A couple of months ago, I made the mistake of shopping at REI. For those not familiar with the business, REI is an ourdoor-oriented store that specializes in outdoor equipment. I hunt and sometimes I can find great stuff there.
The problem is that most of REI's customers are yuppie/green types.
Knowing this, I parked my AV a full two hundred yards away from the store. My AV was about a hundred yards from the nearest vehicle.
Anyway, I went in REI, found nothing, and returned to my AV in about ten minutes. When I approached the rig, I found that someone had put a dent in the driver's door.
The dent was about one-eighth inch deep and about three-quarters of an inch wide. The dent was three inches above the cladding and there was no mark on the cladding. Obviously, it wasn't an accident.
The very center of the dent showed that it had been done with a centerpunch or a similar instrument.
I lived with it for a while and completed my mods.
I took the rig to a local body shop about a week ago. The owner confirmed my suspicions. He'd had a rash of SUVs and SUTs with centerpunched doors and fenders. Apparently, the Greenie Weenies think that our rigs have too big a footprint on the Earth and it is their duty to "brand" them.
The fix was surprisingly simple. For seventy-five dollars, the door jam was drilled and rods inserted to work out the dent. I was amazed that the body shop guy was able to worry the dent out. After finishing, he plugged the jamb hole with a plastic plug and touched up the small paintless center.
The door looks absolutely like new and I am once again proud of my Avalanche.
If I ever catch a Greenie Weenie marking my Avalanche, I will cut down the tree he is sitting in. That's a promise.
Steve
The problem is that most of REI's customers are yuppie/green types.
Knowing this, I parked my AV a full two hundred yards away from the store. My AV was about a hundred yards from the nearest vehicle.
Anyway, I went in REI, found nothing, and returned to my AV in about ten minutes. When I approached the rig, I found that someone had put a dent in the driver's door.
The dent was about one-eighth inch deep and about three-quarters of an inch wide. The dent was three inches above the cladding and there was no mark on the cladding. Obviously, it wasn't an accident.
The very center of the dent showed that it had been done with a centerpunch or a similar instrument.
I lived with it for a while and completed my mods.
I took the rig to a local body shop about a week ago. The owner confirmed my suspicions. He'd had a rash of SUVs and SUTs with centerpunched doors and fenders. Apparently, the Greenie Weenies think that our rigs have too big a footprint on the Earth and it is their duty to "brand" them.
The fix was surprisingly simple. For seventy-five dollars, the door jam was drilled and rods inserted to work out the dent. I was amazed that the body shop guy was able to worry the dent out. After finishing, he plugged the jamb hole with a plastic plug and touched up the small paintless center.
The door looks absolutely like new and I am once again proud of my Avalanche.
If I ever catch a Greenie Weenie marking my Avalanche, I will cut down the tree he is sitting in. That's a promise.
Steve