Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: mike142sl on February 08, 2009, 19:41:27
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Someone has opened their car door onto my back door and left a little dint [-X Any ideas what's best to deal with it, I've seen body shops attach some form of spot welder to pull it out ? Or shall I just leave it. Only it really bugs me at a particular angle.
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take door card off and push bent out see how you get on
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contact the local dent magician, when he comes talk to him nice with cash in your hand and he should do it cheaper. CASH IS KING!
(i have a chap ive got to know at a dent specialist it should cost £75 per panel but he does mine for £20 cash)
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Someone has opened their car door onto my back door and left a little dint [-X Any ideas what's best to deal with it, I've seen body shops attach some form of spot welder to pull it out ? Or shall I just leave it. Only it really bugs me at a particular angle.
Get a rubber sink plunger, as long as you can get a good enough seal, it should pull it out.
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The spot weld thing is called a slide hammer. You tack on a bit of rod, attach the hammer and pull the dent out. No need on a little ding tho, use the methods described above.
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You can get glue sticks that hot-melt and stick tot he panel then as they cool you can pull a small dent out. Heat them again to remove. You can also get dent pushers to work the dent out from behind, search for SMART repair tools.
Or pay the dent man, if it all goes belly up on him he'll have to pay to fix it (it won't, they are usually damn good).
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Thanks for the suggestions, particularly like the glue puller option. I might give it a go - prices range from £20 to over £200 though - are the £20 ones any good?
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Just been looking around you tube at this, and see some people using a hairdryer and CO2 spray. Seems that the rapid cooling contracts the steel and pops the ding out without damaging the paintwork - Has anyone done this?
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Never done it but I have also seen the youtube videos! It LOOKS like a fantastic idea, seems to work great! If you try it, please video it so we all know once and for all.... :D
Our local "dent man" is a damn miracle worker. There must be one near you I think its a national franchise thing, the dent man and the paint man!
Cheers,
Mike
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It doesn't work on Ali though and LR doors are ali aren't they?
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It doesn't work on Ali though and LR doors are ali aren't they?
Didn't think of that, I'll get the little magnet out and check.
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Not like the magnet I bought to pullout the remains of the halfshaft I bust, it's so strong it'll put another dent in your door :-.
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I've just used one of the many items stuck to the fridge door - a golden retriever I believe ??? and it stuck ! so I presume the panels are not Ali but good old steel. Tried it on the Zafira as well and it stuck to that also, but not as strong???
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I've just used one of the many items stuck to the fridge door - a golden retriever I believe ??? and it stuck ! so I presume the panels are not Ali but good old steel. Tried it on the Zafira as well and it stuck to that also, but not as strong???
Odd!....i thought landy panels were aluminium with a steel inner frame.
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If they are steelthen hairdrier and dry ice, or block of ice or CO2 spray duster form a computer shop.
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I've just used one of the many items stuck to the fridge door - a golden retriever I believe ??? and it stuck ! so I presume the panels are not Ali but good old steel. Tried it on the Zafira as well and it stuck to that also, but not as strong???
Odd!....i thought landy panels were aluminium with a steel inner frame.
It would appear not. It gave a very definite and firm pull on the magnet, much better than the fridge it normally lives on and the Zafira. I shall give the hairdryer and CO2 freezer spray option a go and let you know what happens - Spray is only about £6 from Maplins.
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Disco 2 has steel doors. I read it on a spec sheet once!