Never another aluminum hood, acorn damage

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old_gonzo

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Does anyone ever apply AIO with the terry covered pads? Thought this may give a more aggressive surface versus foam. Any thoughts?
 
I would tend to think that the MF pads would be just as absorbant as the terry. You have found them to differ? Just curious.
 
Well the dw parked under a oak tree at work-in fairness I never would have thought about it either-and the results are ugly.
There must be 25 very noticeable dings caused by acorns, and very small ones at that, and if I had not had to remove about a dozen from the corners of the hood I may never have realized what did the damage.

Its an '07 Subaru Forester, Sports XT, this unbelieveable car has the WRX engine, and an aluminum hood with scoop. I never thought much about the disadvantages of aluminum for the hood, or rather the disadvantage of thin aluminum used for the hood...

Getting pictures is going to be tough but I will give it a try tomorrow afternoon.

What the heck is going to happen in a hail storm?

Would anyone venture a guess if the clear bra material over the entire hood would add enough impact resistance to help in the future?

And to top it all off, we have a $500 deductable.

Spread the word, aluminum is trouble.
 
Director > And I thought this was another Aacorn debacle.....:yawn:


Yea you don't have to tell me, last year I had 2-40 and 60 year old walnut trees taken down. During the fall they would drop bombs One of my neighbors was over here crying about it > Boo Hoo

Me and trees have "NEVER" been freinds, Had 1 fall on my car 1 time and total it......kinda funny lookin back on it now
 
Wow, that really stinks! Acorns can be just as damaging (if not more) than hail.

I always keep things like these in mind when parking. I never park near trees, grass (sprinklers/landscapers FTL), shopping carts, or anyone else! :cursing:
 
I feel your pain:( I drive my car for business, and sometinmes I have no choice as to where I park. I got a ding or two from those damn acorns while I was in a meeting with a customer.
 
Do you have any good PDR people in your area? If so that would be my first suggestion! My PDR here in Omaha does fantastic work. I have only seen him chip paint on one dent, it was on my fathers Benz. he had a huge dent, from a guy doing a hit and run in the airport. It was on the front fender, right over the body line. The chip he caused was probably half the size of a dime. He of course fixed it for free, did a fantastic job painting it. you would never be able to tell!

He charged 380 bucks to do the whole car. There was probably 50+ minor door dings throughout the entire vehicle. Did a superb job! So PDR would definitely be the first choice in this.

As far as the bra goes, It probably wouldn't hurt to try. I would suggest the clear bra that is sprayed onto the finish. It is a ton more durable than the 3m stuff. Plus It will not yellow over time. If you want the details on it I can call my paint store tomorrow and get the web address sent to you. It is terrific stuff!

Mike
 
PDR is a good idea. I got a small dent in an aluminum hood a couple of years ago. The PDR guy took it out in minutes.
 
mikey, tnks. I thought that with the number of dents that the dent dr's would be out of the question, but I will look into it-am curious as to whether or not aluminum is more/less difficult than steel to work with.

If you do come across that web site please post it, I was not aware of a spray on product.
 
What is funny is that my girls RL had an aluminum hood, and after $9500 in hail damage, the hood was no where near as bad as the roof or trunk...:huh:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7_iLP8D48E

ArmorCoat makes it. The above video is from some TV show and gives you a good idea of what it can do for you. I talked to my local paint guys and they had a couple test panels in there showroom. I took my key and drug it down the panel with armorcoat and it didnt do a damn thing to it! It is pretty damn tough stuff. Plus any good paint guy could lay it down with no issues. Plus it will never yellow.

heres the website:
http://armorcoatusa.com/
 
This has been a record year for acorns. We have one large oak that has blanketed the yard, driveway and sidewalks with acorns since late summer. They just keep coming. I filled 1/2 a trash can with them just cleaning off the driveway for Halloween, so that the trick or treaters would not be skating over a layer of these little wooden ball bearings. I've fallen a couple of times just trying to walk over them.

My Benz has an aluminum hood and deck lid, so it stays in the garage unless I'm driving it. The one car that sits outside gets moved to the one corner of the driveway where the acorns do not fall directly on it.

At one time, I heard there was some kind of treatment the tree guys can do to an oak tree to stop acorn formation, but I'll have to research this again before I can claim it as fact.

I am grateful, however, that it's not a walnut tree!!!
 
I will look into the armorcoat product, tnks for the heads up mikey.

Wonder how the stuff is removed in the event a panel has to be painted?
 
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