Boo Hoo...some Jerk gave me my first door ding

Some hater have me a small door ding on my brand new Pro. God, just once I’d like to catch somebody doing it. I have a paintless dent repair guy coming on Wednesday to fix it. Argggg!

 

That blows!

 

Buy some sliders, I bought my truck in 2015, and still no door dings.

 

Dude, now it's a real truck!

 

Sorry about that, a stupid badge for the city. You need to go get a proper trail one now! But first, since you are in So Cal, @Shmellmopwho ‘s sliders are your friend. They will help against that sort of abuse.

Yeah, another shameless plug for him, but they are that good.

 

Its a real truck regardless.

 

Didn't mean to offend...

My tacoma was my first brand new vechile I've ever owned. Always bought used before my taco. So I handled it with kit gloves... then it got a couple dings, scrapes, and I started modding. Now it feels like a real truck to me. Dings add truck character. Just my humble opinion friend.

 

Trail dings.... yes.
Parking lot dings..... NO!

 

I'm not offended what so ever, I got my rock chips on my fender trims from gunning it up dirt hills.
I was just saying its a truck regardless because those comments don't really make sense.
Some people just like to take care of their stuff, being that it is a pro it will get more battle scars if used for what it was intended for. If its a mall crawler, thats cool too.

 

That sucks, let us know how the repair goes.

 

That sucks. I believe the steps (e.g. Predator) keep most car doors from hitting your door, but a truck can still ding anothers door.

 

Paintless dent repair is awesome! I got a 2-3" crease dent on the lower part of my door from a co-workers Camaro when the wind caught her door and blew into my truck. Her insurance wrote a $650 estimate because they said due to the amount of blending they would have to do with the inferno paint. I certainly didn't want all the painting for a 2-3" crease. For $250, the PDR guy pulled it completely out, not even a scratch was left.

 

5” nerf bars are my parking lot defense. Sliders will tuck in too close and won’t stick out far enough to defend most door dings.

 

I got three within the first couple of months, and I'm very careful where I park. Of course, all were very low and on the passenger side. Now with my SOS rock sliders, I feel sorry for someone that swings their cars door into my truck

 

I don't feel sorry one bit.

 

I have about 3 door skuffs on my truck. No biggie, but it still sucks. I dont need sliders but I'm considering them JUST for ding prevention. Any TW approved recommendations?

 

Everyone will have an opinion (what they bought), but in reality, pick a known brand that is close to you to cut down on shipping.

Edit: I have BAMF bolt-ons and they're top notch.

 

I built my own...

 

I fear for those every time I come out of a store. I park as far as I can, on the most empty side of the parking lots.