MAN DOWN!

[Scooby24]

The man in this case being me. Never get complacent with a ladder! Especially when you didn't think to move your car first. Stepped up on the top rung of the ladder in front of the car in A frame configuration. I lost balance and came down with the ladder hitting the hood and I landed on my ribs on the ladder. Ouch. I'm okay though.

First observation. Holy shit ceramic coating saved my paint. There was only one minor scratch that dug into the paint...the rest buffed right off. I should be able to make the scratch look 90% better with touch up/wet sanding and reapplication of ceramic.

Second observation. My PDR guy is legendary.

Third observation. This hood is strong.. I came down from 8 feet and I'm a hefty dude at 225 lbs. I hit that ladder HARD and to see this was the extent of the damage was impressive. Another reason I'm glad I chose Ford over Tesla.

Before PDR:

After PDR:

Time to repair hood: 3 days. Time to repair ribs? Pending.

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[timbop]

Ouch!

Oh, and it's a shame about your ribs

 

[DevSecOps]

I'm glad to hear that you're okay.

In order to lighten things up ... Maybe now you finally fixed that cross wind rattle?

And although I said once before that I like Scooby Doo better than @GoGoGadgetMachE this is a good case where a go go gadget arm would have worked better than a ladder.

 

[Scooby24]

I'm glad to hear that you're okay.

In order to lighten things up ... Maybe now you finally fixed that cross wind rattle?

And although I said once before that I like Scooby Doo better than @GoGoGadgetMachE this is a good case where a go go gadget arm would have worked better than a ladder.

Lol I actually have an extending grabber tool that would have solved my problem. So many ways I could have avoided that accident.

On the plus side, I got some super bright LED lights in the garage now that helped me see all the damage I did to my hood. So...that's...cool..

 

[rzanzerkia]

OP: That's a really nice dent repair job. Did you use paint less dent remover first?
I have used PLDR for small dents but nothing like what you had.
Sure ribs would take longer to heal

Isn't it funny how you can think of all the ways to avoid an accident AFTER that fact!

 

[MachEr]

I've always had mad respect for PDR guys. I don't have the patience necessary to do that kind of work.

 

[Scooby24]

OP: That's a really nice dent repair job. Did you use paint less dent remover first?
I have used PLDR for small dents but nothing like what you had.
Sure ribs would take longer to heal

Isn't it funny how you can think of all the ways to avoid an accident AFTER that fact!

I just did some minor paint correction first to make sure PDR was worth it and that the hood didn't need to be repainted. From there I just took it straight to my guy. He did indicate aluminum is more of a challenge because it is less "plastic" than ferrous metals and doesn't remember its shape. As a result it stretches and in my case there's one small area where the metal stretched and no matter what, will always have a little extra bulge to it. He needed a lot of heat and massaging to get the metal to lay down as well as it did.

He and I played with it more this morning as it was probably 90% but he knows how OCD I am and he and I stared at it for a good hour this morning with every push until he got it to probably 95%. Now there's absolutely no way I can see it without REALLY trying.

 

[Scooby24]

I've always had mad respect for PDR guys. I don't have the patience necessary to do that kind of work.

Especially when he knows me and that I'm going to challenge him. The trade off is I pay him whatever he asks. In this case it was 700. I'll retroactively file a comp claim, pay my 250 deductible, get reimbursed the 450, and then I'll also submit invoice for my own labor on paint repair and get at least my 250 back if not more. (and yes you can do that)

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

I just did some minor paint correction first to make sure PDR was worth it and that the hood didn't need to be repainted. From there I just took it straight to my guy. He did indicate aluminum is more of a challenge because it is less "plastic" than ferrous metals and doesn't remember its shape. As a result it stretches and in my case there's one small area where the metal stretched and no matter what, will always have a little extra bulge to it. He needed a lot of heat and massaging to get the metal to lay down as well as it did.

He and I played with it more this morning as it was probably 90% but he knows how OCD I am and he and I stared at it for a good hour this morning with every push until he got it to probably 95%. Now there's absolutely no way I can see it without REALLY trying.

I got a small dent in the aluminum hood of my SS Sedan that my PDR guy was able to fix about 95-98% of the way. The last 2-5% disappeared when I applied 3M Pro PPF. Just sayin.

 

[TRP]

My PSA 2cents......................Do NOT sneeze

Hood looks great, considering

 

[Scooby24]

My PSA 2cents......................Do NOT sneeze

Hood looks great, considering

Clearly you know what I'm dealing with here. Bad part is I caught my kid's croup right before and have needed to cough. BRUTAL.

 

[TRP]

Clearly you know what I'm dealing with here. Bad part is I caught my kid's croup right before and have needed to cough. BRUTAL.

Yea, no fun there. If you haven't already, I suggest a strong ace bandage wrapped pretty tight around your rib cage. It'll help hold everything in place when you have to cough/sneeze.

I'm a veteran broken rib guy. I do not want to add more experience to my name tho

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