My hood has a small dent in the front and on the drivers side it comes over the fender line a little bit, less than a centimeter. I think the previous owner might have hit or parked to close to something.

If you look at the hood in sunlight on the drivers side it reflects the light kind of funny as if its bent - hardly noticable.

Can one of those paintless dent places fix it? - the dent on the front is pretty easy - I just don't know about the bend. I will try to get some pics up if anyone wants to see it.

Its driving me crazy, if your walking towards the car from the drivers side you can see in to the engine bay a little!

 

no opinions?

 

carbon fiber hood?

 

CF hood!

 

Sorry, it is an OEM hood on a 99 SI.


Modified by b3435 at 6:23 PM 8/3/2003

 

no i mean, get a cf hood to fix it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kwik2nec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no i mean, get a cf hood to fix it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I intend too, but I would like the option of having my OEM hood look good if I was in the mood to put it on

Besides, something tells me its cheaper to fix the OEM. Maybe I shouldn't bother if I am getting a CF hood eventually anyway but.....


Anyway, can one of the paintless dent places fix it?


Modified by b3435 at 11:10 PM 8/3/2003

 

u can buy a new hood for like 75-150 bucks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by VoLTRoNx916 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u can buy a new hood for like 75-150 bucks</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know.

edit: Could you point me to someplace that does sell them new for that much, I am having trouble finding one. The cheapest I have found for an OEM hood for my car is 243.87 and I would need to paint it.

So, can one of the paintless dent places fix it? I know some of you have gotten work done at one of those places - someone must know.


Modified by b3435 at 2:01 AM 8/5/2003

 

rubber mallot and dry ice...

 

Just what I was going to say <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Unsung EM1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rubber mallot and dry ice... </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

I would rather not do it myself, as I have never done any body work - it just might look worse, but if I have too.......

What is the cost of some of these places?

 

fixing the dent shouldn't be an issue, getting the bend out is an issue though. when they get bent like that, all the spots where the hood is glued to the braces pulls and warps the hood, makes it look all wavy.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crxcess &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">fixing the dent shouldn't be an issue, getting the bend out is an issue though. when they get bent like that, all the spots where the hood is glued to the braces pulls and warps the hood, makes it look all wavy. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I guess I'll stick to a cf hood, and if I really want the OEM look I'll just buy a new one and paint it.

 

edges are difficult to repair.

 

its not really the edge it more like a small hump - unless you look at it in the sun you can't really tell - there are a few small indentations around the area, but like I said, the only thing that gives it away is that it is a bit higher than the fender.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Unsung EM1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rubber mallot and dry ice... </TD></TR></TABLE> how does that work?? I have never heard of that. and it works?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fu*kface95hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> how does that work?? I have never heard of that. and it works?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I recently read a thread on it - you heat up the surface with a hair dryer then quickly put dry ice on the dent and sometimes it pops out, sometimes it doesn't do it all the way but gets you going in the right direction - anyway I have never done it, but thats what I heard.

 

does anyone have a link that goes into more detail about the dry ice thing? that would be tight

 

I just want to know if anyone who has done this sort of thing can say yay or nay on the repair. I guess I'll have to get off my *** and take to someone to look at it.

Hmmm.....maybe some pics would help.......

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b3435 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just want to know if anyone who has done this sort of thing can say yay or nay on the repair. I guess I'll have to get off my *** and take to someone to look at it.

Hmmm.....maybe some pics would help....... </TD></TR></TABLE>

yea just take it to one of those places... actually some of those guys come to your house

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B U N M A N G O &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

yea just take it to one of those places... actually some of those guys come to your house </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, it would be great if they came out to my house, just in case it doesn't look as promised, and I hate leaving my car with anyone else - makes me feel violated