could see that being the price through an adjuster especially if they use a collision repair shop. You can always call around to see what different shops quote you.

Aside from collision repair some detailer shops that offer coating and paint correction typically offer chip repair as part of their services. I had several done on a at once on a metallic paint when I got my vehicles coated but none that large. ~$200 for all including the color matched kit.

 

He described blocking and sanding the paint surrounding the chip due to the damage going down to the metal. That way there's no difference in paint depth when all's said and done.

 

Picked up the rental today. It was either this, an F150, or a Ram 1500. EZ choice.