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adamlondon · Apr 26th, 2004, 03:37 PM

Some lovely builders who were working on the roof of some flats gave my Mini a little shower the other day. Along with the water and mortar dust, something a little harder came down and put a delightful little dent in the roof. How happy I was

. I managed to get all of the dust and other marks of the roof with a good clean and some T-Cut, but the dent is another matter. Now to the questions: Is this going to be expensive to fix? How would it be fixed? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Adam

scooperman_uk · Apr 26th, 2004, 04:19 PM

firstly sorry to hear about it. can u claim against the builders? or the company?

to answer your questions. im going thru a roof repair at the moment, no way as bad as yours i may hasten to say.

ive got a 2 inch dent / crease. estimate to repair is £560 inc VAT and its no way as bad as yours.

get to a dealer and get a quote. ask them what your options are. more than likely youre going to need the following.

1) drop headline
2) hammer out / roll out
3) strip paint and respray

speak to your dealer mate

Paul · Apr 26th, 2004, 06:18 PM

I got a roof dent last week, must be the season.

steve · Apr 28th, 2004, 01:56 AM

in the us we have a "dent doctor" and "dent surgeon" businesses who push out these types of dents with special tools. Great results, and they may do at your home. If you have similar "medical professionals" I highly recommend them. I have used them 3 times, bmw twice, and mini once, with great results

good luck
steve

Apr 26th, 2004, 03:37 PM	#1
adamlondon MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London Local Time: 06:55 AM Posts: 422 Offline	Dent on roof Some lovely builders who were working on the roof of some flats gave my Mini a little shower the other day. Along with the water and mortar dust, something a little harder came down and put a delightful little dent in the roof. How happy I was . I managed to get all of the dust and other marks of the roof with a good clean and some T-Cut, but the dent is another matter. Now to the questions: Is this going to be expensive to fix? How would it be fixed? Any ideas would be appreciated. Cheers, Adam

Apr 26th, 2004, 06:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 07:55 AM Posts: 38,595 Offline	I got a roof dent last week, must be the season. There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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Apr 26th, 2004, 04:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
scooperman_uk almost 59k Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reading / Berks / Uk Local Time: 07:55 AM Posts: 5,113 Offline	firstly sorry to hear about it. can u claim against the builders? or the company? to answer your questions. im going thru a roof repair at the moment, no way as bad as yours i may hasten to say. ive got a 2 inch dent / crease. estimate to repair is £560 inc VAT and its no way as bad as yours. get to a dealer and get a quote. ask them what your options are. more than likely youre going to need the following. 1) drop headline 2) hammer out / roll out 3) strip paint and respray speak to your dealer mate

Apr 28th, 2004, 01:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
steve MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: cincinnati Local Time: 02:55 AM Posts: 14 Offline	in the us we have a "dent doctor" and "dent surgeon" businesses who push out these types of dents with special tools. Great results, and they may do at your home. If you have similar "medical professionals" I highly recommend them. I have used them 3 times, bmw twice, and mini once, with great results good luck steve

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