as you can see in the picture, the hood is dented pretty bad. Maaco said that it isn't worth trying to pull the dent , and that i should just look for a used hood at a junkyard or ebay. Anybody know of any1 selling 1 (preferably tan)

Or i just thought of something else- maybe i could cover it up with a car bra? would that look good or no?

 

Ask any BodyShop professional; and they'll tell you that the Horizontal surfaces are the most critical with regards to Customers' spotting defects.
Your hood, a case in point. The labor hours to get just that 1' whoopdee do pulled and filled would stager anyones sense of outrage. And that would be before any paint was applied.
As a former Parts Manager for GM, I can relate incidents where Body Shops refused New NIB Hoods (Direct from GMPD) because of no more than minor "shipping rash".
Maaco was correct to advise you.
And the idea about putting a BRA on it, is one way. But someone like mayself would spot the flat spot

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If you can come up with the money for the hood, it would make sense to spend that money now instead of wasting the money on a bra to just cover it up.

just my couple of pennies

 

One option I haven't seen yet, is to do it yourself. You can get a body hammer and
dolly set from Harbor Freight for about $15, or a stud weld gun kit for about $140.
Then play a little. Once you think you've made a dent in the problem, cover with
dynaglass and sand. You can buy a manual board sander for under $10 and some
sand paper. Then finish with bondo.

Now the only problem is painting. But that can be done with the spray bottle kits
you can get at the local hardware store or your local paint supply house.

If you don't like the results, you can then replace the hood. But you'll have to get
it painted. A new hood would probably run you about $150, and about $300 to have
it painted.

DIY you could probably get buy for about $150 ish. And start to learn why body
work/painting is soooooo expensive.

John

 

http://www.hondapartspro.com/ got the hood for my '91 accord there after i got in a wreck, you can get CAPA certified parts, but I didn't(did the work myself). I got mine for roughly $80 brand new and primered, they're not perfect but they're cheap and mine didn't have any huge flaws, just the company who delivered it stacked my hood on end putting its own weight on its corners and arced it a little, but that was just because that delivery company sucked hairy goat *****. But yeah for hondas its a good source cause everything is really cheap.