Tree fell on my car
 

More specifically a tree limb fell on my car while driving last night. It was a windy and rainy night and I was on my way back from the movies with a date when suddenly a tree limb fell directly on my hood :mad0259: So now I have 2 options see if someone can use a PDR and pop the dent out of the hood or pay my insurance 500 to fix the damage. What do you guys think can a PDR get these dents out?

are you sure your comp deductible is $500?

Im not sure PDR will be 100% effective that looks bad!! I would get them to take a look at if and if they cant/wont do it go through insurance. You shoud get them to buy you a CF hood or somthing cuz a OEM hood + paint will probably be around the same price haha!!!

Time for a carbon fiber vented hood? ;)

Yea I just checked it online.

pdr will not get that damage out especially since the hood is aluminum


several things to consider


if you have rental you wont be out of a car for the repairs, comp claims do not cause a rate increase. also finding a good shop that can properly repair an aluminum hood can be a hassle. my advice is to put a claim in and just pay the 500, where in jersey are you located?

I don't think aluminum is easily repairable at all. you can always get composite hood and paint match it too, if you don't want a flashy cf hood. Not sure if those are available though.

Thanks for the info and I'm in South Jersey like 40 minutes from Philly, near glassboro

This thread disappoints....

Was expecting to see something more like this

https://www.allstate.com/resources/A...ell-on-car.jpg

Not that I'd wish that upon you or anyone else for that matter, but the title is misleading lol

Need more pictures to confirm...
...if date was worth the damage incurred.

Get an estimate from these guys in Pennsauken. If they can't do it they may know someone in the area who can.

http://www.johnnydents.com/

the pdr guy I use is one of the best ive ever seen and on a hood like this he wont even touch it.

Johnnydents?

no I do not use johnny dents and was not impressed with things I have heard. the hood on this car is unfortunately not a pdr candidate, but it should be ok and not stretch during a repair.

Yea I talked to a local PDR guy and the crease would be impossible to get smooth and the dent is to close to the edge. So I'm going to go through my insurance on this one.

:lol:Yup I thought the title was misleading too...LOL!....cuz here's a pic of a car by my office that got smashed yesterday by a electrical pole on the street that fell on a car....the person who owns the car works in my dept.....

http://media.vogue.com/r/h_480,w_660...-blowout-1.jpg

The only thing I hate more than a troll, is a liar!

Damn. If anything happens to my car it gives me an excuse to upgrade to reinforced parts. In this case, a CF hood even though I heard it's a few pounds heavier than stock.

It is heavier, you really cannot reinforce a hood. Stuff like that just unfortunately happens sometimes.

Could've been worse.