body panel dent, help with dent repair please! Options

[bslik]

this might be a stupid quesation but, does anyone know how to pop out a dent in the quarter panels? like right in front of the gas tank door...

[punkuup5150]

if im right u can ither use one of those store bought dent remover things where u take a hot glue gun, glue a pad onto the dent and by useing distrobution of force pull the dent out. but i dont know if it will work for a dent like that. u can also try and see if u can access it from under the car by removing the wheel plastics and pushign it out with a rubber mallet being sure not to makeit any worse but i dunno if that will fix it or not. i know how to do it other ways but i think those r the only ones u can do without having to repaint

This post has been edited by punkuup5150: Mar 24, 2008 - 9:37 PM

[bslik]

thanks, i think ima try somethin like that

[parriehunter]

Hey, tell me how you get on. I have pretty much the same dent where someone lent on my car.

[NaderG]

wouldn't the hot glue mess up the paint ??

- i heard suction cups do wonders , just don't over do it or u will end up with an outwards bulge.

- what i did with dings on my doors was this : let it heat in the sun , then stick an ice cube on it , it pops right out .. magic , but i am not sure if that will work with a bigger size dent .

- that spot should be easily accessed from the wheel well , after removing the plastic cover , maybe try and push it out ??? ... that is just a noob suggestion though , i am not sure how it will react ... might make it worse or flake your paint ...

hope this helped.

[punkuup5150]

its not a real hot glue its black its actually cool stuff i used it for my moms old nissian after my brother sat on the hood and it worked really well but it was more of a dent instead of a crease. but i woudl try pushign it back out frombehind the wheel well if it doesnt work

[joehernandez]

get inside the car, and hit it hard with your feet,, people do that sometimes and it works

[hoopr50]

use a plunger after you dip it in a bucket of water. i got this idea from a local body shop guy cuz those pop a dent store bought things are pieces of junk and dont work

[speedfeen]

hot glue? wtf? lol heat warps panels, i would never put any sort of glue on my car...


that looks like a place where i had a dent before,

move the interior in the trunk and access it that way, use a dolly and body hammer to lightly tap to get it back into place, the metal is not stretched looks just distorted, therefore it doesnt looked creased and would be an easy fix, try the plunger too and see if that works, other than that thats all i can give you....

but about that glue....im not so sure...

but remember kids that IMO

feen

[DEATH]

Hot glue thing works BTW Feen - surprised you didn't know of that one with your background.

[D-Man]

Any Kind of Adhesive (glue) + Paint = No good... IMO.

i say hit it with the wet plunger. but if it's too small for a plunger to get, take some little suction cups from a radar detector or something, tie some nylon rope/string or something to it, Get it wet, stick it and rip it. (the suction cup, quit thinking dirty ya'll ) It's how i get rid of my little dents and dings. Just as long as you dont have any creases, it'll be fine.

Good luck.

[bslik]

ok well i took out all the plastic from inside the trunk and i could barely reach around the suspention and crap, seeming to be conveniently placed right behind the dent.

and as for the wheel well, its not a plastic cover, its the bottom of the car like that plaster paint stuff.


but i will try the heat then ice trick, i heard if u hit it wit the hot blow dryer for a minute then ice it with that keyboards duster cleaner spray upside down so the cold fluids come out, some tempirature reaction happen and pops back into shape

[D-Man]

Good luck. You'll have to tell us how that turns out. You just may start a new fad

And remember, when all else fails: Get it wet, stick it and-oh nevermind....

[joehernandez]

Good luck. You'll have to tell us how that turns out. You just may start a new fad

And remember, when all else fails: Get it wet, stick it and-oh nevermind....

This post has been edited by joehernandez: Mar 26, 2008 - 1:05 AM

[NaderG]

-the keyboard duster is made on inert gas compressed into the can. when u flip it upside down, its sprays the liquefied gas which instantly re-expands , thus dropping the temp ..... i am not a hundred percent sure , but that stuff maybe do something to your paint , since when its in liquid form it can act like a solvent ...... but this is just an ASSUMPTION made after taking a couple of chemistry classes , so i might be wrong ... safer just to use ice cubes , or ice cold water

[bslik]

hahah thanks, good idea
u may have just saved my paint

[Euphoria]

any luck with this? I have an ugly dent like that on the other side, same colour too haha.

[RickJamesBish]

- what i did with dings on my doors was this : let it heat in the sun , then stick an ice cube on it , it pops right out .. magic , but i am not sure if that will work with a bigger size dent .

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