First of Many Dents

Alex

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Got my first of many hood dents on my new Ranger, I was driving home and a dump truck pulled out in front of me. A large chunk of something flew up, dented and removed some paint down to the metal on my hood :frown:.

I tried two different types of "guaranty to match paint " and this is the closest I got.

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It didn't look all that great so i tried this paint match vinyl repair from Colorxlabs, and it looked OK.

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The picture doesn't do it much justice, its a really close paint match and not very noticeable from a few feet away.
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Yeah it sucks. If your going to drive it crap is going to happen. At least it wasn't a piece of steel that punctured the hood like what happened to me on my Dodge Ram.
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Yeah it sucks. If your going to drive it crap is going to happen. At least it wasn't a piece of steel that punctured the hood like what happened to me on my Dodge Ram.
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Man that really blows, I guess it's just a perk of daily driving.
 

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Dang that sucks.

Was thinking you could get one of those band-aid stickers and put on it. I hear they increase horsepower too.

All joking aside, sorry that happened to your new truck.
 

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Not a bad place for a hood stripe or some graphics.
I got a door ding already, I have a hard time seeing it unless the light is just right.
I was whining about it anyway... until I saw yours, now I'm embarrassed :blush:
Sorry for your loss.
 


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One of my Ranger buddies from here got rear ended within 2 months of ownership. $2,200 in damage. The other car was smashed. Steel bumpers rule!
 

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One of my Ranger buddies from here got rear ended within 2 months of ownership. $2,200 in damage. The other car was smashed. Steel bumpers rule!
I drove my 1992 Ranger over 200000miles without a scratch .... Got my brand new shiny 2001 dream truck and 27 days later... Hit a deer!
 

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Oops... bed really looking like hell already... need to get the bedliner done ASAP now.

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Last summer we had tennis ball sized hail where I live on my '16 F150 ended up with needing an $8800 repair. New hood and new roof, conventional repair on the front fender and door and PDR on the rest of it. It could be worse.
 

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Better than the t-post that came through my windshield on the Fusion that I traded on my Ranger!

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If you are thinking of Getting touch up paint . . . for the Saber it is about $21 from the dealer.. that seems a little high to me, but Saber is a different color. I have a paint chip on the passenger side that is showing down to the primer (gray) :(
 

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If you are thinking of Getting touch up paint . . . for the Saber it is about $21 from the dealer.. that seems a little high to me, but Saber is a different color. I have a paint chip on the passenger side that is showing down to the primer (gray) :(
I got platinum white on ebay for $16,oem paint
 

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Sorry you got a ding...that hood is military grade aluminum which is much more ding resistant than steel

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Better than the t-post that came through my windshield on the Fusion that I traded on my Ranger!

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YIKES! How'd that happen? Unsecured load in front of you?
 
 



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