How to repair a dent?
How to repair a dent?
Hi all, I want to try and push out a dent on one of my rear panels but it is in an awkward place.
I just want to make it as straight as possible without filler.
Is there anyway to access it and if so what is the best way to push it out, I've never tried it before so I want to be as careful as possible so as not to ruin the panel.
I just want to make it as straight as possible without filler.
Is there anyway to access it and if so what is the best way to push it out, I've never tried it before so I want to be as careful as possible so as not to ruin the panel.
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Peugeot 106XN
Peugeot 106XN
Ist rule - don't use a hammer as you'll stretch the metal locally and never get rid of the marks. What you have to do is to use as little force as possible and try and push it out. Shaped dollies can be useful but so are blocks of wood etc.
Cheap dolly sets are available all over the place which may help - also included in the sets are flat faced hammers which if used properly won't stretch the metal but are probably not appropriate here.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... eating-set
Cheap dolly sets are available all over the place which may help - also included in the sets are flat faced hammers which if used properly won't stretch the metal but are probably not appropriate here.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... eating-set
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If i remember correctly you cannot get at that area from in the wheel area as it is double skinned there and i dont think it is accessable from inside, I had a dent in the same place on the tzs and i just couldnt get at it to sort it out the only other option i thought of was a self tapper and slide hammer but that is brutal so didnt do it.
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I read somewhere the other day about a system that uses a heat gun (electric, like an overgrown hairdryer) to heat the damaged area and then spray liquid nitrogen in the centre of it.
The sudden contraction causes that kind of dent to just pop out.
Small dents in places like that can be big drama due to access problems making the heat and shrink method quite viable if you can get a bit of info on it.
Apparently being used by these "painless dent removers" over here.
Alan S.
The sudden contraction causes that kind of dent to just pop out.
Small dents in places like that can be big drama due to access problems making the heat and shrink method quite viable if you can get a bit of info on it.
Apparently being used by these "painless dent removers" over here.
Alan S.
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Just try it with a dent puller ..........if it dont work,then you get it done professionally ........all it's gonna cost is time,if it does work it's cost nuffin,if it dont,then you gotta pay.........[I sorted a dent out in my S in L's AXGTi door with a sink plunger] .....I dunno who was the more surprised when it worked .....him or me
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If you ever see an old time panel beater getting rid of (car park) pimples, he does most of it with an oxy and sometimes water is sprayed onto it.adamskibx wrote:Wow, Alan that method sounds superb.
This is a more gentle way of achieving the same result without dmaging either panel or paint. Just working on basic physics.
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I doubt it ..........it's damaged now.MULLEY wrote:Could it cause more damage if it goes wrong?
If it works,you've sorted it yerself.
If it dont work,take it to a bodyshop.
And if thats what you was gonna do anyway,what have you got to lose.
HTH
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