Bob Boberson

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My girlfriend backed into my car a while ago and now that its summer I have a lot more time on my hands to work on my car. This looks to be one of the hardest to repair places on the car seeing as how the location to be banged out has the exhaust shielding, exhaust and gas tank surrounding it. Advice on the best way to get these dents out would be greatly appreciated.

darksider

try to get it from behind. you might be able to save the paint

Bob Boberson

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I am going to try to get it from behind, but I was wondering if anyone could share methods on how to pull the dent out. Also if it is possible to do it without having to remove everything.

Terrh

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first thing you need to do is clean and wax the paint there, to protect it.

I'd try the "yank it with a plunger" method though I've only had limited sucess with it.

That's actually a pretty easy place to get to since you can access it pretty much everywhere.. you will probably have to remove the muffler but maybe not, there's 6" of clearance there I think

Carzy Driver

looks like it's time to break out the dollie and hammer. in the spots you can't reach with the hammer, use a piece of wood like an extension. if you go with this method, kiss the paint goodbye

'87 turbo II

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ouch.....

comradegiant

Looks like it has a couple of pretty bad creases in it.

I definitely wouldn't try to drill and hook it, probably just make it worse.

p4nc7

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Befriend a little asian man with small arms who likes cars. There's your weapon of choice.

tandolla

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try to get your hand from behind it ( from the inside of the hatch ) and use your hand and see if you can get to it from there.?

Bob Boberson

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Hey thanks for the tip Tandolla didn't think of going from the hatch, I'll have to try that tomorrow when I get up. I've tried going from underneath but that 6 inches just doesn't cut it for a hammer. I definitely do not want to drill holes and pull it from the outside. Should I go ahead and try to remove some of the exhaust shielding and muffler to work on it? I'll try to go in from the hatch tomorrow and post back with how that works out.

Adam P

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buy a heat gun warm the area up yu CAN save any paint if its not to bad

classicauto

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You'll make it better but you'll NEVER get rid of the creases without bodywork. You will pop the dent out a little more then it is now, but sorry - you'll never fully right that baby without paint.

capt murph

Perhaps the 'paintless dent repair' man can do something for you. I have never used that service but I know somebody that does that, and just thought I'd mention it.
http://www.dentwizard.com/site/US/EN/pdr/pdr.htm

RRTEC

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That really needs to be cut off and a new pannel welded in. Sounds harder then it is.. That has some terrible creases in it. It will not pull out.

blackb15

They are really only good for door dings, etc. Not bigger dents.

Bob Boberson

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Well guys,
I took a little bit of everyones advice and went ahead and did it. Not the prettiest and certainly not perfect but much better than before. I went in through the trunk and used a hair dryer to heat the metal then proceded to use a crowbar to pry against a wooden block up against the panel. I then cleaned the area and used some touch up paint around the cracked spots. Ill post pictures later.

Bob Boberson

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Here are the pics feel free to comment on them. I'm not going to try to tackle the lower dent until I do something to the exhaust. Possibly put in the corksport catback or something(As a 17 year old R.B. is a little too rich for my blood). Here are some before and after pics.

'87 turbo II

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hey better than before though.

fcdrifter13

man its stretched to hell

turborotor

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Take it to a paintless dent repair. They do wonders. They will check out the dent to see if it can be repaired first. 75 per panel.

Bob Boberson

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Now that I've gotten the main part of it, I'll check out those dent wizard people, see if they can do the bottom for me or improve the top a little. I almost feel bad for what I've done to her...

classicauto

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Yeah, they *might* take that one a little further, but trust me - we do paintless repairs here as well - You'll never get it perfect without paint. Not that damage anyways.

Many people seem to think that the paintless guys have some kind of bag of magic tricks, but the actual amount of damage that can be repaired is very minimal. Most of the paintless repairs I successfully complete and sell are hugely minor dings that aret worth the cost to paint, so the customer pays to make it a tad better for a little fee.

IMHO you've got that damage as good as it'll get without grinding, filling, priming and painting.

SexInDaRex

no way that needs to be pushed out. Then bondo'd then paint. no way around that one. good progress so far though.