no-psi

I didnt know where to post this... so this morning i decided to hit a pole. instead of hitting the front and messing up the hood bumper all that good stuff, i thought that the rear quarter panel would be better on a del sol. The dent is to big to cut out i think and to big for bondo. So i was wondering what i could do to fix it.
Thanks in advance

sohc'd upEJ8

Dude......That sucks......Take it to a good body man and have it hammered and dollied out....Or worst comes to worst you might have to dolly it,then uni-spot it and pull it out....Either way bondo is most likely gonna be needed.....Good luck

no-psi

Hey thanks man, i have a friend that does body work that i forgot about so im going to have to wait, but any other suggestions would be great

sohc'd upEJ8

no problem......good luck

travelor101

Your friend should know what a "spitznagel gun" is. It is a tack welder that tacks little nail like rods to the surfface metal, work around the dent and then into the center, then go back around with a dolly hammer and pull out to the best of your ability. after that, cut the nail rods off, sand them down, and start the heat shrinking process. Heat shrinkng is where you go through all of the smaller dents created by pulling the bigger ones. The process is basically heating up the rim of the dent into the center with a torch until the metal is red, then putitng a sopping wet rag on it right after. This forces the metal to reform in the more disireable position. This all has to be done from the outside in fo the best results. Then when you are done, sand off all that masty black crap, make it as smooth as possible with some 600 grit sand paper, and then you fill in the remaining dents with the bondo.

Heat shrinking is crucial to reinforce the strength of the metal, kind of cool too. After the bondo, you should have the rest. Wish you luck.


Modified by travelor101 at 1:47 PM 2/20/2006

MidwestSi

depends on how sharp the angles are but a paintless dent removal might be able to help some

no-psi

Hey thanks alot guys, very well written with the information i needed. ill see tomorrow what approach were going to take