Front Grille Mystery

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Weird.


I have never heard of something like that happening.

 

I've heard of this before. Most likely this is your problem
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012...ficient-windows-are-melting-her-toyota-prius/

 

..... Hm.

 

Here's a Tacoma with a melted mirror
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/262658-melting-side-rear-view-mirrors.html

 

You're in Oregon? It was like 40 degrees there today wasn't it? I'm not buying the reflective focusing. Somebody whacked your truck with something. Is that parking lot shared with other businesses that have shopping carts?

 

Shopping carts don't make your paint look like a 90 year olds palm.

 

its the flex agent in the paint . something hit your truck
factory's add flex agent to plastic parts

 

AMAZING...Now we have to be careful where we park our trucks or they will melt?

 

Same thing happened to my buddys f150, its parked 5ft from a newer house window. The reflection melted down half of his grill, some of his bumper and I believe his headlight.

 

I've heard of this before and it is the sun. No one hit your car as suggested by another member. Paint doesn't flex when hit. The grill deformed from focused light.

 

Not sure about the lower one, but the upper one looks like the normal paint wrinkle next to a dent (that does look like a dent, is it). Looks about right for one of those newer "Highboy type shopping carts to me.

 

Those links are crazy.

I'm just at a loss of how a flat surface can focus light enough to melt it. Either way I'm glad it doesn't get that hot here.

 

i seen this at work. did you park near glass windows? i had a customer park in front of a glass building on a sunny day and the reflection was amplified from the building and got anything that was plastic to look like that. it basically started to melt it