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how to fix a dent??

Old 04-24-2009, 07:22 PM
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Ok, so i was just about to give the car a wash when i realized that i have a dent on the rear passenger panel of the car. Im pretty pissed right now, im guessing someone hit it some how at Wal-Mart. I didnt see this yesterday and at the moment. I cant think of anywhere else i couldve gotten it. I did go to a small restuarant but they take your order outside. So i never left the car, and never heard a hit or anything.

anyways, what's a good thing to fix a dent without taking it to a body shop??

here's a pic of the damage, taken with cell phone.

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I had the exact same thing happen to me a few years back to my 97 WS6. I took mine to the "Dent Doctor". It's a franchise PDR that fixed mine perfectly. Cost me $100 and it was completely unnoticeable.
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sorry but the way thats coming out is with a body shop/you stripping and port-a-powering it out, or that "dent doctor" razor mentioned. If you know someone port-a-power it could be pushed out but it will leave behind smaller dents and creases.
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Originally Posted by Badguy7
Ok, so i was just about to give the car a wash when i realized that i have a dent on the rear passenger panel of the car. Im pretty pissed right now, im guessing someone hit it some how at Wal-Mart. I didnt see this yesterday and at the moment. I cant think of anywhere else i couldve gotten it. I did go to a small restuarant but they take your order outside. So i never left the car, and never heard a hit or anything.

anyways, what's a good thing to fix a dent without taking it to a body shop??

here's a pic of the damage, taken with cell phone.

You can take the interior panel off and you can push the dent out from the inside. The metal isn't creased bad so you should be able to get it out.
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You can take the interior panel off and you can push the dent out from the inside. The metal isn't creased bad so you should be able to get it out.
it looks like its creased pretty good at the top of the dent
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have a pdr guy try to get it out first, and a porta/power is way over kill for a dent.
if your not happy with the PDR results then take it the body shop
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why would you use a porter power on a small dent like that is beyond me, nothing structually has moved its just metal and can be taken out, the metal is creased a good PDR guy can remove that dent

but c`mon a porter power??? seriously??? lol


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