FRS Dent on Roof and Hood
 

As I was cleaning my Hot Lava FRS today I noticed a large dent on my hood.... after scanning the rest of the car I noticed another dent on the roof. There is no paint damage and it looks almost as though a ball had bounced from the roof onto the hood.

I was just wondering if anyone on this forum is familiar with paintless dent removal and if these dents look like something that can be massaged out. The car is not even 1 month old and i'm absolutely crushed and heartbroken by the sight of them. :cry: :mad0260:

Would love some feedback from anyone who has had PDR done.

I had something similar on my hood and my PDR guy got it out for $100.

The roof...that'll be more difficult as they'll have to drop the headliner. Get a quote and consider filing an insurance claim.

Good to hear that its something that can possible be removed. It is a fairly new car as I purchased it a week ago. Fortunately I had purchased an insurance/warranty package that covers dings and dents on doors and hoods. As for the roof, I felt the headliner edge and it seems rather easy to access between the headliner and underside of the roof's metal so I am praying a PDR guy can massage that out without a problem.

Thanks for the reply and input.

You could always give those dent puller suction cups a shot. I'm sure HF sells them.

Here's one.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Suction-Cup-...532#vi-content

+1 on the dent puller suction cup, it would probably be good on the hood but not the roof, and you should be careful as to not crack the paint. As for the roof the headliner needs to be removed and pulled, and I think your warranty should cover the issue on the roof and hood anyway. Best of luck.

Looked into my purchase papers and saw that dents and dings will be covered with my insurance/warranty package that I had purchased with the car. Says that doors and hoods are covered but nothing about roof. If worst comes to worst I'll just have to pray a good PDR guy can work wonders on that dent..

If only I had the same Bruce Wayne vehicle security technology that shielded the car when my eyes aren't on it.... ::sigh::

Anyway thank you! And hope that you get your FRS/BRZ soon! (and hope that you won't ever have to go through the dilemma i'm in now)

Not that it's terribly helpful, but it may be of interest that I have three mysterious but minor dents on my FR-S: two on my passenger door (vertical, one right above the other) and one on the passenger fender between the 86 badge and the edge of the hood.

No paint damage, they're very shallow, and I have no idea how they happened. The door might be explained by someone else's door, but I'm skeptical about that.

If it makes you feel any better, I noticed the first dent the night I got it after the dealership closed. :\

Oh wow, I don't know if it's some curse of the Hot Lava FRS with mystery dents, but it's just been one after the other for me... It started with the passenger door ding 3 days after purchase, then today when I realized the hood and the roof dents (which like yours had no paint damage). It only makes sense that the door ding was from an idiot opening their door to my car, but the roof and hood is a mystery to me as it hasn't hailed, nor have parked it in any area where something could have fallen on it.

I really would hate to believe that there are some cruel people who would do these things on purpose but it's making me feel so much more cynical. I'm sure the dents could be fixed and i'm not entirely worried at that fact as I am more towards the threat of such things happening again. I noticing through some posts though that the FRS/BRZ are rather thin skinned and prone to such unfortunate events. So I guess we'll have to be even more careful...

You would think people would be a little bit more careful towards newer cars... turns out people just don't give a damn.

Did you get your dents removed by any chance and was it covered under warranty? I know I purchased an package that covered dent and ding repair so I hope these eyesores can be rid of my life after this week!

Anyway, hope your Hot-Lava FRS is doing well!

I reckon any good PDR person can tap those dents right out....:)

Yep, these cars are rather thin skinned. If it makes you feel any better, I got two small dents in my car within the first week. My wife inflicted the first one by "touching" the side if the FR-S with her car door. I did the second one by "touching" the rear quarter panel, while trying to lift a rubbermaid trash can past it.

I'm waiting for the third one before I call the PDR man .... :bonk:

humfrz

Add me to the list of mysterious dents. I found one recently on the top of the front panel right over the wheel. It was the size of a palm of a hand. Look like someone had leaned on it.

I got it our myself using one of those home dent removals. The one I have heats up glue that you then stick to the dent with a plunger , let cool, then pull out. Have been using for years.

This sheet metal is like tin foil!

Oh yes, when waxing our cars ..... use a very light wax and take it off with a very light, soft cloth .... ;)

humfrz

btw, I garage my car and i have random dents on my roof too.. It's like it randomly dents.

I had a few small dents in my roof. To get the best results, you want to remove the headliner rather than taking a chance with the glue method. The PDR guy I went with was mobile, so I met him at a interior place and let them both work on the car. Took about an hour and in the end, you can't even tell there was a dent there unless you look really really close. Costed me about $275 when everything was done. Never going to touch the tincan roof ever again.

As beautiful the curves the car has you guys are absolutely right. The metal/aluminum is rather fragile! I'm almost afraid a bird sh*t can put a dent on the roof under the proper dietary circumstances of the bird and flyby trajectory!

I guess it's the price to pay to enjoy the lightweight handling/nimbleness of the car. Hopefully when I get these dents pulled out I won't have to deal with another for a while... At only 300+ miles clocked in on the car I've done everything I could to park it the most secure location and absolutely baby'd the car's cosmetics, lo and behold all my effort has only brought upon everything I had feared.

Luckily I'm still covered under dent and ding warranty with my dealership for a year. After that the dents will start appearing on my wallet as well.. :sigh:

Damn i need that warranty, I paid 250$ to get 6 dents out, i've just given up. I stopped caring lol.

looks like someone ran over the top of it

What were the size of the dents like if you don't mind me asking? And were they pretty un-noticeable after you've had them pulled?

A PDR should be able to push that right out since there isn't any paint damage. Becareful where you park in the neighborhoods, I start freaking out when I see kids playing ball..

I had a pretty big on my fender because my skinny ass dented it when I was leaning on it lol.. the rest were little ones doors/roof which were mysterious. because I don't park next to anyone ever!

Thats my neighbors, fucking kids playing soccer on there driveway. I give them shit lol

Haha I park in my garage at home, but at my gf's you got people play baseball, tennis, etc on their driveways/front yards :sigh:

I actually was thinking the same thing... It just baffles me how a dent like that could be so well aligned with one another and the location is pretty peculiar...either that or a ball had bounced on it.... either way it just plain sucks...

Thanks, are they going to repaint it? or just pull the dents?

If there is no paint damage go with a pdr. I had my old cars done, can't tell the difference if the guy is good.

.....like self inflicted wounds ..... :iono:

(sorry, that wasn't funny .... :()

humfrz

PDR can remove them no problem. They shouldn't have to pull the headliner, a good PDR guy would just glue pull it from the exterior

Agreed the roof is paper thin. I've had a pdr guy remove dents from my roof twice now. First time was leaning on it installing shark fin. Next time I noticed some when washing it and have no idea how they got there.

Can't tell it from brand new after pdr guy finished with it both times.

A good body-man can work magic on dents, the problem is finding one that is competent and experienced with paintless dent removal. I say this because I've had my shit fucked up by someone once upon a time.

I work at a dealership with a good PDR guy on site, so he does all my work. That being said, if anybody is local and needs work feel free to PM me

Sounds like a curse indeed! I think there are gremlins that find our cars and giggle away as they dent the metal!

Yeah, unfortunately I've had the same experience with people. What happened to respect for other people's property? And other people!

I haven't had my dents removed yet, I wanted to see if I got any more and I might just wait until I have to put it away for winter. :'(

Other than the dings, my FR-S is doing great! Love love love this car. Good luck with your repairs and avoiding future gremlin dents! :) Excellent color choice, too! ;)

So far I have one super small ding, can only see it at the perfect angle and you must know about it.

question, if you purchase bumper to bumper warranty, will that count as a warranty fix?

I have dents in-between the roof line and my door, as well as on the roof. Got quoted 525 from a PDR shop.

OP I'd worry more that it will happen again, the damage seems intentional

lol, they're called acorns guys.

Those damn squirrels.

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Dents
 

I have a 2015 FRS-RS-1 and have a dent in the left front fender. When we bought the car the Salesman said we had complementary FREE minor dent and paint repair. Whats interesting is that depending on outside temp sometimes it almost goes away. Haven't had our first 5000 mile service as yet we will see how it goes after that.

PDR will take care of those. I had the same exact dent on my GS.

Mine looks like it was hit by a shot gun blast I have so many little dings, dents and divots in it. The difference is that I know exactly what caused each. Car wasn't even a week old when I collected my first one.
Lets see now rock, rock, rock, taillight housing from Neon, rock, rock, wood, rock, brake line on highway, rock, plastic, rock, magical direction changing airborne lower control arm and rock.
I know this sounds impossible especial if this is your first new car but eventually you will reach a point where you are pissed for a couple of seconds and then just forget about it.


OP - PDR can pull those out in minutes.

Add me to the list... I made it a month but just got about three dents and a two inch crease in my hood and a dent in my fender due to a stupid shelf falling off the wall and landing on the car ;(

Never trust shelving installed by someone else...gonna pull it all down before another one falls...