About a couple months ago i had a guy kick my passenger back quarter panel and i was trying to fix it myself. Anyone have some good suggestions on what to use like pop a dent or something here are pics. http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/zf...07/SSPX0129.jpg and http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu81/zf...07/SSPX0128.jpg

Sand with 80 grit paper down to metal. Then apply body filler and shape then sand with 800 grit then with 1000 grit to ge the sand paper lines off.

First i would check behind it if there's room (after the interior is out) to push it from the back. there's other options, its just how "auto body" savy are you???

well i've already taken out the interior, theres no room from the inside

Have you thought about heating the area with a heat gun and reshaping it?

http://www.5min.com/Video/Fix-your-Car-Den...Hair-Dryer-4252

^ I wouldn't try that on anything larger than a ding.

so you should probably use the hair dryer and the c02 on like a door ding correct? I put a picture of my dent on my first comment just incase you didnt see it. i got one of these anyone ever used it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVpvL_FpoQ

This post has been edited by zfjohnson07: Oct 4, 2009 - 7:18 PM

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Not trying to hijack or anything but I had no idea this could work. I've been wanting to get a small ding out of my driver side door for some time now. So this dosen't cause any damage to the paint whatsoever?

^ Pure C02 can't damage your paint...however, if the dent violently pops out, there is a chance the paint could crack.

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I may give it a shot tomorrow for sure then. That small ding irritates the hell out of me every time I see it

I have about...four of those as well. It might work though, I've heard of the same being done with ice cubes while the car is sitting in the sun.

I prolly wont work because 1. You cant really heat that part good 2. A dent with a crease wont pop.

i will give it a try in a couple of days and see if it works that pop a dent didnt work at all, and ive heard that the hair dryer and the c02 might work so i'll give it a run

Yeah I gave the C02 (Air Duster) and Hair dryer a try and it didn't work and I gave up. Then realized that the ding In my door has a crease so that was a huge disappointment

ha that sucks man i hate this! i just want to get rid of my dent. i saw online it was saying get a 2X4 and put the end of the piece of wood to the middle of the dent and hit it lightly and it might work..

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you wanna make it bigger??? told you already, 80 grit down to the metal and body filler that thing. shape and sand and reapply.

your talking to a kid here you say 80 gri down to the metal and body filler.. its like asking me how to build a skyscraper.. its too complicated!!!

80 grit denotes the roughness of the sandpaper. Use that to sand through the paint and DOWN to the metal under it. Buy body filler, something like bondo, to fill the dent. Shape the body filler to the body, sand down, repeat and repeat and repeat until smooth. And then paint it, or have it painted.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 5, 2009 - 9:36 PM

write down what you dont understand, go to an auto store and tell them some guy on the internet told me to do this to my car cuz i have a dent i want gone then ask them how to use the products.

.........and im not as old as you think

This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 5, 2009 - 10:01 PM

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That's why you left such a retarded reply.

Do not use body filler to fix the entire dent. It WILL crack after a couple years, it WILL warp, and you WILL be paying to do it again if you use this method. Body filler is called body filler for a reason. If it was supposed to be a body "maker" it would be called body maker. Drill a hole, use a dent puller, and get it as close to straight as you can. Sand down to metal with a coarse sand paper, and take that rust off. Use SPARSE amounts of body filler to make everything line up correctly. You should NEVER go more than 1/4 inch thick with that stuff. Once the body filler is to your satisfaction and dry, sand with 100 grit (Less coarse than 80) Wipe dust off. Primer. Flash dry, Sand again. Wipe dust off, rinse and repeat using finer and finer grit sand papers as you go through primer, color, and clear coats. You should wind up using around 2000 grit by the time you're done.

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I did a 85 corolla 3yrs ago and the filler still holds. even held up to a tree branch hitting the worked area. My retarded reply is a step in the right direction to get the dent fixed. using my retarded reply back in high school got me the knowledge i have now to do my own body work and stuff. That's auto stores are for. you have questions, they have answers. if he wanted a detailed write up on how to use the products he can just ask. If you just tell people straight up what to do step by step they wont learn anything.
my retarded reply got this done. so i guess my paint job is crap then??
I went back to the auto store where i asked my Q's and bought my products. Their pro body people cant even tell where work was done.



11 months and no sign of cracking, warping, and sign to redo the body work.

The damaged in his pic isnt that deep so a puller would be nice but not neccessary, it would be more money for him to spend with the limited knowledge he has. I've done over a dozen cars and all of them turned out perfect.




This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 6, 2009 - 3:43 AM