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Im looking to get a rough estimate to get a car bonnet painted. The bonnet was hit by a stone which sas thrown up by a lorry causing a deep scratch and you can see a slight dent when looking at it as well, the rest of the bonnet is perfect. Its an Audi Q5 in Daytona Grey. Its on the leading edge so not sure if it could be repaired by repair and blending or the full bonnet needs done. It needs to be a good job as the car is spot on except this and only 15,000 miles. Any ideas on cost and whether the full bonnet needs done or not.
 
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I feel your pain!

Depends on paint & colour..... he has a TTS, within 8 weeks the lad who mows the lawn scratched it, estimates £300 to £700 (that was Audi!), as it will need to whole panel done, then blended into the body.

however his t’other car got a small stone chip on the third day.... told by dealer whole body needs a respray as they can’t guarantee a colour match as its pearl white :rolleyes:
 
Chips away did a great job on my wifes car when she scraped it against the garage wall. You would not know it had been done
 
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markyboy.1967 said:
Im looking to get a rough estimate to grt a car bonnet painted. The bonnet was hit by a stone which sas thrown up by a lorry causing a deep scratch and you can see a slight dent when looking at it as well, the rest of the bonnet is perfect. Its an Audi Q5 in Daytona Grey. Its on the leading edge so not sure if it could be repaired by repair and blending or the full bonnet needs done. It needs to be a good job as the car is spot on except this and only 15,000 miles. Any ideas on cost and whether the full bonnet needs done or not.
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How bad is it, got any images?

There are some members on here who are into car detailing, I'm a beginner but I've managed to remove scratches on my wife's car without the need to paint it at all, used some cutting compound. Depends on the depth of the scratch though.
 
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I used to prep show cars and do concours prep so I’m pretty up with detailing but the scratch is through to the undercoat and has a small surrounding dent where the stone hit which can’t be fixed with detailing. I’m building up the layers of paint within the scratch itself and will polish back to flat once done but it will always be visible and the dent can’t be taken out from the back due to its area on the bonnet edge.its only around an inch in size but so annoying as it’s my new car. Thanks for the reply.
 
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It may be able to get less noticeable but think it would always be seen if standing at the front with the paint fill etc so best getting it painted to get perfect. Should have said I negotiated a discount with the garage for this even though it was slightly underpriced so I’m ok getting a partial bonnet pain and blending in or a full bonnet paint if it requires it but what I do want is not to have it seen even when looking for it.
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
It's an inch in size.
How can that be pulled out?
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Its fairly easy to now do this - the best can get it almost perfect..
My fuel tank for a motorcycle had 6 dents in - some fairly horrible - only had to end up filling 3 of them.

Do a search for PDR (Painless Dent Removal) - basically you use glue & a sucker & pull the dent out...
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
Should have negotiated for them to fix it.
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I did but the place they use is stupidly high end on, mclarens, Lamborghini, Ferrari, rolls Royce etc etc and won’t even look at it unless they charge you for the pleasure hence decided to get it done myself. In my mind I’m thinking from £400-£600 to get it painted properly but may be well off.
 
markyboy.1967 said:
I did but the place they use is stupidly high end on, mclarens, Lamborghini, Ferrari, rolls Royce etc etc and won’t even look at it unless they charge you for the pleasure hence decided to get it done myself. In my mind I’m thinking from £400-£600 to get it painted properly but may be well off.
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Chipsaway will probably do it for around £100. It should be undetectable and easily matched as the paint won't be faded. Even if the car was years old they would still be able to match it.
I would say £400-£600 would be way over estimate just for a bonnet.
 
markyboy.1967 said:
I used to prep show cars and do concours prep so I’m pretty up with detailing but the scratch is through to the undercoat and has a small surrounding dent where the stone hit which can’t be fixed with detailing. I’m building up the layers of paint within the scratch itself and will polish back to flat once done but it will always be visible and the dent can’t be taken out from the back due to its area on the bonnet edge.its only around an inch in size but so annoying as it’s my new car. Thanks for the reply.
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If you can get the paint to a satisfactory condition and the scratch isn't then noticeable - what about looking to see if a PDR specialist would be able to remove the dent ?
 
Chips-Away and a dash cam for if it happens again.
 
whyone said:
In what world would a dash cam help in this instance?
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I never said in this instance, I said for if it happens again. And I know fine well that you are trying to bait me because you think that I don't know that stones being kicked up are considered road debris and therefore no liability can be put. Even if something falls off the back of a truck and bounced off the ground it is still considered road debris.

However, sometimes it can seem like it's a stone being thrown up but it can actually be debris coming straight off the truck. Reviewing the dash cam footage could show this and so long as the debris doesn't touch the ground and you are more than 100 feet away then the truck operator will be responsible. Also, if the truck's driving could have been a mitigating factor such as crossing in and out of the hard shoulder (or a car wheel spinning away at the lights) then you can sometimes have a claim. It can all be a grey area but dash cams can be invaluable for such a small outlay.
 
gman said:
I never said in this instance, I said for if it happens again. And I know fine well that you are trying to bait me because you think that I don't know that stones being kicked up are considered road debris and therefore no liability can be put. Even if something falls off the back of a truck and bounced off the ground it is still considered road debris.

However, sometimes it can seem like it's a stone being thrown up but it can actually be debris coming straight off the truck. Reviewing the dash cam footage could show this and so long as the debris doesn't touch the ground and you are more than 100 feet away then the truck operator will be responsible. Also, if the truck's driving could have been a mitigating factor such as crossing in and out of the hard shoulder (or a car wheel spinning away at the lights) then you can sometimes have a claim. It can all be a grey area but dash cams can be invaluable for such a small outlay.
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For a stone to fall off a truck and hit your bonnet, you would have to be following very closely, probably a couple of inches. It will otherwise just fall and with no momentum behind it wouldn't bounce very high. The stone would have to be flicked up by a tyre as it ran over it.
 
nilagin said:
For a stone to fall off a truck and hit your bonnet, you would have to be following very closely, probably a couple of inches. It will otherwise just fall and with no momentum behind it wouldn't bounce very high. The stone would have to be flicked up by a tyre as it ran over it.
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It can be any debris from a truck - in particular skip trucks, and it does happen a lot. Plastics and wood can travel a fair distance especially if that have a large surface area and can cause a fair amount of damage to a car. It could also be a situation where a truck pulls out directly in front of you and something falls off before you have time to pull back not to mention the mitigating factors bit which I also touched on.

Even if debris does hit the ground first and then hit your car, although it may be classed as road debris if you have a dash cam to prove what happened then there's a potential for it becoming an unsecured load situation. From an unfortunate amount of experience with this, the company will be more likely to fix someone's car than have a complaint sent to the Traffic Commissioner for an unsecured load. Most recent one I had to deal with was only a small piece of rubble, not much bigger than stone to be honest and it only had to bounce once because of the speed of the truck and it took out the guy's fog light and cracked the bumper surround. Watched the whole thing from the truck's rear CCTV.

Besides, there are a lot other situations where a dash cam can help, they really are invaluable sometimes.
 
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markyboy.1967 said:
I did but the place they use is stupidly high end on, mclarens, Lamborghini, Ferrari, rolls Royce etc etc and won’t even look at it unless they charge you for the pleasure hence decided to get it done myself. In my mind I’m thinking from £400-£600 to get it painted properly but may be well off.
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I had a panel resprayed a year ior two ago. the front valance I think it was so a bit smaller than a bonnet. It cost £200 I recall. I expect a bonnet at the same place would be £250 - £350 now. At least with the bonnet there's no blending required its one distinct part. (if spraying the whole thing)
 
DorsetDude said:
I had a panel resprayed a year ior two ago. the front valance I think it was so a bit smaller than a bonnet. It cost £200 I recall. I expect a bonnet at the same place would be £250 - £350 now. At least with the bonnet there's no blending required its one distinct part. (if spraying the whole thing)
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I will know better at the weekend when i see it again. I think sometimes they paint the bonnet and feather the paint to the tops of the wings.
 
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