madsedan

Well my perfect silverstone metallic hood had a shingle blown right on the center of it last night during a really hard storm, multiple scratches probably down to the bare aluminum. A real heartbreaker as the car was PERFECT with no scratches, dents, dings, road chips, etc.
I have an appointment to get an estimate from the Honda dealer body shop tomorrow.
My question is will they have to blend into the fenders or should they be able to match the paint and just fill/spray the whole hood?
Can any good body shop handle this or is there anything tricky about getting the aluminum hood redone right and I should stick to the Honda dealer body shop for exact paint match?

wanabe

they can do it... and repaint of the hood is the way to go

dparm

Any respectable body shop will paint it. They may blend it into the fenders, however.

Photo of the damage?

madsedan

I tried taking photos after washing but its hard to see it, they are bad though, gouges through the clear/paint down into the metal, you can feel every one of them through a towel, but the hood has no denting from it. It'll require a total hood repaint.

madsedan

Just got back from Honda body shop at the dealer, estimate is over $700 to feather/spray the hood and blend the fenders. And thats only if I deliver the car with the windshield washer jets removed as well as the headlights, sidemarkers, and S2000 logo from the fenders.

Does that sound high or about right?

dezymond

the price sounds right and cheap, to me at least. The only problem is they want you to do all that removing, i believe that should be work done by them. Asking for the windshield jets to be off isn't too big of a hassle, but the rest sounds like it is and should be definitely be done by then, especially since they're a Honda dealership

MuttGrunt

but i don't think that's cheap. sounds about right on. but removing the s2000 logo's off the side.... BIG pain in the butt. removing the headlights - pain as well. get a second quote from another dealership?

Vanishing Point

Find another paint shop! A quality paint shop can match your paint with just painting the hood alone, without blending into the fenders!