looks pretty nasty

 

nope its not repairable sell it to me for $1 lol

 

I'am no expert but a few suction cup pulls might pull it out, not a stand suction cup the one for body work it could pop out it'll look ok but i dont think it pop 100% back to normal,

Ive done one on my crx but it was half that size

 

take the interior panel out and pop some of it out.

 

go get it professionally fix. try to bang out exact size on the same place on a del sol and it turn out really bad...

 

its fixable.. it'll cost you an arm and a leg to get it done right tho.
if u try to be cheap, you will have a panel filled with bondo...

 

yeah thats not as bad as it looks, like the other guy said take the interior panel out and pop it out, but thats not all. your gonna need to do some filler work unless your an expert with a body hammer, get it as good as you can without hurting it, then use body filler or polly puddy to fill the little dents that you will have from popping the big dent out, i suggest polly puddy, everyone that is like "oh bondo is the way to go" are stupid, bondo sucks, its like the lowest of the low, cheapest of the cheap, if you want it to look good and stay that way, your gonna have to spend a little money

 

What is "Polly Puddy"

 

sorry, thats the body man in me talking, "polly puddy" is just polyester filler. its alot thinner and more flexible than regular body filler, its mostly for small dents, but if you use it right it will make your job very easy, you dont even have to grind the paint to use it just use 80 grit sand paper, and when you sand it it shows where all your spots are so its a win win!

 

Cant really tell from the pic, but by the looks of it if you had it done the right way, you wouldnt need any filler. Ive seen worse dents popped out without more than a skim coat of icing being used.

 

icing is also a nickname for polly puddy lol

 

call a paintless dent removal guy, i have seen the good ones work some miracles.

 

where you at?

at the body shop i work for we have a sick pdr guy!

 

it can most definitely be fixed, grind down that paint, weld a few studs on there, pull out the dent while tapping the high spots, and then put a little bondo on and youre good to go, also a little heatshrinking would help since the metal is stretched now

 

process:
1. remove interior panel
2. what i usually do is put some sort of tape on the hammer or the panel so you dont scratch it up too much
3. gently hammer out the dent from the outside in, this brings the dent out and shrinks the panel at the same time
4. bring dent to at least 1/8 inch from normal or better (thickness of a paint mixing stick)
5. sand whole area with 80 grit sand paper on a hard block (this shows all low spots)
6. mix polyester putty on a piece of card board and apply to the whole area, not just the individual spots, this will call low spots, make sure you get all of it covered
7. continue with painting instructions, since you didnt have to go to bare metal, you dont have to prime it, just sealer

 

ANY bodywork, I repeat ANY bodywork should be primed with high build, bare metal requires etching primer, and then high build, just depends how you wanna do the job

 

oh sorry, i meant surfacer and sealer

 

i totally disagree with the two guys above, ive seen fantastic repairs done with bondo from kragen and no sanding or hammering what so ever... lol


nah im just kidding. but really talk to experts and call a paintless dent guy, worth it.

 

i pushed it out myself ill post pictures tomorrow what it looks like since its dark now.

 

wheres the pics??? but dry ice works.i used it on my crx

 

I saw an interesting video awhile back, you know how you turn the keyboard canned air upside down and it shoots out freezing CO2? I saw a video of someone heating a dent with a hairdryer, then when it was warm they sprayed the CO2 on it and the dent popped itself out. Probably a less extreme dent, but it was more or less a poor mans heat shrink, funny stuff

 

yeah i didnt heat up my dent and it worked ok but next time im using a hairdryer

 

If you do end up reparing this make sure you knock the repair back to the metal before you go filling it with filler bondo what ever you want to call it, otherwise how are you going to feather the edges? dont go adding filler, bondo what ever you want to call it to repairs with paint on. I doubt that a pdr guy will get that out, the panel is more that likley streched so dont go hammering away if you dont know what your doing, chances are you will strech it more.

 

If you happen to find this video. Please share it with us.

 

i never trust body shops, they make it sound like its alot more horrible thanit is and over charge you, believe me im in that business, lol i know the deal