Bonnet Dent

[MikeF]

Driving along the MWay on Friday something flew of another car and landed on my bonnet.

Put quote a bit dent in it and scratched the paintwork.

What is the best way yo get this repaired? Small independant body shop place?

Any idea how much roughly - dent is quite deep and about 6" long.

 

[Fred@BTM]

new bonnet by the sounds of it

 

[Final Maxim]

pics?

 

[MikeF]

I'll stick some up soon - I dont have my computer in my flat yet and cant get my digi camera to plug in at work.

How much roughly am I looking at for a new bonnet from a Scrappy? Its a black Y Reg 2001 clio.

 

[Timmay]

why not get a carbon bonnet?

 

[leo529]

^^^^^ my bonnet repiar was about £150
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y33/LEO529/MY CLIO/BONNETBUMPSIDE.jpg
but i also decided to get a CF bonnet aswell

 

[MikeF]

My bonnet needs resprayed though.

Actually thinking about selling the car - you think it would be better to fix and sell as fixed or just dented?

 

[lusty v-tec]

why not get a carbon bonnet?

Agreed. Cost about £350, looks a lot better, lighter, stronger etc.

The problem with standard clio bonnets on the mk2 ph1 and 2 is that they dent really easily if their closed incorrectly (pushing down on them), or even if something like an acorn hits it at speed.

With carbon fibre you wont have any problems whatsoever with them denting, however they are more likely to warp.

 

[MikeF]

why not get a carbon bonnet?

Agreed. Cost about £350, looks a lot better, lighter, stronger etc.

The problem with standard clio bonnets on the mk2 ph1 and 2 is that they dent really easily if their closed incorrectly (pushing down on them), or even if something like an acorn hits it at speed.

With carbon fibre you wont have any problems whatsoever with them denting, however they are more likely to warp.

Cheers for the advice but my car is pretty standard and money is tight so id prefer to keep it cheap and fairly standard.