Door Ding... on my roof!

[Lacpac]

So you park out in no mans land and you still end up with what looks like a door ding... on the roof of the car! How does that happen? miniature asteroid? Acorn? So I tried heating the area (Hot sun) then use a can of air upside down to cool the surface in order to expand and contract the metal and get it to pop out. It worked a bit, but still has a small divet disrupting the smooth flow of metal. Any other suggestions aside from autobody repair? They want $200-$450 depending if they have to roll it out from under. I've had door dings fixed before for $200 and they turned out "ok", but wth it being on top it's not as noticeable. I'm not opposed to autobody repair but this is the 2nd one in 3 years...and who knows how many more.

[rontammy0]

Only thing I can think of is a civic with lambo doors.

[rebelyell22]

That much for PDR?

[BMR Sales]

Do you have a Sunroof?

[Demon War Horse]

Originally Posted by Lacpac

So you park out in no mans land and you still end up with what looks like a door ding... on the roof of the car! How does that happen? miniature asteroid? Acorn? So I tried heating the area (Hot sun) then use a can of air upside down to cool the surface in order to expand and contract the metal and get it to pop out. It worked a bit, but still has a small divet disrupting the smooth flow of metal. Any other suggestions aside from autobody repair? They want $200-$450 depending if they have to roll it out from under. I've had door dings fixed before for $200 and they turned out "ok", but wth it being on top it's not as noticeable. I'm not opposed to autobody repair but this is the 2nd one in 3 years...and who knows how many more.

Sounds like a PDR glue pull to me... basically a hot glue plug put on top of the dent then pulled back out.

Price sounds high though.

[Lacpac]

Ya they mentioned the hot glue avenue and that would be about $200. Yes I have a sunroof. I may find a separate vendor. My body shop has a "guy" who comes in to do this stuff. I'll find a separate "guy" not through the bodyshop. Either that or I'll get those lambo doors, lol.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by Lacpac

Ya they mentioned the hot glue avenue and that would be about $200. Yes I have a sunroof. I may find a separate vendor. My body shop has a "guy" who comes in to do this stuff. I'll find a separate "guy" not through the bodyshop. Either that or I'll get those lambo doors, lol.

There have been a few threads here from members with sunroofs who got mysterious dents in the roof of the car. It's becoming a known issue.

[Lacpac]

Ya the strange thing is there is no chipped paint or skid marks from an object hitting it. I thought it might be a stray piece of hail.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by Lacpac

Ya the strange thing is there is no chipped paint or skid marks from an object hitting it. I thought it might be a stray piece of hail.

Post a photo of it if you can. Most of the other guys who had it happen posted photos, and the dents were around the corners of the sunroof.

[rebelyell22]

There is a history of dents in the roofs of sunroof cars. Not sure why it happens

[Lacpac]

I'll get a pic tonight.

[Lacpac]

Not sure if this pic will attach.

[Lacpac]

[Red2014SS]

That doesn't look like the previous sunroof dents posted here. Looks like your car might've gotten hit by a stray golf ball or something.