As many as 50 cars were spray painted by vandals while they were parked overnight.
Hastings police received dozens of complaints on Wednesday morning from car owners.
They had left their cars in the Old Church Road, Hollington area and found grey paint daubed over their vehicles.
Police are not sure what time the vandals had struck but believe it must have been sometime after midnight because some of the paint was still wet in the morning.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Hastings police on 0845 6070999.
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