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Tailgate!

ljeff7

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So my older brother decided it would be fantastic to rev his vx and put it in reverse with my car behind it, anyways so my tailgate has a large dent in it, I need to know how to take the blacks covering (rough plastic) off the tailgate itself to try and push the dent back to normal
 

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Bad luck but notice the Thompson Motor Group in MEL are still selling pre -painted factory VE tail gates very cheaply so it may be worth checking it out. (Sorry cannot help with the lining removal).

Here...........Black OR White Holden VE UTE Tailgate | eBay
 

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WTF ? What was your reaction to that?:banstick:

Well you could imagine i was quite pissed off!

Plan is to take off the black covering, see if i can mend the dint back, if not ill just have to buy another tailgate :/
 

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Just make sure you check the tail gate if buying from the above mob.
I bought one but didnt open it for three + weeks.
Turned out it had a scratch in the corner and because it had been so long, the best they could do was give me a $50 refund.
 

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The tailgate comes in sections or purchased complete. I'm not sure if it is easy to get to the outer skin but to remove the black liner it's pretty easy. Remove the four clips(two on either side) next to the latch, remove the screws that hold down the liner. Now to completely remove the liner you will have to remove the cables holding the tailgate on.
 

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Has your brother not offered to fix it? My eldest boy accidently reversed into his younger brother's car and cracked his front spoiler. He kept apologising to his brother that evening as he felt so bad and paid to fix it.
 

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Man, $99 for a painted brand new tailgate is awesome, just do that!
 

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Man, $99 for a painted brand new tailgate is awesome, just do that!

Awesome deal I grabbed a spare one for my ute 6 months ago, bit of luck I will never have to use it
 

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Yea at that price you cant really go wrong buying of "just in case". The amount of utes ive seen with bashed in tail gates is ... quite high haha
 
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