Dent Pulling?
09-29-13, 11:11 PM
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I think there's a double panel in that spot, IE not accessible from the inside of the car unless you make an opening or find one close by and put a bar in from the inside.
Even if you get behind it and work it back out, the panel has probably stretched, and it will come out buckled and wavy when it is pushed out.
If you use an orbital sander with a coarse pad to take the paint away, be careful as these cars have very thin sheet steel and the heat from the orbital pad could stretch it and buckle it further. You'll have to go back to bare metal to fix that area, and end up using some body filler to finish off, and then match & paint the area to some seam lines- so probably the entire door skin will have to be repainted, along with the quarter panel behind the door, blending it in on the pillar. Dont blend it in on a flat horizontal surface, as the sun will fade the blend in a few years time. Blend the new paint on a vertical surface instead, if you must
Even if you get behind it and work it back out, the panel has probably stretched, and it will come out buckled and wavy when it is pushed out.
If you use an orbital sander with a coarse pad to take the paint away, be careful as these cars have very thin sheet steel and the heat from the orbital pad could stretch it and buckle it further. You'll have to go back to bare metal to fix that area, and end up using some body filler to finish off, and then match & paint the area to some seam lines- so probably the entire door skin will have to be repainted, along with the quarter panel behind the door, blending it in on the pillar. Dont blend it in on a flat horizontal surface, as the sun will fade the blend in a few years time. Blend the new paint on a vertical surface instead, if you must
09-30-13, 06:58 AM
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Maybe go for the glue-on stud puller before resorting to the usual stud puller?
Your dent techs in the US must be a LOT better than the guys we have here. They would walk away from that one :p
Your dent techs in the US must be a LOT better than the guys we have here. They would walk away from that one :p
10-01-13, 01:58 PM
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Wouldn't even mess with a glue puller just stud it out sometimes like with that door it's better just to fill it unless you want to spend alot of time shrinking the metal back cause it looks streched and deep like the 1/4 panel on it I'd pull the lowest part first while pulling tap on the high spots to get it to come out been doing body work for 10+ years so if there's any advice you need just shot me a p/m I'll be glad to help or share my knowledge
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10-03-13, 05:22 PM
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Go with the canned air and hair dryer
Compressed Air Dent Removal - YouTube
Compressed Air Dent Removal - YouTube
10-04-13, 10:04 AM
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This is a joke that never works on our cars the metals too thin and a hairdryer doesnt get hot enough to do anything so unless your working on a Pre 80's American car with a blowtorch or cutting torch and compressed air then if your really lucky it may work but no way 90's to present metal and don't believe everything you see on YouTube just cause you see it doesn't make it true ever seen a magic show bet you believe that ***** real too
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