Dings and Dents

[losh1971]

IIRC I paid about $170 for three small dings in a tailgate. I have one tiny ding that I think would be about $100, seems to be a minimum charge for the bloke I last used.

 

[hademall]

IIRC I paid about $170 for three small dings in a tailgate. I have one tiny ding that I think would be about $100, seems to be a minimum charge for the bloke I last used.

Okay I’ll have to do some more serious homework on this. Maybe my friend who is female by the way, was ripped off.

 

[NORTI]

My dent guy is too cheap. His work is great. Had him do the Calais and the Ranger twice now.
minimum charge seems to be $100 and I’m okay with that. First time he did the Ranger tub and the Calais guard for $150 the pair. The other quote was $600 for the Calais alone.

If you are in Adelaide I can’t recommend him enough.

 

[hademall]

My dent guy is too cheap. His work is great. Had him do the Calais and the Ranger twice now.
minimum charge seems to be $100 and I’m okay with that. First time he did the Ranger tub and the Calais guard for $150 the pair. The other quote was $600 for the Calais alone.

If you are in Adelaide I can’t recommend him enough.

Thanks. It’s good to know there are some decent guys out there!

 

[afstruct]

OK , soo bear with me some what long winded.

I bought one of those dent puller kits off ebay a couple of months ago= the 51 piece kit= I wanted the side hammer!!! = $75

Not much experience yet = about 1/2 , 3/4 hour mucking around .

I justified on 2 counts = lots of shopping trolley dents down the sides of the Maloo =( anything I can do to reduce panel shop prep= going to be repainted hopefully sometime next year = so no loss /cost sort of).
If it worked fairly well I have a couple of small dents on top of both front guards of the Monaro ( don't know how they got there but really **** me because it's soo dam straight = no shopping trolley dents or anything).

So because the Maloo was in the garage when got , there's 1 dent/crease in the bottom of the tailgate dumb ase = me put in.

So tried it on this first.
It is/was quite sharp = created by 1 leg of a star post and it's worst point is where there is a sharp bend.

Only crappy photos of the tailgate.

Did it work?
YES. 100% NO The dent is quite sharp and at the point where it meets the bend the glue adhesion verious pulling power is overruled.
This dent is still quite small and I would say looking at their promo vids= bigger dents I say bullshxt.

For me on one youtube vid sore a guy use special mirror to highlite dents = if works =I need.

Anyway I ventured onto 1 of the Monaro dents = drivers top front guard = obviously shxt me the most.
One go = not perfect , it pulled the center up = so now a little island but is soooo much more not noticeable.

So off my very limited experience I would say !!!
If want 100% = go professional = they will most likely remove door trim and push out== the best way to remove dent.

If happy to accept say 70 /80 % and may even get better improvement go for it.

Could even go 1 of the $21 to $25 kits and just need acetone= based nail polish remover if only want small amount and probably/possibly a soft wood Homemade punch = to tap high points.

The longest tabs are an 1"/25mm , if you jag the prefect match /curve/sideways = the bigger the contact area = the more effective= with also means clean clean clean =and never be clean enough for glue contact.
Put in the middle first/ length ways
Hope this helps!!!

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[hademall]

OK , soo bear with me some what long winded.

I bought one of those dent puller kits off ebay a couple of months ago= the 51 piece kit= I wanted the side hammer!!! = $75

Not much experience yet = about 1/2 , 3/4 hour mucking around .

I justified on 2 counts = lots of shopping trolley dents down the sides of the Maloo =( anything I can do to reduce panel shop prep= going to be repainted hopefully sometime next year = so no loss /cost sort of).
If it worked fairly well I have a couple of small dents on top of both front guards of the Monaro ( don't know how they got there but really **** me because it's soo dam straight = no shopping trolley dents or anything).

So because the Maloo was in the garage when got , there's 1 dent/crease in the bottom of the tailgate dumb ase = me put in.

So tried it on this first.
It is/was quite sharp = created by 1 leg of a star post and it's worst point is where there is a sharp bend.

Only crappy photos of the tailgate.

Did it work?
YES. 100% NO The dent is quite sharp and at the point where it meets the bend the glue adhesion verious pulling power is overruled.
This dent is still quite small and I would say looking at their promo vids= bigger dents I say bullshxt.

For me on one youtube vid sore a guy use special mirror to highlite dents = if works =I need.

Anyway I ventured onto 1 of the Monaro dents = drivers top front guard = obviously shxt me the most.
One go = not perfect , it pulled the center up = so now a little island but is soooo much more not noticeable.

So off my very limited experience I would say !!!
If want 100% = go professional = they will most likely remove door trim and push out== the best way to remove dent.

If happy to accept say 70 /80 % and may even get better improvement go for it.

Could even go 1 of the $21 to $25 kits and just need acetone= based nail polish remover if only want small amount and probably/possibly a soft wood Homemade punch = to tap high points.

The longest tabs are an 1"/25mm , if you jag the prefect match /curve/sideways = the bigger the contact area = the more effective= with also means clean clean clean =and never be clean enough for glue contact.
Put in the middle first/ length ways
Hope this helps!!!

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Thanks so much for your response. It certainly looks like your efforts made a difference. I’m probably erring on the side of looking for a reasonably priced ding guy now, given there is no guarantee I can fix my ding with one of these tools. In fact, I’m starting to think that I would probably make it worse

 

[losh1971]

In fact, I’m starting to think that I would probably make it worse

Yep, and that's my concern. I have spoken to a PDR tech in South of Adelaide and he said he has seen people have a go themselves and that it makes his job a lot harder, because sometimes owners stretch the metal using pullers.

 

[afstruct]

I would say unless you totally ase it , it will/would not be 100%
Pulling /repairing dents is a black art ,skill =that only experience can teach.

As soon as you have a dent =you've stretched the metal sooo the art is massage the metal back to it's original shape/form and equally shrink to complete the 100% process.