I actually want to know your opinions...

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

Is it even possible to take paint off with tape????

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

if i was in the situation I'd just have 2 pay everything.

Even though the paint chips aren't your fault. He wouldn't have had to get anything done to his truck had you not ductaped it.

I dont know if that made any sense.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

So the other night myself and a few friends decided we were going to duct tape another friends wheels. We started taping around his wheels and somehow I let the excitement get the best of me. I ended up taping his entire truck. After I was done I realized that it may take paint off //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
So...the next day I get a call from a friend who says that Ian (The guy who's truck we tapped) said his truck was really messed up and his insurance appraised the damages at $4k...

I immediately called Ian and confessed that it was me and that I would pay whatever out of pocket. Ian in return told me he would drop the police investigation and agreed to me paying his deductible.

Here is where I get a tad iffy on the situation. I know cars and paint fairly well...I know for a fact that

A) its no where near $4k in damage, just a few spots where the paint has worn away.

B) I really don't think that the tape did what he is pointing to. They look like rock chips that have been set in for a while...

So what would you do if you were in my situation? He is my friend and I did tape his truck, but I do not believe that the damage was anything that I did. His deductible is $1k so no matter what if I pay I will be out of pocket big time...

If his deductible is $1k then it doesn't matter what the total is, you will still be paying $1k. So I say just let it rest and let him get a proper paint job. Way to man up to it. I know of many people who wouldn't.

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

ok this is your solution...

Put ductape on his car again.. Peel it off if it doesnt take any paint of your scott free

if it does take paint off then o well you have to pay the detuctable anyway and then you know what happend

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

That was moronic. Id expect it to be paid if someone did it to my car, and since you have no proof you DIDNT cause the damage, and you have already admitted to the crime, you really have no choice. I suppose you could sit in jail for it if you want to consider that a choice.

My take as well. If you have no irrefutable evidence that the tape did no harm, then you are responsible.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

just duct tape the whole car...again... leave it on. that's the new paint job.... problem solved...

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

just duct tape the whole car...again... leave it on. that's the new paint job.... problem solved...

I love your thinking haha!

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

your fault you let your fun get the best of you, pay the price. simple enough.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

ok this is your solution...
Put ductape on his car again.. Peel it off if it doesnt take any paint of your scott free

if it does take paint off then o well you have to pay the detuctable anyway and then you know what happend

good idea

 

[Ku-sama]

good idea

X2

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

OH I thought you meant the removal of the tape ripped off flakes of paint

(which technically, it shouldn't unless there is preexisting damage to the paint. I can apply and remove vinyl to my car all day long, but if I vinyl over damaged paint, that's a different story.)

That means the damage occured removing the tape; Which probably wasn't done properly with a heatgun, solvents, etc.

If the truck's not that ****ed up, not a show car, and over a decade old, then I'd just go to maaco w/ him and find out what it costs to repair the chips - as in, get paint back on them. Few hundred bucks to paint a hood or whatever.

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

ok this is your solution...
Put ductape on his car again.. Peel it off if it doesnt take any paint of your scott free

if it does take paint off then o well you have to pay the detuctable anyway and then you know what happend

try this first with him there.^ maybe your safe?

if it were me and we were friends and you have to 'look' for any damage and the vehicles paint is not brand new just buff and polish the whole vehicle a lil pant restorer and elbow grease should make things good and take him out for a beer and a meal.

if he expects you to pay $1000 for a few small imperfections in already imperfect paint id say he isnt your firend.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

Is it even possible to take paint off with tape????

Yes, but OEM paint that was baked onto the truck during assembly ten years ago is NOT coming off with duct-tape, suction-cups, saran wrap, or any mild to moderate adhesive without having been damaged prior to taping it.

In some cases, the tape might come off, and the adhesive might be stuck to the paint --- but the paint's not just gonna peel off in strips. A little WD-40 would release the adhesive from the paint.

When he said $4k, I imagined some serious damage. That might occur if the paintjob was an acrylic laqour (read: cheap, thick, single-stage, self-curing paintjob) but a two-stage urethane job (base, chemical / activated clearcoat) ain't gonna just let go.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Looks like some of you are starting to see what I am saying //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I will try and get pics today or Monday on the way to Maaco //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

You'll laugh at how pathetic the lack of damage is. I might as well tape te **** out of his car or saran wrap it tonight.

 

[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

get somebody else to do it,

then the damage can't be proven as your fault //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif lol