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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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How much to fix irritating gravel ding (size: one quarter of pencil eraser) on 2007 E350 hood? Thanks
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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How much to fix irritating gravel ding (size: one quarter of pencil eraser) on 2007 E350 hood? Thanks
It really depends on if the complete hood requires respraying. I had a stone bounce off the hood in my first week of ownership. MB paint shop said the complete hood required repainting to color match; instead I filled the chip with several layers of OEM paint and got by.
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Is the paint broken? If not you might see if PDR can remove it. Otherwise you need to repaint the complete hood or if you don't mind, a little dab will do ya. That will, at least, get rid of the primer/paint mismatch.
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Is it a ding with a chipped paint? If it is just a ding with no paint damage, it is probably $50. Paintless dent removal usually cost that much.
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Originally Posted by MBTenn
How much to fix irritating gravel ding (size: one quarter of pencil eraser) on 2007 E350 hood? Thanks

If the paints/Clear coats are not cracked, You can simply do PDR and will run around $175 to 200 per panel. I've called the mobil pdr guy to fix my door ding and came out perfect and smooth...
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Looks like a microscopic cracked egg, and slighly indented--so maybe paint/clear coat is cracked; MBTenn
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