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 Dec 7, 2003 - 11:19 AM
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I have like 6 door dings on my celica from gay people who dont care about others cars. how do you fix them? has anyone had any experience with one of those "door ding popper things" such as "Ding King Dent Repair Kit?" Do they work? that one is about 20$
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Dec 7, 2003 - 11:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Davenport Iowa Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
they work alright some of the times.. have heard some good things about dent king
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Dec 7, 2003 - 12:18 PM
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cool thanx
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:01 PM
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I'd think that those may not work on small door dings though. Let us know how it works out for you.
The only imperfection in my car's body besides the front bumper(argh...stupid cats and stupid Coomer) and rear bumper(argh....stupid mechanic) is a door ding caused by my good friend in my driver's side door. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:34 PM
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Well i go to a school with a dangerous parking lot composed of rocks. Most students do not care about their cars . . . especially other peoples cars. Although we do not have set parking spots, people park in the spots they always do. If they happen to be late one day and someone steals "their" spot . . . someone may do something such as break the sideview mirror of the car and leave a note that says "Don't park in my space again (as happened to my friend)." People probably also intentionally open their doors without regard to if it will hit the car next to them. |
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:38 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '02 From San Diego, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Dent King works great on dents. Doesn't do much for dings. I'll try and find teh pic of my friend's car that we used the Dent King on. But the Dent King is too big just for little dings.
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:41 PM
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oooo so i need something like "ding king ding repair kit?" |
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:43 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '02 From San Diego, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Here's teh pic that the thing worked great on.
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Dec 7, 2003 - 4:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '02 From San Diego, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
If you go to teh store, and open the box to see how it works, you'll see why you can't use it. It's a round thing, the you put hot glue on, then stick it onto the car, then pull on it. A ding is too small for you to stick the round thing to. Just go to the store and check it out for you be totally sure it won't work on a ding. -------------------- [toyota]
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Dec 8, 2003 - 4:20 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 24, '02 From Wirral, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
dunno about over there but most of these dent repairers are franchises - essentially you're relying on the guy to be good. i've had 2 visits to different chipsaway repairers (which is a franchise) - one was ok but the paint was a off but the other guy takes real pride in his work and you can't see the blend lines at all (he's also the uk clubs resident expert on dents and paint repairs..)
I'd only trust one of these dent guys if you get a lot of feedback first.. (or i you know someone at a local delearship who uses someone regularly to tweak the cars on the 'lot'.) the key thing with ANY dent repair is the surface area of metal you have to work with. A door or wing skin or even a rear wing arch should be easier to get behind with the smooth ended tools they use. As the metal is less taut you can work it a bit easier. If you tried to work on the bottom of the front wing, behind the wheel, there is less flex in the metal so it's harder to push out... it's worth noting that if the metal is a crease inwards - ie a sharp indent then it'll never be perfect. you will have a line still - as such it may be fill and spray job. A good dent repairer will be honest with you and say that they cannot repair it.. a bad one will try it and then tell you it;'s the best they can do... |
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