Door ding repair
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Door ding repair
Well, it’s happened. I got a freaking door ding. CRAP!
The whole ding is about the size of a dime and shallow (including pucker). It’s symmetrical and the paint is not damaged.
Any suggestions for having this repaired?
Thanks
The whole ding is about the size of a dime and shallow (including pucker). It’s symmetrical and the paint is not damaged.
Any suggestions for having this repaired?
Thanks
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From: Madison, WI
I've heard that dry ice can work. I have never personally done this, so I can't recommend it, but the idea is that by getting the metal surrounding the dent really cold, it will contract, and cause the ding to pop out. Has anyone tried this?
I had a car that got over $2500 in hail damage in one of the south's famous spring storms, and the body shop basically just used a torch to heat the area and cause all of the dings to pop out. The problem with using a torch is that you will have to repaint the panel.
Finally, most dentless places will try to get a spoon on the backside of the dent and gently push it out. It can work really well as long as they know what they are doing. Go to one that's been in business for a while, because there sure seem to be a lot of fly by night dentless places. I actually heard about the dry ice trick from a friend that asked a dentless place how they were going to do it. He went to another place, and we never did try the dry ice. It could be a cheap fix for annoying door dings though.
I had a car that got over $2500 in hail damage in one of the south's famous spring storms, and the body shop basically just used a torch to heat the area and cause all of the dings to pop out. The problem with using a torch is that you will have to repaint the panel.
Finally, most dentless places will try to get a spoon on the backside of the dent and gently push it out. It can work really well as long as they know what they are doing. Go to one that's been in business for a while, because there sure seem to be a lot of fly by night dentless places. I actually heard about the dry ice trick from a friend that asked a dentless place how they were going to do it. He went to another place, and we never did try the dry ice. It could be a cheap fix for annoying door dings though.
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I too recommend the painless dent repair. I was a doubter until I saw how good a job they can do after a massive hail storm here in South Caolina a few years ago. I had a ding on my wifes PT Cruiser's rear fender and it's perfect. As long as th paint surface is not broken the can usually fix it so you'll never know it was there. Since it's on the door, I would think they would have no problem getting behind it to fix it. But I agree...find someone who knows what they are doing. Most of the national dealers like Dent Wizard have an 800 number you can call to find a local rep.
I too recommend the painless dent repair. I was a doubter until I saw how good a job they can do after a massive hail storm here in South Caolina a few years ago. I had a ding on my wifes PT Cruiser's rear fender and it's perfect. As long as th paint surface is not broken the can usually fix it so you'll never know it was there. Since it's on the door, I would think they would have no problem getting behind it to fix it. But I agree...find someone who knows what they are doing. Most of the national dealers like Dent Wizard have an 800 number you can call to find a local rep.
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