Rock ding on hood

[Peloton]

While driving to work on I-5, I had a small rock (~2 cm) hit my hood and windshield on my Mazda 5. Luckily it did not crack my windshield, but it did leave about a 2 cm scratch in my hood between the windshield washer nozzles. It also dented the hood a little, enough to be noticeable. This is my first ding, my Mazda 5 has only 8000 miles. One body shop I took it to gave me an estimate of $477! Anyone get a ding fixed for cheaper?

 

[klinkb]

i have a msp and ive got about the same thing on my hood.. mines just not as long.. i kind of figured it would cost about that much to have the dent fixed and the hood painted..

 

[mazdadude]

OUCH!

Sorry to hear about that, the first ding always hurts so bad. I have lost at least 5 windshields in different cars to the I-5 also.

You could try a Paintless Dent Removal specialist to remove the ding, however you will still have to use some touch-up paint on that scratch.

Or just wait until you have a few more dings to remove, and get them all done at once. It is much cheaper that way...

 

[tillyspeed81]

true!! The first dent hurts the most!!! I had some retards' kid push a cart into my car...I think I posted this story before...but basically got screwed on fixin it....I ended up doing PDR and it couldn't be saved...so the PDR guy didn't take my cash!:'( still would have liked it fixed...now I gotta find a paint shop to fix it....

 

[Zoom5Zoom]

There are lots of "fix a dent" guys hanging around town. Contact your dealer to get the dent guy in your area to remove the dent...now for the scratch maybe find a color match guy...

 

[Heat]

Touchup paint, about $5.

It won't "fix" the problem per se, but you won't jump out at you each time you look at the car.