Dent/paint repair input required!!!!

[polov8]

So I have been doing a car build for a friend of mine. It's a mk1 Scirocco that's getting a 1.8t motor and the whole car is getting rebuilt, a big job, and due to room issues, we agreed that while I had his car, he'd take my E21 and park it in his garage. It's been there a few months, no issues, until a couple of weeks ago, when he tried to fire it up and the battery was flat. He rolled it out to get to it while his mrs sat in it and pushed the brakes........... Can you see where this is going?

Anyway, it rolled toward the garage wall and she stabbed the brakes, or rather what she thought was the brakes. Turns out it was the clutch.

I'm not sure if the bonnet was shut properly or what, but it took the entire force of the very low speed impact, and now looks like this:








The centre of the bonnet, and the top of the kidney hit brickwork, and are scuffed, the kidney will probably polish out, but the bonnet edge is dented inwards, and I think the area above is now slightly raised. The next issue is above the inner lamp, which hit the verticle satelite TV cable on his wall, and put a really nice crease in the leading edge, and a raised kink above it. Lastly, to the side of the bonnet badge is a hump. The whole of that side of the bonnet is pushed down slightly, and this hump is the point at which it bent.

I am more than a little pissed about this as it was an absolutely arrow straight bonnet, with exceptional paint. My friend has agreed to cover all repair costs, but I'm not sure what the best course of action is. I think I need to take it to a dent repair guy and see what they think, but I'll bet it's going to need the whole bonnet painting after they're done sorting the issues. in which case a replacement bonnet might make more financial sense.

Anyone got any input on this?

[Jeroen]

Pfew that's bad! Not something you pull out easily and its hard to reach from behind. It looks to me like the entire bonnet is pushed backwards a bit meaning the frame is bent so your only option may be to replace.

[arshad76]

I'd agree with Jeroen too. The labour required to get it anywhere close to straight would be too much. Replacement bonnets were so easy to get hold of a couple of years ago. But keep an eye out they do turn up, or maybe go for carbon fibre as an upgrade!

[polov8]

I was afraid of that............... Sh*t!!!!

I guess I''ll go place a wanted ad then.

[Jeroen]

I know how I would feel so I can imagine your thoughts at the moment... grmbl!