just noticed 3-4 small roundish dents...

jtown82 · 04-04-2010, 11:30 PM

3-4 of them all kinda in a line on my hood near the driver side. very subtle i mean you have to kneel down and look for them. but they are there. kinda looks like hail damage but its the only spot on the car i could find and there kinda in a horizontal row. my question is this.

it hasnt hailed since i got the car 3 weeks ago. nor has anything touch the hood other than my wash mit. so im thinking this was something done at the dealership. am i sh-t out of luck on this as far as getting it repaired by the dealer /warranty? im sure even if it was like this at the dealer and they knew about it. they would play dumb and deny it all day long but figured id post it. it kinda makes sense to me now why they were trying so hard to get rid of this car.

kenchan · 04-05-2010, 12:26 PM

alumimum hoods are hard to PDR, i know from experience. but it is not impossible to do if there is available space behind the dent to push out. chances are, glue pullers will not work.

see if your dealer can hook you up with a PDR tech.

errett · 04-05-2010, 01:51 PM

I had almost the same thing, 2 dents on the driver's side of the hood right around where the mount is on the underside, that I didn't notice until I was getting out of the car one day. Just as you describe, they looked like small hail dents. I took the car to Dent Doctor in Little Rock (noticed you were from AR) and they got them out for $75.

I tried calling my dealer about it since the car was less than 1 week old and they had just done the prep the day I noticed the dents but I was all but called a liar and told I must have done it because they inspected the car and it was "immaculate."

Looking at it now you would never know they were there.

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kenchan · 04-05-2010, 01:55 PM

you can find a listing here too...

DentWizard.com : Welcome

they are a national chain. your local friends might know someone private who can do a nice job too.

jtown82 · 04-05-2010, 10:32 PM

ah cool. looks like ill head up there and check that out. though its very very hard to see on yellow. its the fact i know the dents are there lol.

errett · 04-05-2010, 10:46 PM

Mine were the same way, very hard to see, but I knew they were there and it was bugging the crap out of me.

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BOBz · 04-06-2010, 12:17 PM

Acorns got mine, big ones, saw them comming couldn't do a thing. I was doing about 40, the rate of decent upon impact? Who knows?

04-04-2010, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
jtown82 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: southern Arkansas Posts: 158 Drives: 09 chicane yellow Z Rep Power: 15	just noticed 3-4 small roundish dents... 3-4 of them all kinda in a line on my hood near the driver side. very subtle i mean you have to kneel down and look for them. but they are there. kinda looks like hail damage but its the only spot on the car i could find and there kinda in a horizontal row. my question is this. it hasnt hailed since i got the car 3 weeks ago. nor has anything touch the hood other than my wash mit. so im thinking this was something done at the dealership. am i sh-t out of luck on this as far as getting it repaired by the dealer /warranty? im sure even if it was like this at the dealer and they knew about it. they would play dumb and deny it all day long but figured id post it. it kinda makes sense to me now why they were trying so hard to get rid of this car.

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04-05-2010, 12:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	alumimum hoods are hard to PDR, i know from experience. but it is not impossible to do if there is available space behind the dent to push out. chances are, glue pullers will not work. see if your dealer can hook you up with a PDR tech.

04-05-2010, 01:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
errett Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Maumelle, AR Posts: 149 Drives: Z34 10 0111 Rep Power: 15	I had almost the same thing, 2 dents on the driver's side of the hood right around where the mount is on the underside, that I didn't notice until I was getting out of the car one day. Just as you describe, they looked like small hail dents. I took the car to Dent Doctor in Little Rock (noticed you were from AR) and they got them out for $75. I tried calling my dealer about it since the car was less than 1 week old and they had just done the prep the day I noticed the dents but I was all but called a liar and told I must have done it because they inspected the car and it was "immaculate." Looking at it now you would never know they were there. E

04-05-2010, 01:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	you can find a listing here too... DentWizard.com : Welcome they are a national chain. your local friends might know someone private who can do a nice job too.

04-05-2010, 10:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
jtown82 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: southern Arkansas Posts: 158 Drives: 09 chicane yellow Z Rep Power: 15	ah cool. looks like ill head up there and check that out. though its very very hard to see on yellow. its the fact i know the dents are there lol.

04-05-2010, 10:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
errett Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Maumelle, AR Posts: 149 Drives: Z34 10 0111 Rep Power: 15	Mine were the same way, very hard to see, but I knew they were there and it was bugging the crap out of me. E

04-06-2010, 12:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
BOBz Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mass. U.S.A. Posts: 29 Drives: 09 370z base auto Rep Power: 16	Acorns got mine, big ones, saw them comming couldn't do a thing. I was doing about 40, the rate of decent upon impact? Who knows?