SRAcuraTL

Ok, so Im an idiot. I was putting in a new battery the other day, and when I was done I forgot to put the battery cover back on. Would be a problem except that I put the cover on top of the engine. Forgot it was there and closed my hood. Or tried to at least. BAM! Didn't shut, just kinda bounced. F. Looked under the hood, saw the cover. Looked at the top of the hood. Saw the dent. I can't believe I was so careless with my baby. My question is do you think I could tap the dent back down without screwin up the paint. Its acually really small but it drives me crazy everytime I walk up to my car. Normally I wouldnt mess with this if it was dented in. but since the dent is from inside the hood I was thinkin it would be do-able. I wanted to see what you guys thought first tho. Really dont wanna mess it up anymore than it is. Thanks all.

illjuan3

fold a towel over it get a rubber mallet and go to work....Do it softly though!

AirForceAC

x2

fsttyms1

Or to be safe contact a paintless dent removal place to see if they can

Rsoetidjo

Agree with that.
let the pro do it.
If you do it yourself and you f**k it up, you'll be sorry.

ImInspired

hey i am from santa rosa too with a black 00 tl!!!

SRAcuraTL

Yea thats what I was thinkin. I was temped to try it but I dont know if I could live with myself if I made it worse haha. Thanks guys.

SRAcuraTL

Right on man. I was hoping I wasnt the only one on here from Rosa. You go to the JC? Know anyone else with a TL from around here?

ImInspired

yah i go to the jc, im actually a girl but its cool. i dont know anyone else except my boyfriend's cousin but i think its his girlfriends so i dont really know much n they have the 03.

myTaLizaS3.2

that sucks man. Don't worry about it though. You're not the only idiot. I did worst with my previous car. Working on my car, and left the rachet on the engine and closed, big dent.

SRAcuraTL

Oh my bad haha. Right on. There don't seem to be too many female TL enthusiasts on here. Ill keep an eye out for ya when I'm cruzin around school. You have anything done to you car that would make it stand out? Theres a few TLs I see around campus but I don't think any of them are on this forum.

SRAcuraTL

Yea thats harsh. I guess I'm lucky the battery cover is made of plastic instead of metal. A little softer than a set of ratchets. Did you get it fixed or do it yourself?

myTaLizaS3.2

It was a civic, so I just bought a new hood for 100 bucks

SRAcuraTL

Swordly. I wish I could do the same for a bill.

ImInspired

ya i dont have anything on my car yet cus im still paying it off so...ya its all stock. i got some black nuts on my rims tho! theyre cool, well ill see ya around.

Bkz3.2tL

I think I would have went with the Towel and rubber mallet, and if u don't like the results then buy another ho0d. . It's go0d to experiment sumtime. .