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10-19-2010, 08:25 PM
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W109: Help - believe it or not...my hood is damaged from acorns
I am high;y frustrated. I had my car stored in my driveway under a cover and now I saw 100 dents on the hood. I could cry! The fenders are good still and the roof seems to be ok too.
The dents are clearly visible. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it but it is true. So what is the best procedure o fix this? Any body pros here for such thing? Is there a trick to get the sheet metal back into place? Or is Bondo the only cure? 
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10-19-2010, 09:54 PM
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Must be some big acorns!
Sure it was not hail?
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10-19-2010, 10:46 PM
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So these people came up and put dents in it?
 Anyway. I would be shocked that Acorns would do that. Has me scared now on where I should park my car! Imagine what chestnuts would do! Have those all over here!
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10-20-2010, 10:38 AM
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Just this morning I was thinking about how to remove the small dents from my newly purchased 300SD. I looked at some of those paintless dent removal places then decided to see how that works. I googled it and found out you can remove most small dents yourself using dry ice or a hair dryer and canned air. I'm not kidding, they use the heat to warm the metal then the extreme cold of the dry ice (or canned air turned upside down to get liquid nitrogen) to super cool the metal, when this is done the metal contracts and return to its normal state. Take a look, I was amazed, and you could do it yourself. Hope this helps.
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10-20-2010, 11:51 AM
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Try buffing it first, It may look like a dent but is not. Acorns should not be able to damage this hood.
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10-20-2010, 12:38 PM
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Small dented body panels are all the rage in Southern France where it is usually attributed to heavy hail storms and bits falling off trees. My car has suffered a bit from this too.
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10-20-2010, 01:58 PM
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body shops can do the "poundless" removal but each dent is usually 25-30$
Sucs but you may not have an option. Of all the body work I have done the hood has been the hardest, the long flat surface shows everything Good luck.
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10-20-2010, 08:34 PM
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I heard of such thing before....I can't believe it. Has anyone done this before?
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10-20-2010, 08:37 PM
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I have a huge oak tree in my back yard and I said the same thing: no way that acorns can do this...but I was wrong.
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10-20-2010, 08:38 PM
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There is no way to buff such dents! I'll post pictures.
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10-20-2010, 08:42 PM
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I am an architect and one of my contractors was telling me that some metal roof companies void their warranty if oak trees are there because they damage the metal roof. I was thinking the guy is kidding me...but now I am thinking he might be right. this contractor was also showing me dents in his truck from falling acorns...I thought last year the guy is crazy....now I am crazy.
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10-20-2010, 09:24 PM
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Oh, they dent! The roof of my daily driver has to have 30-40 dents in it, just like hail.
I've heard you can use a hair dryer to heat the surface then rub small pieces of dry ice on the surface to 'pop' the dents out. I have yet to try this though. FYI this usually means a bad winter...had a lot of acorns last year and set a record for snowfall
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10-21-2010, 12:20 AM
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I have some dents on my head due to acorns.
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10-21-2010, 07:37 AM
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Here are some pics...had to photograph. You see the dents most if you move- then it is more than obvious.
So the method to try is using an hairdryer for heating up the dent (that's easy) followed by 'dry ice'? What exactly is dry ice?
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