KingJacobo

Hail storm happened here recently. I now have two pretty big vertical ish dents and a good bit of regular quarter sized dents in my hood, which I believe is fiberglass.

I know paintless dent removal won't work on fiberglass, what are my options that won't kill my budget. Body shop to fiberglass over and paint?

Used hood and paint match?

I don't have full coverage so insurance won't cover it

theskitztikwon

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Pics? What color car? Original paint? You may can get lucky and find one same color and sell the one you have but body shop may be your best bet.

LLLosingit

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I've never seen hail dent fiberglass. The only damage I ever see is rock chips and they chip/crack/bullseye the paint not the fiberglass.

Daniel Richards

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never seen fiberglass get dented, now fiberglass can be softened by applying focused heat, at least that was my experience back in my import days when I left a halogen shop light turned on pointed at the car and noticed a section of a fiberglass fender drooping, but that stuff was lower quality then what you see on hoods, plus no reinforcement like hoods. maybe something like that could be attempted, but I don't see how hail could dent fiberglass, because that goes completely against the properties of the material.

KingJacobo

Had a body guy look at it. He said he could fix the cracks on the surface, fix the rock chips and respray the entire hood to match for $580. Decent price?

JOHNNY59

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the hood is made from SMC (basically fiberglass). that price sounds on the cheap side. does he guarantee his work?

LLLosingit

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I was thinking the that price is about what I found, I just had an AMD cowl hood prepped and painted and it only cost me $350 and it's Victory Red$$$. That's three coats of base and four coats of clear. I was quoted $500 at two other shops and as low as $200 at another but they didn't have a dedicated paint booth lol.

KingJacobo

He does. Its a local guy with 25 years exp that works out of his house after he got laid off by a paint shop, kind of like a mobile detailer. He guarantees his work minus rock chips and the paint.