the paint guy won't be at the dealership till Wednesday so today I take it to a few body shops to get opinions/estimates and just like Andrew suggested, rather than repainting the hood and the general consensus is to touch it up with the stuff from the dealership. I understand the idea behind it though they are telling me that it'll be only be about 75% of what it was. Like I mentioned I still have not had the chance to have the dealer paint guy look at it but if it's the same story with him, that sucks. I called the idiot who caused this and he's still claiming to cover the cost. I don't want to redo the whole hood however if I end up with a scar on my new car because of the whole predicament, I'm not goin to be very disappointed. Maybe I just have not found the right technician and it can be touched up to where you really can't tell. I did a search for paint chips specialists but didn't get much. FYI the estimates to redo the hood are in the $600 neighborhood. I won't go that route even if it's the idiots dollar. I posted a pic of it. I'll see what the dealership guy says on Wednesday. The saga continues...