How would you go about fixing this..

[94cc0rd]

A while ago, I was on the freeway when it was really windy and I think I ran something over and it went up in my front driver side fender and kinda pushed it out. I can't really describe it so here are some pictures... I just wanna know, how you guys would go about fixing this, or if it even looks fixable. I'm about to put on my rims and need to roll the fenders so I don't know what to do. I'm so :confused:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/sennett0r/IMG_2657.jpg

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[kandyflip445]

A body shop. Or go to the junkyard and find another fender.

[A Spec Products]

How many times I tell you already haha

Just push back into shape. If that doesn't work, use rubber mallet or hammer with towel around wood block. It got bent out, just bend back in. At the same time you can hammer your front fenders for clearance on your sweet ass wheels.

Then mask off that one chipped spot and rattle can. Done.

Take off fender first or at least remove the front bumper when you do it.

[SoSideways]

And when you have the fender off, relocate that stupid harness.

[exitspeed]

How many times I tell you already haha

Just push back into shape. If that doesn't work, use rubber mallet or hammer with towel around wood block. It got bent out, just bend back in. At the same time you can hammer your front fenders for clearance on your sweet ass wheels.

Then mask off that one chipped spot and rattle can. Done.

Take off fender first or at least remove the front bumper when you do it.

Bingo. Use exactly those tools and you should have no problem with paint or fucking it up more. Take your time and finesse it back straight.

[MELLO*SOS]

That's the poor mans fender pull, your car is begging you for wider wheels + tires up front...

I had decent results using a rubber mallet on my fenders, make sure the car sits in the sun for a while to get the metal & paint flexible before whacking away.

[Team Rootbeer]

better off finding a new fender if your going for great looks, bc that metal is now work hardened.....
there will probably still be a crease there when you bend it back out

but, if you dont care what it looks like, you just want it sorta straight again for clearance/pulling stuffs then just take it off and bend it back!

[mrmephistopheles]

Nice flakes in your paint..



oh wait those are water spots... :keke:


I say roll the fenders out to +70mm.

[94cc0rd]

I don't even know how to take off the front bumper/fender... I don't really care about it looking perfect, I just want it back to its normal shape...

As for the car begging for wider wheels... i got some 18x9.5+12 XT7 waiting in my room :)

Anyways... do you have to remove the headlights to take off the front bumper? Do most of you guys have your front bumpers screwed on or just ziptied on? Is there a ghetto fender roll I can do if I take the fender off my car or is it best to do it when it's on the car..?

Somebody teach me how to take off the front bumper/fender :(

[ayuaddict]

just take off the fender. IIRC there are 3 fasteners on the top under the hood, 1 behind the door, 2 on the bottom, and 1 or 2 behind the lights (?).

[kensreliableb18b]

just play with it and youll figure out how to take off ur bumper. if you're lazy and dont wanna do it, then take ur rubber mallet and pound away; just a minor flaw anyway

[Team Rootbeer]

Do most of you guys have your front bumpers screwed on or just ziptied on?




ziptied forever! shouldnt take you too long to figure out how to get the bumper/fender off....just whip out the 10mm socket and go to it!

just dont lose fasteners.....at least not for the fender, kinda hard to ziptie that

[infinitexsound]

bend it back straight....... then roll or vice versa, then do body work to the area....

[P4rD0nM3]

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TADA!

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[94cc0rd]

pardonm3, was it just dented inwards like that?

the reason why i'm worried about my fender is because it's bent outwards... if it was bent inwards, it would probably be an easier fix...

so a rubber mallet won't damage the paint or anything?

[infinitexsound]

yes it will... ur paint is already damaged with all the waterspots...

[HyperTek]

use your hand to bend it back, its obiously never gonna be the same again. Probably wont even be able to tell from a distance.

[ayuaddict]

you can always bend it in a lil more than how it was originally and use bondo to perfect it.

[94cc0rd]

well those pics are pretty old.. and i have washed my car since then.. but yea, the waterspots have damaged the paint already but ehh it's a old car ...

[SochBAT]

Dang, when i saw your pics, i immediately thought it was my bro. Same thing happened to his car, and just popped it back out.

Good luck.