Im about to primer my whole car and prep it for a paint job. i was just wondering if anyone can tell me how to fix little dents like from door dings. I was jus goin to put bondo over the dent and just sand it smooth, but i dont want to much bondo on the car, so looking for different techniques. if yalls dont have any information for me except to go to a professional. thanks anywaise.

 

Thanks alot. Ive heard of people using dry ice to pop out the little door dings, anyone hear of that or know how to do it?

 

i have tried the dry ice method and it didnt work very well. the dry ice i used was biomedical grade and they were about 3" thick....but it might work for you? good luck.

 

How large are these dents? If they are simply door ding, bondo is fine. Make sure you grind the area around the ding before applying the bondo. If they are anything larger, you will need to pound them out. This is not as easy as it sounds. You will need a body hammer and dolly to do a good job and to keep from dimpling the metal. I have seen quite a few people dimple the metal or make it stick out further from the panel.

I did body work for 2 years.


[Modified by Big James, 6:01 AM 2/1/2002]

 

there not big at all...like if you look at my car from the side, you wouldnt see them, but if you look at them at an angle with a light, then you can see the ding. i tried using a blunger to pull them out, but the ding is too small. so using bondo would work fine then? or not?
thanks for the help people.

 

Pay the dent remover guy to do it!
75$ for most of em.

 

for dings that small, bondo will work fine. But I also suggest you go to the paintless dent removal guy. I say a guy do this at a car show, it was definitely amazing. Good luck. Do the work yourself, it ain't that hard. Have fun.

 

who is this paintless dent removal guy?

 

dude im so tired of seeing that conversion on that civic. and plus it dont even look that tight. just adds weight. please dont brag about that kind of conversions.

 

just pay a little extra and have the shop smooth out the dents...all the time and money its gonna cost you will amount to about the same anyways...but if you are going to do it...sand down the dents to the metal then use Marglass...its lighter but its harder to smooth out...it works just like bondo...but better

 

Marglass? where can i get this at? thanks alot for all this help guys.

 

bring it to dent pro! haha...

 

 

OMG ....I hope that was a joke!!!

 

good god, i need to make sure to NEVER take my car to a professional body shop....i would crap my pants if i gave them my car to fix some door dings and it came out looking like that thing.....whats up with the trunk? theres nothing on the back....the taillights dont follow the contours of the car...and that wing...also, i was just wondering....did you put a V6 in that thing? cause i was just curious as to why you needed two holes for exhausts?

 

if the dents not that big and you are gonna bondo....
just grind the sheezy out of the panel first....the heat will shrink the dent..
also after that you can try and heat the metal with a torch....the metal wants to go back to its origional shape and it tends to do so when heated....
just a few tips and tricks that bodymen know..

 

hey man LISTEN TO ME!!! i am in the same boat as you, i had my car painted and i went that step to save money (money that i didnt have) on the paint job
i paid 600 for the whole car to get painted! that is dirt cheap. now i did the small dents with bondo but you can see them still. less and not as tragic but nonetheless you can see them. i also shaved a lot of stuff (side moldings, all emblems) the holes for the side moldings came out kinda bad. you can see where the bondo was placed but you have to look at it pretty hard so im not owrried about it, soon enough im probably gonna redo the pain again (philly conditions SUCK). anyway, the front WW lip needs to be redone cuz of scraping and parking but overall the paint job is great.
ok, so my advice to you is to go ahead and get the dents fixed like everyone said, small dents -> bondo, biiger dents ->bang them out, but make sure you get someone to help you if you never did this before or you think this is something easy to do i because its not. it is HARD. after i had my car done i worked at a body shop, i mainly helped out with trivial stuff like sanding but i saw how its all done. i could do it flawlessly now with time but its kinda too late. so get some help from a pro who knows his stuff or watch someone do it and learn that way, but whatever you do, do not do at it by yourself right off the bat and make sure that your car is NOT the first time your going to do bondoing
trust me, this comes from personal, recent experience
if you want to know anything else, email me
bocian320@hotmail.com
HTH
sorry for the long post


[Modified by bocian, 12:49 AM 2/11/2002]

 

hey SJ, call up Ding King, im in San Jo too (and SRO too, hehe). If u call them up, theyll prolly have you come down to a quote.

Dont trip about your ding. If you look at my integras door at an angle, the bastard looks like it has Cellulite. Thats how bad i need paintless dent removal. Also, look around in the yellow pages. Theres a load of detailers and PDRers

 

you want the help me out and give me some more tips on how to do it? i got one dent/hole that i need to push out and fixed when some foo hated on me....Thanks. i dont really care that much, the cars not really worth much anymore now, so im kinda using it as my project/learning car.

whats the number?

 

I would much rather do it all myself. Did they swap the engine and tune a turbo kit for you too?

 

trust me when i tell you this. dont bondo! go to dent pros and have them do paintless dent removal. come out perfect. they really work on lil dents and dings.

 

Yea you don't want your car looking like that civic

 

i dont have that kind of money...i was just goin to primer my whole car since i need my front lip, hood, rear hatch, and wing painted, and door since i need that dent fixed, might as well try myself.

 

i work at a car dealership and we have a guy come in and do paintless dent remeoval. i have seen him take out some VERy NASTY dents so i would try that if you can find a guy to do it!

 

how much would that cost then? i only have one major dent. everything else, is all door dings, and hater marks.