Copy and Paste: Dent Removal Technique?

July 22, 2010, 07:37:26 PM

this was a double post. I don't know how or why it happened. mods please delete this thread.

Copy and Paste: Dent Removal Technique?

Reply #1 – July 24, 2010, 12:24:54 AM

You could try to use a Stud gun and weld studs to the dents and try to pull
the dent out. Dosent look like it has any creases.

Or you can cut the pnl off and swap it

Copy and Paste: Dent Removal Technique?

Reply #2 – July 24, 2010, 02:33:32 AM

I seem to remember being able to get to a good chunk of that inside of the car after taking off interior panels. Maybe you could beat it out with a soft blow hammer from the inside?

Copy and Paste: Dent Removal Technique?

Reply #3 – July 24, 2010, 10:05:16 AM

haystacks right,
i would start with tools that follow the door jam seem and work that vertical edge foward (to the right in your pic or to the front of the car) just a tiny bit at a time all the way up across every single inch. this will pull the center area outward a little at a time. eventually you can pop the center out. This area is very important for looks so if you can find non conductive tools to to work this edge, it would be better. also, i would imagine I would use a tool that had about a 2'' or there abouts wide head. Im thinking a really good piece of hard wood shaped into a chissel would be better than metalic tools for this edge. if your metalic tool were really dull, that may work. Im just thinking that you might as well accept the fact your not getting off without some paint work and some exterior flat hammer work to tune up some dings that are too high.

At some point you will be satisfied with what you have so now you can make a jig to replicate the other sides profile.

to make a jig, find a really nice sold sturdy piece of cardboard about the density of a large corn flakes box.
find a penciel and secure it to something like 3 or 4 lego's stacked up atop one another.

hold or secure your cardboard to the good side of the car
slide your penciel rig deal up vertically and let the penciel tip trail the cardboard at you go up.

cut out the shape along the line and this is the final edge you are after when you lay it up against your damaged part. it gives you a good calibrated idea of when to stop hitting where.