i accidently closed my hood with something on the valve cover, and it kind of made an indentation and made the hood chip, not bymuch, but im worried about it becoming worse, what can i do?

 

mm? so you mean paint chiped off? if you are soooo worried, go buy yourself a touch up paint and apply there. since its under the hood, it doesnt have to be pretty

 

not under hood

 

The only way to stop a chip from getting worse is to sand it so its a flat surface. (no hard edges)
As far as the indentation hammer and dolly it smooth.

 

no idea how to do that stuff, how much do you think itll charge at an auto shop? its about 1 square inch, probably less

 

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Get pic up, then I could tell you

 

how do i put in a picture saved on my comp?

 

Go to a website like http://www.photobucket.com
Upload your pictures from your hard drive.
Right click the picture when its uploaded and go to properties.
Copy the link down, it should end in ".jpg"...if it ends in ".orig.jpg" then take off the ".orig"
Go to Honda Tech
Insert your link between image tags

Sample:

Here is my dyno:
(img)www.photobucket.com/myshit.jpg(/img)

Except instead of () for the brackets, use []

Thats it!

 

the lighting makes it look liek a huge indentation as it was taken in the dark with a camera phone, im just worried about the chipping

 

Go buy some 300grit sand paper and sand around it a small amount,
and then just spray over it a little if you want a cheap fix from any rust.

 

how do i get the same paint color

 

just sand the hard edges smooth.

 

i get that, but then what, there is paint tht has come off already

 

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Not sure what you mean

 

well the paint has chipped, there are a few speckles of the metal coming through, i dont want to have green around, and then some bare metal

 

1st- smooth it out (hammer&dolly)
2nd- Sand hard edges off
3rd-use filler if needed
4th- prime
5th- paint

 

so how much would it cost at a body shop

 

so how much am i looking to pay

 

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noone can tell you the real price. but you are looking at around 150-200

 

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Take it to some shops and they can quote you.

 

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noone can tell you the real price. but you are looking at around 150-200</TD></TR></TABLE>

I bet its more than that. They would probably just replace the whole hood, then prime it, block sand it (no low or high spots), paint it, the wetsand it, then buff it.

One of the other shop that i work at closed a hood on a ratchet on an Infinitti. Same problem as urs. Guy to it to dealer to get it fixed=700$.

Just expect a high price to get it fixed if you want it to last. If you go to some cheap *** place, i bet the clear will start to peel off in about a year.

 

its really not a big indentation at all, the picture maes it look really bad, its just the glare from the flash

 

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Fixing the actual high spot isnt the expensive part. Painting the hood is

 

NO WAY !!!!!!! u dont need to replace it. i work at an autobody shop. we would smack that in with a hammer and a punch then apply sum filler sand a prime....keeping the work area within 3 or 4 inches and blendin......its no more than 150$

 

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Yea I work at a body shop too. That is a veerryy easy fix for a body shop.