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Author:  mackruss [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:50 am ]
Post subject:  Advice on hood dent - ( pic)

I received a quote for the repairs to this dent from a panelbeater shop.

They don't want to repair but rather replace the hood, This would cost about the equivalent of 2000 USD.

They said that they couldn't repair the dent due to the fact that the hood is double paneled.

If i were to repair the dent using bodyfilla would i need to respray the entire hood or can a smallish area like this be painted and feathered in.

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Author:  Sir Sam [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:39 pm ]
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Whole hood should be resprayed.....however the affected area will need to be body-fillered, sanded, primered, then sprayed over.

I'f done right this means that the new paint will cover all the primer from the body work, and the new paint will get layed down over the majority of the old paint - meaning it should blend nicely out by the fenders where it counts.

Author:  mackruss [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:05 pm ]
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Sir Sam wrote:
Whole hood should be resprayed.....however the affected area will need to be body-fillered, sanded, primered, then sprayed over.

I'f done right this means that the new paint will cover all the primer from the body work, and the new paint will get layed down over the majority of the old paint - meaning it should blend nicely out by the fenders where it counts.


In other words it's important to get the color matched perfectly otherwise i'll end up with it looking like this.........

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Author:  onthehunt [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:08 pm ]
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I would replace the hood.

Author:  tjkj2002 [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:52 pm ]
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It would be cheaper/easier/less time consuming to replace the hood.In the pic that damage due to where it is would be a royal pain to fix,even with all the needed tools.

Author:  Wobbly [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:40 pm ]
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A good place to ask this question is the forum at The Autobody Store: http://autobodystore.com/forum/index.php
Len Stuart is the owner and is very helpful.

Author:  Sir Sam [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:06 pm ]
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mackruss wrote:
Sir Sam wrote:
Whole hood should be resprayed.....however the affected area will need to be body-fillered, sanded, primered, then sprayed over.

I'f done right this means that the new paint will cover all the primer from the body work, and the new paint will get layed down over the majority of the old paint - meaning it should blend nicely out by the fenders where it counts.


In other words it's important to get the color matched perfectly otherwise i'll end up with it looking like this.........

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Not quite, that paint is so far off it cannot even be blended, the idea is that even the best paint won't match between panels, so you usually blend it down into the nearby panels. So if you replaced the hood you would also want to blend the paint down the fenders.

Since the hood is going to be prohibitively expensive I think your best bet would be what I first said.

Author:  Khaki-KJ [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:01 pm ]
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mackruss wrote:
In other words it's important to get the color matched perfectly otherwise i'll end up with it looking like this.........

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So... where you refering to the Jeep with the mismatched left rear quarter panel, or the car with the mismatched drivers side door? :lol:

Author:  Sir Sam [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:42 am ]
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Khaki-KJ wrote:
mackruss wrote:
In other words it's important to get the color matched perfectly otherwise i'll end up with it looking like this.........

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So... where you refering to the Jeep with the mismatched left rear quarter panel, or the car with the mismatched drivers side door? :lol:


Front end actually:
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Author:  danoid [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:49 am ]
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It's a Jeep. That's not a dent, it's a story...

Author:  danoid [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:49 am ]
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It's a Jeep. That's not a dent, it's a story...

Author:  danoid [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:50 am ]
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It's a Jeep. That's not a dent, it's a story...

Author:  widowmaker [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:00 am ]
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I think it's a mini series

Author:  mackruss [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:04 am ]
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widowmaker wrote:
I think it's a mini series


I get the drift......... :lol:

Author:  mackruss [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:43 am ]
Post subject:  Dent

danoid wrote:
It's a Jeep. That's not a dent, it's a story...


Okay then, why don't those who have dents in their Jeep post pics and a short story on how you got the dent.

Those who would like to participate in this thread, go and dent your Jeep.....

Author:  warp2diesel [ Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:14 am ]
Post subject:  Put on an ugly hood scoop

Every Hummer owner thinks ugly is cool :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Another thing you could do is bolt on a turret mount, but check local ordinances if they allow and weapons to be hung on the mount.

Bolt an extra spare tire mount like the old Range Rover.

Then here is the creative idea, after you have made your hood butt @$$ ugly, some one will want to buy it, so sell it for more than what it costs to fix it the way you want it :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

Author:  pnorton [ Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:03 pm ]
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New hood. As much as a hood is opened and closed, filler could crack.

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