This morning, rain turned the snow on the roof of a two story house into a wet slush and caused the slush fall right on top of my tsx. Sorry, no pics, but it looks pretty bad. Everything rear of the moonroof caved in about half an inch.

I'd like to know if you guys think this kind of damage can be pulled out with a dent pulling machine or will it need to get replaced? Can anyone recommend a body shop in the NYC area that could fix something like this? Finally, do you think this would have happened to any car, or is the tsx particularly weak, structurally? Thanks so much. And, to everyone else, learn from my mistake and watch where you park.

 

That must have been some heavy slush. I've never heard of this happeneing before.

 

Me, neither. It was a fair amount of slush, but I would've thought the roof was stronger than that. That's why I'm wondering if the tsx is more prone to damage than other cars.

 

Ya...that seems unusually weak. Imagine if you rolled your car.

 

There have been a few people on here who had dents around the moonroof from hitting a bump hard. Though, the impact/flexing is totally differnet, sounds like it might be a weak part of the body.

 

the center of it couldve been a solid chunk of ice still

 

From what I've seen/heard the TSX roof panel is prone to deformation and may need replacing, but it's not a weight bearing structure (well ... I guess not!) so it shouldn't really matter in a rollover. (The one TSX rollover that was posted here didn't look bad.) If you live in Jersey and not Manhattan I can recommend an excellent shop that specializes in Porsches and does fine work but it might be located a little further south than you'd want to drive. (They've fixed my Volvo, too, they'll work on practically anything.)

 

Let's focus here a bit... When we say "caved in", that means the entire roof has collasped and its basically down to the head rests of the seats...

Yet you say a half an inch... So in IMO its dented not caved in.

Slush coming down from a two story building on top of your TSX's roof and denting it is not a big surprise to me...

It sucks that it happened but lets not get carried away thinking the roof is not safe... During a rollover its the pillars that are keeping you safe and not the sheet metal of the roof itself... In fact the roof's sheetmetal will dent with just you sitting on it...

Nevertheless sorry it happen to you and a good body shop should be able to fix you up... Just make sure they do a good job or I can foresee moonroof leaks in the future...

 

I guess I don't understand how you mean it.
I mean, when it rolls over, it DOES bear weight, or at least it needs to (or else).

 

The weight is borne by some structure beneath the flimsy panel that forms the outer skin of the roof. I agree that like the hood, that panel seems pretty thin and flexy. Doesn't surprise me at all that a good dump of wet snow is enough to dent it.

 

There IS bracing underneath! The external roof panel that you see is there for cosmetic purposes - and to keep the rain, snow and mosquitoes out. On the TSX rollover most every body panel on the car is deformed. But the passenger space is intact.



I don't have my owner's manual handy but I doubt it says it's a good idea to put a roofrack up there, either.

 

I agree that the roof panel is there more for cosmetics than anything else. My pillars are fine and so are my hood and trunk. As for saying that my roof caved in, I'd like to clarify that the car is totally driveable, but there is a lot more wind noise and interior panel of the moonroof won't slide back anymore. I haven't actually tried the moonroof yet because I'm afraid I'll be grinding the gears and making the damage worse. I have access to a digital camera now, so I'll try and get some pics up for you guys. If anybody knows of a good body shop in one of the five boroughs, I'm still looking around. Thanks again for your replies.

 

One thing I think nobody here has mentioned is the fact that the roof on the TSX is nothing more than a cavity for the moonroof to be in. The strength of the roof is not merely the panel you see, but the entire structure and the reason the slush caved it in was because it hit in a spot where nothing was there to support the weight, but it isn't a fault. Its simply a cavity for the moonroof and not a structurally strong area by its very purpose.

 

Go to a paintless dent removal shop. they will fix for about $300

 

regarding the tsx being prone to dings...

went to the paintless dent removal shop today and the guy wasn't suprised when i told him about this because he said honda uses some of the thinner sheet metal among car manufacturers...mb, audi, and american makes being on the thicker end. the guy seemed knowledeable...been doing body work for 15 years...did a great job too...so i guess he knows what he's talking about.

 

Here are pics of my roof. I went to a dent pulling shop today and I was told the damage was too severe to be pulled and he referred me to a place called Northshore. Has anybody heard of this place?

 

holy shit thats bad


last time i got a dent taken out of my integra the pdr guy compared it to smoothing out tin foil with a sledge hammer

 

If your on the Island try either Central Avenue Collission in Glendale Queens or Toms in Huntington. Have had personal experience with both on numerous occassions and have never had any complaints about their work.