[lambertface]

My car was broken into a few months back. They stole my iPod and stereo, but didn't touch the old guitar that's worth more than my vehicle. The idiot put a nice size dent in my front panel as depicted below. There seems to be no paint damage, so I was hoping the be able to pop or bend the thing back into place. It's such an eyesore, so any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[mightbuyone]

sell the guitar and get a new focus, then u will have two awsome cars only ones ugly and the others not, and yeah i have a similar dent "poping" it out didnt go so well but i duno im board and stuff so good luck bro

 

[StealthGray]

I think the "popping out" works better if it's done immediately. You might want to google "paintless dent repair" for your area and see what you find, and then get a quote.

 

[norcalfocus01]

dont pound it out your self! because it is right on a body line it could warp or have waves in it.

x2 on the paintless ding

 

[Roland07]

Yeah, if it were just on a flat or uniformly contoured surface you'd be fine for a little DIY. Unless it's professionally done though, that will look like crap forever.

 

[lambertface]

sell the guitar and get a new focus, then u will have two awsome cars only ones ugly and the others not, and yeah i have a similar dent "poping" it out didnt go so well but i duno im board and stuff so good luck bro

Freakin' hilarious.

 

[lambertface]

Thanks for the replies all. I have the panel off no, if it seems like I am doing more harm than good, I will take it to a professional.

 

[bigred]

Professionaly speaking...If you tried to "pop" that out yourself...which it ain't gonna happen by the way, There will be no chance to correct the damage you've done.
I own a PDR business, so I speak with some experience.
You're in Texas, there are tons of PDR guys there, look one up.

 

[bdnld4482]

try the ding king. 25 bucks at wallmart, you'll have to pull it a few times but it should work. i had some a-s open his door into mine and remove paint down to the bare metal and i was able to pull it out.

 

[turboguy327]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6AZoN0c6lI

 

[bdnld4482]

nono!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6AZoN0c6lI

i would not do that if i was you! a while back monster garage tried to do this to pull out a dent and it did not work. it made the paint fall off. and at the end of the vidio , it says clearly not noticed. i might beleife this if they took the camra and looked at it from a differnt veiw.

 

[turboguy327]

I have done it myself and it worked great on my dodge truck and the dent was there for about a month. Get it nice and hot in the sun first and then try it at your own risk.

 

[bdnld4482]

try it at your own risk.

wow, i dont think i would trust anybody that says try at your own risk. do you say try at your own risk cause your afraid that it wont work for him and mess his car up even more?[thumbd] no good

 

[disciplerocks]

I say get some Z3 fenders. But if you are going to try and do it yourself, make sure you use a hair dryer or something to heat up the paint so it don't chip.

 

[bdnld4482]

^^^^^ conferming what im saying. wreck your paint,,, yes!

 

[loudfocus01]

Dents suck......if you want it perfect, buy a new fender and have it painted,
or go to a reputable body shop and have them fix it.

 

[turboguy327]

It worked fine on my truck and would have no doubts doing it to another one of my cars. But all my cars are factory paint. I have no idea what different kinds of aftermarket paints would do. I was trying to help the guy out. Dont talk s[][][][][][] about me or what I do unless you have tried something. So until you try it shut up about the dry ice thing.

 

[disciplerocks]

Dry ice?

 

[bdnld4482]

Dry ice?

my thoughts too. ahh..daaaaaaaa... yea, im good on dry ice. dry ice is not going to help him out were the dent is .[thumb]

 

[disciplerocks]

my thoughts too. ahh..daaaaaaaa... yea, im good on dry ice. dry ice is not going to help him out were the dent is .[thumb]

Glad I'm not the only one who is lost[?]