ok, I presume there was no rubbing at the front due to the ET24 of the E65 wheels?

before you head towards the bodyshop, some touch-up paint and wetsanding might fix the scratches as well, of course in the hands of a professional. it will be time consuming, but I presume much less costly than a major respray job.

have a look at this: http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/...-procedure.htm

 

It was not possible to do it without spacer as the tyre has been touching the damper, so I have used 15mm and I did only couple of miles before this happened, but it was rubbing a lot, and when I have replaced the tyres I have found some sign of the tyres touching the plastic wheel arches, so I have decided to go back to 245....., same for the rear, I couldn't fit 295 without spacers and I have used 13mm and it was also rubbing badly. I still have the spacers on the back, but using now 275.

Thanks for it, I will definitely try this before anything else

 

Thanks mate, just finish with the CCTV, but not really sure if anyone can recognize any faces on it and to be honest - most of the youngsters are using the hood in this days, hard to say how much benefit I can have.
The night vision cameras are glowing red and they are easy visible during the night and it can attract the bastards to try even harder.

It's really hard to say, let's just hope for now....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO48Vr4KIc8

(They should be f*ckin' killed, man. No trial, no jury straight to execution)

 

 

You should consider investing in one of these. Foolproof system.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/2137

 

I'll think about it..., thx

 

Any update on this - did the damage stop once you installed CCTV.

Where I live they are drilling through fuel tanks to steal fuel. Figure maybe 150 Euro / dollar worth of fuel in a tank, 4-5 tanks drilled per evening - makes a good living for the local villain's, keep their s**t-heaps running on free fuel - Not so nice for the car owner with 1000's worth of repairs.

These guys have completely different social agenda to us - pointless trying to understand them. Even a beating won't stop them, they are used to that from their parents, social group etc. Also pointless asking police to help or even wasting your time and effort reporting it - police don't care, just use it for government crime figures.

You did the right thing installing CCTV, even a dummy camera is good - that might work. You just have to face up to the fact you are almost powerless to stop it, you can't directly do anything because police will arrest you and police don't want to know because under resourced and no profit in solving crime.

 

Well, my incident was not as mindless as in your case, but I've been on the receiving end of >£2k worth of damage thanks to a myopic van driver. A couple of months ago I'd left the car parked outside my house (on street parking only around here). A neighbour knocked on the door to tell me someone had clipped the corner of it and driven off - he'd seen the whole thing (but not been able to get the registration).

The guy has damaged the rear bumper (probably repairable), rear quarter panel, and broken the light. The paint is broken and the crease crosses the swage line of the wing, so no chance of a 'paintless' repair method. As it was in for service a couple of days later I got the dealer to quote: £2200 - but that is BMW prices.

After an inordinate amount of time trying to track down the company responsible, I've given up and now accept this is going to have to come out of my own pocket.

 

It seems to be over, nothing has happened since. But it doesn't let me sleep without thinking about it and checking the CCTV couple of times during the night.