Is it permissable to talk about.....Jeeps?

I put a nice football sized dent in the hood of my wife's Jeep Wrangler and the dealer says they can't pull it because they can't weld aluminum, and it is double walled so they can't pound it out, so it has to be replaced at $1,100 (new hood,paint, install, etc.).

I don't want to join another forum, so I thought I'd ask here if anybody has any ideas?

Thanks

 

Kick the service manager in the nads and find another body shop

 

I questioned why a shop that works on cars with aluminum components can't weld aluminum and got the deer in the headlights look like I asked him what the square root of 113 was.

I am going to run it by a non dealer shop today to see what they say.

 

i think its an imaginary number, no real square root of 113

 

lol its just a real number decimal

 

I have been searching "jeep parts", but they seem to only sell hood parts and accessories, not hoods.

I have no clue what the square root of 113 is.

 

fuck i forgot all that Calculus that i took, but im pretty sure if u want to find it by hand its a imaginary number answer, or not idk

 

haha dude, numbers don't become imaginary when you find them by hand vs. real when solved by calculator

 

09 Wrangler Sahara in dark green.

 

I'm not rehearsed on the newer jeeps... but I'm puzzled.... alluminum??

Are you sure the dealer is correct in saying its made of alluminum?

I smell some BS.

I'd call another dealer or shop to have that done.

I've never heard of a dealer who made excuses for body repairs. For the most part - if they're not equipped - recommend the local collision center.

And ...do they 'weld' dents? Aren't dents just pulled out and 'massaged'?

If you need a new one, always shop around at local junkyards, ebay, craigslist, and online of course.

 

why not try your local wreckers.....might have the hood your looking for in the same colour....it's worth a try....other wise take it to another privately owned body shop....they will be able to do something with it for sure....cheers

 

10.630145812734649407999121914929314221967264258582596480796...
N[Sqrt[113], 66]
[10; 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 20^_]

 

negative numbers have an imaginary component (e.g. what times itself will generate a negative: sqrt -1). So the square root of -9 is 3 * sqrt -1.

 

Grab it with a toilet plunger and pull it straight out. Get a good suction and it will pop right up.

 

x2. I'm not rehearsed in jeeps at all, but when you said alluminum, I said, huh?.