Does anyone think the hood on my r53 can be saved? Other than needing a new plastic hood scoop, the only damage is behind the emblem. Hoping to save-thanks!

 

Per the question...yes.
Per your wallet, you may be money ahead hitting up local wreaking yard (if you have one not too far away).

To do it right, that inner panel needs to be cut out, complete the hood skin repair lotsa work, then weld in the inner structure back in place.
The crease in the center is offset enough, that it will most probably need some very time consuming work... The rest is no problem.
OR...do a simple repair and fill it with plastic filler. I ONLY bring this up because I've seen people do worse !

Mike

 

I think it could be saved, but per OCR, it's going to cost to make it right. Or find some maverick body or PDR guy and see what they say lol.

 

Grind down, weld rod on, pull out, skim coat. Shave badge because cooler (or not, either way).

It's a 2006 or earlier car, don't go into the weeds with fixing some little cosmetic stuff when you probably also have rust along a door, under a tail light, or leaking sunroof drains.

 

I would check with a local paintless dent repair before trying anything else. Some of them are incredibly skilled and have taken out dents much worse than this. Since that part of the hood should be easily accessible from behind it will make the repair easier for them.

Regardless of this you’ll need to repaint the hood when it’s repaired.

 

I would weld on a couple studs to the valley & then pull it out, prying against some wood blocking (to avoid a bigger ripple). Then fill what's left, spot repair & happy motoring.

You will never get your money back on a concours level repair.