boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 5m 20d Posted 06/08/13 12:58 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 12:58 AM Guys driving home last night from work something hit my bonnet...not sure what it was, there was no other cars in front of me, and the cars on the other side of the road were stationary in traffic.Somehow something...could have been a meteorite for all I know...came out of nowhere and impacted my bonnet...You guys think I will need to get the whole bonnet resprayed for this?Or is there some way to repair the chip and blend in the paint with the rest of the bonnet...Anyone had any experience with this type of stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 20d Posted 06/08/13 01:46 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 01:46 AM All you can do is either use touch up paint and build it back up a bit then polish it to try blend it in. Otherwise full respray! They can't just repsray a section and blend properly. I asked plenty of panel beaters and none of them will do it cause it'l look sh*tUnfortunate though for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 7d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 06/08/13 01:57 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 01:57 AM Jesus that's no good mate..Looks like it's actually dented the bonnet? or is that just the reflection? Most panel beaters I know won't blend on the panel they work on.. Instead they blend the surrounding panels.. that's my bit of knowledge..But I only started reading your thread because I saw Cop and Chip in the title.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLTEN Member 4 Member For: 11y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Australia. Posted 06/08/13 06:48 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 06:48 AM I've had one of those paintless dent companies do some pretty good work on my 350Z. At first they said that they didn't want to do a horizontal panel because the dust can settle and looks sh*t- hence they don't want to put their name to the job.After some persuasion I got the guy to do a horizontal panel and it came out looking mint. I was genuinely surprised how flawless it looked (so was he).It cost a few hundred so depends how much it would cost you to do a full respray, but there will be filler and sanding involved either way I would imagine. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRK Member 361 Member For: 12y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/08/13 06:52 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 06:52 AM (edited) I have few very minor chips on the bonnet - all panel guys spoken to say it is a re-spray. The "chips" go with the "meatpie" who dropped a steel can on the passengers side front panel and gouged a hunk out of that. To get those a few other bits sorted is over a grand to do it well. Edited 06/08/13 06:53 AM by BRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 5m 20d Posted 06/08/13 07:04 AM Author Share Posted 06/08/13 07:04 AM (edited) Yeah I will try and get some quotes to respray the whole bonnet...but sometimes what turns out to be a simple bonnet respray ends up being two front guards resprayed and possibly blended into the doors...so half the car ends up being resprayed for one measly chip on the bonnet.I suppose it is, what it is...Thanks for the input guys... Edited 06/08/13 07:12 AM by boost69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxcactus New Member 12 Member For: 11y 3m 20d Posted 06/08/13 07:26 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 07:26 AM If it is a metallic paint they will have to blend in the guards , if it is a solid colour you should get away with just the bonnet , I hope it wasn't some loser throwing rocks at traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFSIX I Lead Not Follow... Member 1,026 Member For: 12y 6m 20d Gender: Male Location: Westside,Melbourne Posted 06/08/13 08:27 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 08:27 AM holy crap its looks pretty bad close up..looks like the clear is bubbling around the chipped area? if that's the case then pretty sure youll need to paint the bonnet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 1m 11d Gender: Male Posted 06/08/13 08:29 AM Share Posted 06/08/13 08:29 AM is that the clear raising around it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 5m 20d Posted 06/08/13 08:52 AM Author Share Posted 06/08/13 08:52 AM Yeah it is...it has raised the clear...I can't stand to look at it...I seriously don't know what actually hit my car, or where it came from...there was no car in front of me, and opposing traffic was at a stand still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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