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11-19-2009, 11:21 PM
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How can I fix this small dent between my grille?
My guess is some twat backed their tow hitch into it. Not bad at all, but it's still annoying nonetheless.
This should be a very simple fix. I can't imagine what a professional shop would use that I can't find laying around the house. Won't need a respray or anything. I was thinking a small piece of wood and a hammer... But I'm not sure. And yes I know it's dirty it's been raining for a thousand years. It's getting cleaned this Sunday morning before the leasing agents start work in an apartment complex with free water.   
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11-19-2009, 11:23 PM
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Dude...it stopped raining Monday. Wash that shit now!!! lol.
Anyway....I think your idea is sound...just take it easy...
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11-20-2009, 01:25 AM
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I'm not much on body and fender but I had a dent and a piece of wood and a 3# sledge. There's no DIY on this because it doesn't work. Go to sears.com and get their body work dollies ($125). It took me hours with the dollies to straighten out the mess I made with the wood and hammer approach.
(Yeah, some hammerhead in a minivan pushes his bumper right into my RR quater panel. I let him live because it was Christmas Eve but I told him that he wouldn't be so lucky next time I saw him.)
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11-20-2009, 09:52 AM
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I had a similar dent in that area... insurance covered it under vandalism I think and it cost $400 to get it filled and the whole hood painted. The dealership quoted me $700 and if I could go back, I would have the dealership do it. They did a good job on the outside but when you open the hood you could see some bondo since they didn't paint up around and under the hood.
The challenge that I see with that area is all the folded metal. It's going to be really tough to bend it back in without screwing up all the other folds and creases.
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11-20-2009, 11:29 AM
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I had the exact dent like you. Some guy in a pickup truck was trying to squeeze into a tight parking space and backed up into my grill. I just got a paintless dent removal guy to fix it. He made it disappear and only charged me $80.
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