Truck hit my front left fender. Truck was lifted so just the tire hit it and dented the panel. No scratches or anything, so I want to fix myself. Can anyone offer tips on doing this? Tools, etc?

Here are pics:

 

ding king

 

dead blow hammer

 

yeah. call a trained PDR technician. that is defintely PDR work but must be done by someone who has been doing it for years. if someone tells you it isnt, keep trying till you find a place that will do it. you need a special tool which is a slide hammer with a suction cup at the end.

 

just spend $80 and let a professional do it...........your gonna end up like cracking the paint or something and have regrets

 

I would have to agree, you never know. PDR's are amazing. I had $3500 worth of hail damage on my itr removed for ~$900, and it was nothing short of amazing. I have pictures if you want, somewhere...

 

i agree 100%

 

you'll be suprized how easy it is to bend that front fender back by hand. i've had luck using pieces of MDF on the inside of pannels... palm of your hand, dead blow hammer... all work with a certain ammount of effectiveness. give warren a shout, he should be able to help you the most.

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Hell yeah warren's looks like buttah.

 

Don't be cheap, it's your Pride and Joy.

 

if you can get your hand inside the fender,,, reach up and push out from the leading edge of the dent to the larger part of the dent. do not use any thing solid to push the fender use your hand not wood or hammers. Just feel the fender and push the spots where the dents are and go from there.

But myself would hire a dent repair person for the job or head over to the local body shop for some help...

be sure to post pics of the after affects

 

keep in mind.. if the dent is not pushed in perfectly it could be even HARDER for a pro to do it after youve messed with it. but if you insist be sure you press on the dead center of the dent, the deepest part.

part that will be tricky is that you actually have from what i can tell about 4 or 5 dents in that fender


[Modified by BustaNutt-616, 7:51 PM 2/10/2003]

 

Yeah let a professional deal with the bodywork, unless you really don't care how it comes out. If this were an all out track ***** and you could care less about body wrinkles or dents, then I would say do it yourself. But dent removal actually ends up being less costly than most assume, and the work that can be done is

 

Try a plunger, took my dent out

 

word??? if so, how?TIA

 

just buy a suction cup. (but really you should just get it professionally fixed)

 

I could get those out by hand in a minute or so judging by the pics.

 

Do you just attract accidents? IMO take it to a dent place, it's not that expensive.

 

reading from the title, i thought you had a minor dent which you wanted to repair with ding king, but i would not mess with this one, - i don't think self-repair will cut it. On a bright side - theres no need to repaint.

 

lol you should see some of the dents we've fixed by hand..

edit: spelling.


[Modified by FyrStarter, 11:33 PM 2/10/2003]

 

If the truck hit you then why are you trying to fix the dent yourself...the truck driver's insurance should be covering it....

 

these that aren't interested in jdm front end conversion, yet want some type of functional conversion - i suggest the following:

- a saturn dent resistant door/fender/bumper conversion..

 

maybe he wants to use the cash for other things? personally I wouldn't even fix it.. but that's just me.

 

would j00 fyx dis?

 

with a hammer for a little bit.