Cheap Door Dent Fix

[nocomedown]

alright, so whoever owned my car before me was careless, and as a result ive got quite a few door dings on my car :bash: . i was wondering if anyone knew of any cheap DIY ways to fix them, cuz i dont really wanna spend a couple hundred at a body shop.

[TheSparo]

you could try the Ding King (as seen on tv :)) if they r big enough it will help... but if they r tiny then i dunno...

[Grant]

look up paintless dent repair in the phone book. they work wonders.

[nocomedown]

thanks :)
i looked for that ding king type thing at wal-mart, but the damned place didnt have it, so we'll see if ebay has it

[gfisch]

I dont know if you want to use the ding king. Some people seem to really not like it. I have never used it before, but I reacall reading therads on it here. You should do a search for it.

I have heard good things about the paintless dent removal places. I plan to have them fix some of my dings, mostly from hail damage from before I bought the car.

[FlyingChicken]

paintless dent removal DOES NOT MEAN HOLE-LESS

they might have to drillyour door and stuff to put the rod through to massage your dents.. watch out!

[hotrodman]

Dry ice and tongs works wonders for dents. It causes dents to pop out when introduced to the sun-baked body parts. Paintless dent removal is only 90% effective so why do they call it paintless? :rolleyes: Paintless dent removal is not what it's cracked out to be. You can also rub or push out a dent by yourself. I used to use a blowdryer on it to get it a little warm (not too hot, damages clearcoat) and put the dry ice in tongs and laid it up against the dent. Pop goes the dento.;)

[nocomedown]

hmm, i might try the dry ice, unless anyone has had bad experiences with that. if so, i guess ill just pay to get it done right

[gfisch]

Never heard of using dry ice like that. It really works , huh?
Hmm, maybe I'll try that out.

[sykikchimp]

when getting paintless dent removal done, if the dents are below the middle of the door, or on the lower 3/4 of the rear fender, they will have to drill holes to remove the dents. I have a friend who took out all the door dings he could out of my car, and couldn't get the lower ones b/c of reinforcement beams, and low body panel clearance.