YungMercureal
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So unfortunately in the process of paying good money to protect the paint it seems that my hood has been damaged.
Long story short, I bought the car on the 14th, took it home and garaged it for 2 days before taking it back to the dealership Monday evening. Installer picks it up Tuesday morning and brings it back Friday. I arrive at the dealership to find 2 lovely gashes in the trailing edge of the hood.
The GM of the dealer was kind enough to take pictures and get me in contact with the owner of the shop, despite there being nothing the dealer can do here. We had a short call with the owner who was out of town at a Corvette event, but said that this damage was noted on their delivery form. The owner is going to review camera footage from the shop and get back to me.
The main question I wanted to pose to the forum is: What would be the best way to repair this damage? The first 2 pictures 1 & 2 are of the larger gash which is slightly off to the right and the other one is of a smaller scratch that is directly in front of the driver's seat. Both are only visible from directly to the side of the trailing edge or from behind it, so you will mostly see it in the car. The right one is about the width of a quarter and looks to have gone all the way to the bare metal, whereas the other one may just be surface damage. Especially looking at the first gash, this has got to be below the PPF, as it is all the way to the metal from what I can tell.
If both were just surface damage, I'd probably just try and get it buffed out and maybe touched if needed, but since it's gone to bare metal, I'm not quite sure if a touch up would work. I'd almost rather try and get an entirely new hood from factory than having it repainted, but I have no experience with automotive paint. Any input and suggestions would be much appreciated.
At this time the main goal is to hear back from the owner with something conclusive that at least shows the shop caused the damage, as I don't have any pictures that show the that edge. However I find it hard to believe that this damage would have been from the factory, transport, or the dealer prep given the location. No one would have any reason to be anywhere near that edge except for PPF installation.
Pictures in spoiler.
Long story short, I bought the car on the 14th, took it home and garaged it for 2 days before taking it back to the dealership Monday evening. Installer picks it up Tuesday morning and brings it back Friday. I arrive at the dealership to find 2 lovely gashes in the trailing edge of the hood.
The GM of the dealer was kind enough to take pictures and get me in contact with the owner of the shop, despite there being nothing the dealer can do here. We had a short call with the owner who was out of town at a Corvette event, but said that this damage was noted on their delivery form. The owner is going to review camera footage from the shop and get back to me.
The main question I wanted to pose to the forum is: What would be the best way to repair this damage? The first 2 pictures 1 & 2 are of the larger gash which is slightly off to the right and the other one is of a smaller scratch that is directly in front of the driver's seat. Both are only visible from directly to the side of the trailing edge or from behind it, so you will mostly see it in the car. The right one is about the width of a quarter and looks to have gone all the way to the bare metal, whereas the other one may just be surface damage. Especially looking at the first gash, this has got to be below the PPF, as it is all the way to the metal from what I can tell.
If both were just surface damage, I'd probably just try and get it buffed out and maybe touched if needed, but since it's gone to bare metal, I'm not quite sure if a touch up would work. I'd almost rather try and get an entirely new hood from factory than having it repainted, but I have no experience with automotive paint. Any input and suggestions would be much appreciated.
At this time the main goal is to hear back from the owner with something conclusive that at least shows the shop caused the damage, as I don't have any pictures that show the that edge. However I find it hard to believe that this damage would have been from the factory, transport, or the dealer prep given the location. No one would have any reason to be anywhere near that edge except for PPF installation.
Pictures in spoiler.
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