BlakeV

The car has 5 months only but the rock chips rate is alarming.... I have like 6. A lot of small rocks on the road due to an horrible winter. My previous car had nearly none in 3 years and yes, I keep my distance. To add an insult to my injury, some ice felt on the hood it looks like hail damage in two areas, barely visible but there if you search for it.. The car is leased. Not a B9 specific question, but any idea of cost to repair?

S5man24

I’m interested too. I’ve been trying to compound and polish my hood and bumper but those chips are too many, too big, and too deep to get out. I’m so sad to look at my car that way when I’m so detailed I even use Q-tips to clean certain areas.

Any one recommend any body shops in the west coast? Specifically, vegas or Phoenix. My biggest regret is not putting a clear bra on it. 😭

luder888

Even with Xpel on the bumper I get chips on the edges where bare paint is exposed. I can't imagine the carnage on the hood without the film. Also if I have buttons (even plastic) on my pants and accidentally nicks the corner of the door frame, it'd chip it. I swear the paint is made out of crayon.

S5man24

Does anyone know how much it’d be? Or any recommendations on where to get it done? Any certifications I need to check? My hood is so severely damaged due to my 150 mile commute everyday in rocky Arizona. 😢

Ycore

It cost me 3K to have a passenger door replaced and repainted/blended, so it will definitely be far less than that. I'm not sure if you can just get the hood painted though, I believe they would need to blend it with the fenders.

uberwgn

S5man, you can find some hack who'd do the work for a few hundred dollars. To have the job done properly, it comes down to exactly what Ycore mentions. They'd want to blend into adjacent panels and you are looking at a multi-thousand repair, I'd guess.

Plan B: Dr Colorchip followed by a PPF application.

BlakeV

The numerous dents I had due to the ice falling on my car no longer exist. There were many on the hood and then two on the right door.

The guy did a terrific job. I was sure that it would just 'improve' and still see *something*. Nope.

Richr

My GF just had her 2015 X5 freshened up. There were numerous door dings, light damage to both bumpers and various stone chips on the front end, hood, and A pillars. The shop we used repaired everything including a full respray of front and rear bumpers with a perfect color match. I told her I thought she could expect to pay around $3K. The car looks like new and the total cost was only $1,400. The work was done by H &H Auto body on Hilton Head Island, SC. Based on that experience, I am pretty sure they would repair and paint the hood for under a grand. We knew this shop had a good rep, but were completely surprised by the quality of the work and the price. YMMV. It pays to shop around.

SloopJohnB@mac.com

Cost me $2500 to have the front clip redone on my 03 M3. Good to excellent restoration shop in Rockville, MD.

SloopJohnB@mac.com

Went down there one time a week before Memorial Day and motel was dirt cheap. Nobody there. Hot and sticky already. Stopped there on the way to Miami, FL.