I could not believe it, only had the car a few weeks and already I have sustained damage on the leading edge of the bonnet. I have no idea what has caused it or when, or by who, only I drive the car and I'd remember if anything had hit the car while driving, but there it is, a big fat ding in the bonnet, spoiling the lines and has left me completely and utterly gutted.

There doesn't seem to be any damage to the paint, probably due to the VentureTape protection, but it must have been one mighty thwack.

I don't know what to do about it, or where to take it, or more importantly how much it will cost. I bet it won't be cheap. As ever, a picture or 2 speaks a thousand words....commiserations please....



 L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

You must be distraught. Looks like something has been dropped on it or someone has put something heavy down on it.

With a bit of luck it might just push out with no damage to the paintwork.

I feel for you - I felt bad enough taking a couple of lumps out of a wheel at the weekend.

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I feel sorry what happen to your new RRS, I can tell you one of my experience with my previous vehicle it was just brand new like your and I got one of the tire puncher which damage the wheel and the above cover, I took it to the dealer who suggested to repair it on cost of insurance so I call police.. believe or no they came inside the dealer garage and asked me what happen exactly I told the full story and he issue a report for insurance for repairing it…so what I suggest contact your insurance and see what the will say after getting a police report..(to unknown causes ) that they call it her in my country

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I feel for you RRUK

Best try somebody like Auto - dents ( in Leicester )

Link: www.auto-dents.co.uk

I havent used them but have used similar type of company/methods and only cost £45

Got to be worth a call

Cheer up * ITS ONLY A CAR * as my mother would say. 
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Mothers.....what do they know...

Thanks MDP, I have contacted them via their web page, I hope they can fix my beloved car...just going off to cry in a corner now..... L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

RRUK I have had something similar happen on the rear spoiler . A small dent has appeared , I have no idea how it got there unless the opening and shuttting of the glass hatch is having an effect ? or is somebody attacking cars in Leicestershire !!

You could try www.chipsaway.co.uk . I have had them out to my BMW , they came highly recommended to me .

Regards

Its enough to make you cry,
We went to Ikea in Warrington last week, parked in the car park with no cars nor shopping trolleys any where near. When we came out I caught some bloke playing dodgems with his kids and shopping trolleys near the RRS. Needless to say I did not hold back and let him know what I thought.

Maybe if it was his car he would have felt the same. Me and her indoors did not speak on the way home because she thought I was out of order but I would do the same again tommorrow. I have worked hard to get what I have and dont want it wrecking in some supermarket car park.

My thoughts are with you. Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

nickp wrote:

You could try www.chipsaway.co.uk . I have had them out to my BMW , they came highly recommended to me .

Ouch! Bad luck, RRUK.... I know exactly how you feel.

I was equally upset yesterday when my wife told me that the drivers door had picked up a couple of quite deep scratches. You can see the paint is taken away down to the undercoat - two nice little white scratches amongst the sea of black. Very disappointing.... I have a Java touchup pencil, but am not sure whether or not using that to repair the scratches is going to make the area look worse. Anyone have experience of using the LR touchup pencils? Do they provide a good finish, given enough care is taken?

Hope you get it sorted, RRUK - I hear Chipsaway/Dentsaway are pretty good, so let's hope the guy you've found can help you out.

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RRUK after what you have been through to get your car this is painful and probably what we all dread.Bumps and knocks appearing from nowhere.Keep your head up. RRS TDV6 HSE BUCKINGHAM BLUE BLACK LEATHER INTERIOR RHODIUM TASMOD SILLS PARROT 3000 EVOLUTION WHITE SIDE REPEATERS RRPORT.CO.UK BROLLY & STICKER
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You know, what galls me is that I could NOT be more careful, the car is garaged when I am at home all day, I don't tailgate lorries on the motorway which are the most likely vehicle to throw back stones and debris, I park away from everyone else in all car parks (yet someone will always home in on your car in the far corner and park as close as possible despite having a hundred other spaces to choose from )

yet still, this can happen. I am SO glad I have the Venture Tape, as the paintwork has been saved from any damage. Looking at the dent, it's so isolated it does look like it has been hit by a stone rather than someone having had a go at it.The bonnet must be made of very soft metal though... L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

If your car had been lower I would have said somebody driving an SUV was parking by touch, and using the spare as a fender!

I think the bonnet is made of Aluminium, rest of the wagon is very thin steel.
You are lucky, you don't know how it was done - my 77 year father bought a Honda Civic earlier this year and two days after getting it home, tripped in the garage, put his hand out to break his fall and pushed in a huge area of the rear quarter. He was amazed it was so thinly constructed and deformed so easily...... and it cost him something like £700 to get it fixed!

Hope you get it fixed OK, it's amzing what some of those Dentmaster guys can repair and make look like new. They repaired my 1 day old RRTD6 2 years ago when someone in Sainsbury's carpark drove a trolley right down the entire driver's side and scratched it right through to the primer with 2 parallel lines and put 2 scores in the door skins. I thought they would have problems rematching the Monte Carlo Blue paint but afterwards the repair was invisible.

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At least it doesn't look like this....the victim of a hailstone storm in the US.


 L319 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB

Looks like that one had a lot of plastic panels!

RRUK

you didn't close the bonnet with a screwdriver in your hand after fitting the airfilter did you ? just looks like a very rounded dent. Know how you feel as mine was only 2 days old when the paint changed colour.

Andrew