R56 First dent, what to do?
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I have had a couple dents in my mini already from careless people.
The first one I had Dent Wizard to take it out. It cost about $130 and was PERFECT when done. However, you must take the access panel off prior to bringing your car there... or else they will find their own way to get behind the metal by drilling or prying. Not good. I had to remove the entire interior from the back seat back to the trunk.
My second dent was in the driver side door. I "rolled" it out myself to about 90% complete. It is really barely noticeable... but drives me crazy.
I now own a new dent about 3" away from my first dent. THat one... unfortunately... came from within our own garage. . I'll have to pull the interior again... but this time, ill attempt it myself as it is pretty small.
You can make it worse if you try to correct it yourself and have never seen it done before. The metal panels on these cars are REALLY THIN. Im a little suprised how thin the sheetmetal is on these cars. A little disappointing.
Im not so sure on the whole heat and ice thing. Theoretically it may work... but you may damage the paint and it wont come perfectly out. YOu will still need to help it along from the back side.
The first one I had Dent Wizard to take it out. It cost about $130 and was PERFECT when done. However, you must take the access panel off prior to bringing your car there... or else they will find their own way to get behind the metal by drilling or prying. Not good. I had to remove the entire interior from the back seat back to the trunk.
My second dent was in the driver side door. I "rolled" it out myself to about 90% complete. It is really barely noticeable... but drives me crazy.
I now own a new dent about 3" away from my first dent. THat one... unfortunately... came from within our own garage. . I'll have to pull the interior again... but this time, ill attempt it myself as it is pretty small.
You can make it worse if you try to correct it yourself and have never seen it done before. The metal panels on these cars are REALLY THIN. Im a little suprised how thin the sheetmetal is on these cars. A little disappointing.
Im not so sure on the whole heat and ice thing. Theoretically it may work... but you may damage the paint and it wont come perfectly out. YOu will still need to help it along from the back side.
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I agree....something like that happens to me and, assuming the paint is okay, I call my "paintless dent repair" guy...not a typical body shop. This is all this guy does and he is an artist. Funny thing is, he's very reasonable, too. I always have to stop by his shop in Fort Worth because a quote will depend on exactly where the ding is and how hard it is to get at w/ his tools. I've had door dings repaired for under $50 by this guy.
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I whacked my driver's door on one of those &%$#@! posts at the gas pump a few months ago, and dinged the back edge of my door for about four inches worth ... a tough place to pop back out because there's a lot of folded metal there for the door-edge, and no good place to drill from the inside.
1. The "compressed-air-duster-and-hair-dryer" trick did NOT work.
2. The "dry-ice-and-hair-dryer" trick ALMOST worked ... but popped right back, twice.
3. The "Simoniz Pops A Dent As Seen On TV" kit (http://www.fitsmybudget.com/product.php?productid=16154), as HOKEY as it sounds, DID work. This is basically a hot-glue-gun, some specialty glue, and a handle-shaped gizmo that you use to pull the ding out.
YMMV ... but I was willing to try #3 when my usually-reasonable "paintless-dent-guy" said $180
(and would give NO guarantee that he'd succeed) --
1. The "compressed-air-duster-and-hair-dryer" trick did NOT work.
2. The "dry-ice-and-hair-dryer" trick ALMOST worked ... but popped right back, twice.
3. The "Simoniz Pops A Dent As Seen On TV" kit (http://www.fitsmybudget.com/product.php?productid=16154), as HOKEY as it sounds, DID work. This is basically a hot-glue-gun, some specialty glue, and a handle-shaped gizmo that you use to pull the ding out.
YMMV ... but I was willing to try #3 when my usually-reasonable "paintless-dent-guy" said $180
(and would give NO guarantee that he'd succeed) --
Last edited by basil49; 09-29-2008 at 11:54 AM.
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