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Old 03-10-2014, 01:06 AM   #1
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Hood Dent =(

So a box from a shelf in my garage fell on my hood today.....so now I have a nasty dent.

Anyone have an idea how much it will cost or any suggestions on what I should do to fix it. I'm thinking I might have to pay as much as replacing the whole hood

any suggestions or thoughts would be great thanks
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Old 03-10-2014, 01:08 AM   #2
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They're going to need to fill the hole and repaint the hood unfortunately.

If I were you, I would just apply touch up paint and build it up. I wouldn't spend too much money on something so minor.
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Old 03-10-2014, 02:38 AM   #3
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Paintless dent removal may be able to help but the sharpness of the ding and the paint damage (it is a pearl) mean that to repair it completely, paint will be required
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Old 03-10-2014, 02:47 AM   #4
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If you do decide to fix it, you will probably be better off just buying a CF hood.
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Old 03-10-2014, 03:57 AM   #5
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get one of those jdm bandaid stickers, consider it a battle scar

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Old 03-10-2014, 09:18 AM   #6
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Sorry, it's totaled
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Nasty.

Since getting it fixed professionally is going to be $$$, you could try to knock the dent out from the underside of the hood so that it's more flush and then using touch-up paint to make it less visible.
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CF hood time.
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Old 03-10-2014, 10:02 AM   #9
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That's a pretty deep dent. Here are some recommendations for you:

1.) Have a body shop tap out the dent and repaint ($$$)
2.) Have a body shop tap out the dent and vinyl cover the hood ($$)
3.) Have a body shop tap out the dent and plastidip the hood ($$)
4.) Repace hood with a carbon fiber hood ($$$ / about $750)
5.) Tap out the dent yourself and plastidip the hood with 3M's plastidip ($ / cheapest)
6.) Don't do anything or buy touch up paint and protect it from rust ($ / cheapest too)

I just finished getting some dents out of my roof caused by a touchless carwash. Sad to say, it wasn't touchless... Hope this helps
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PDR should be able to take care of the dent. Paint is another issue.
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Old 03-10-2014, 12:24 PM   #11
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This is why EVERYONE should have a best friend that owns a body shop. I keep all his technology going and he keeps my cars looking new. I don't charge him for any work and he does not charge me anything. It is a win win for me.
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Probably $500 or so, get a few quotes.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Im still emailing around all the shops. Just seeing what my options are. If nothing comes around I may go the cheap way and deal with in further down the line when I have enough money to shell out for this dent. I might actually just put a sticker over it temporarily lol so it will prevent rust hopefully
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We would charge somewhere around $400. It's aluminum so pdr is probably not going to work since the aluminum is stretched
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