Bad dent in rear fender.. What now!?
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Bad dent in rear fender.. What now!?
So this happened not too long ago while I was in school. It's a pretty bad dent, looks like the person next to me didn't know how to park very well if at all. The little dents are from somebody who tried to do "paintless dent removal". Seems like they did paintless dent infliction and it looks terrible. Makes me furious every time I look at it. Anyways:
I'm dropping my car in about a week or two on some coils/buying 19x9.5 +0 and 19x10.5 +0 wheels, and the tires won't rub because the fender liner isn't dented it's not THAT deep. The fenders are rolled as well. The wheel well looks fine, but if I ever want to pull the fender a little more to run an aggressive set up will this affect the look of the pull? I understand the dent will be there. I'm just trying to look at my options so far I've though of either
- just repairing the dent, then pulling it if needed. Total quote was around 500 dollars. This is my daily so it would require renting a car or car pooling. Kinda of inconvenient with work.
- leaving it, then pulling it if needed and putting up with it. If it doesn't affect the pull too much I MIGHT leave it.
- Installing carbon fiber rear fenders. How much is this..? More info is appreciated!
I would just like some ideas, I've seen other threads with similar damage. Thanks in advance.
I'm dropping my car in about a week or two on some coils/buying 19x9.5 +0 and 19x10.5 +0 wheels, and the tires won't rub because the fender liner isn't dented it's not THAT deep. The fenders are rolled as well. The wheel well looks fine, but if I ever want to pull the fender a little more to run an aggressive set up will this affect the look of the pull? I understand the dent will be there. I'm just trying to look at my options so far I've though of either
- just repairing the dent, then pulling it if needed. Total quote was around 500 dollars. This is my daily so it would require renting a car or car pooling. Kinda of inconvenient with work.
- leaving it, then pulling it if needed and putting up with it. If it doesn't affect the pull too much I MIGHT leave it.
- Installing carbon fiber rear fenders. How much is this..? More info is appreciated!
I would just like some ideas, I've seen other threads with similar damage. Thanks in advance.
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You're positive you could PDR that? One shop said they couldn't because the fender is reinforced with another layer of metal. So it's dual layered? I don't really know, they gave me some long explanation and I was too aggravated to listed.
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The quarter panels are indeed dual layered for reinforcement. Two sheets of metal are bonded together right at the fender lips (you can actually feel where they are bonded). To do a proper repair, you'd have to get the whole quarter panel reworked and painted (rear of door to rear light & bumper).
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The quarter panels are indeed dual layered for reinforcement. Two sheets of metal are bonded together right at the fender lips (you can actually feel where they are bonded). To do a proper repair, you'd have to get the whole quarter panel reworked and painted (rear of door to rear light & bumper).
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If you feel under your rear fenders, you can somewhat visualize where the two pieces separate. They might be able to PDR this if they can somehow push on both pieces at the same time. Judging by the pictures, a body shop might need a bumping hammer to push the dent out. Hammer almost always equals to paint repair. Sorry dude, I hope I'm wrong.
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Just take the car to a reputable body shop. If they are unable to make the repair using paintless techniques, they can repair it in the conventional manner. in addition, they could probably roll and pull your fenders at the same time for a minimal additional charge.
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pdr generally doesnt work when the metal is creased heavily like yours appears to be. when theres an edge to it, it aint gna happen.. end result would suck anyways.
what do do now? the " Non full panel replacement" way is to have a pro pin weld it and use a pin puller, then shave the pins off and use some light filler ( since they did a thorough job of pulling hopefully), mask whole quarter and respray from door jamb to hatch jamb w taillight out. DONE.
prob 350-400 bucks id assume.
what do do now? the " Non full panel replacement" way is to have a pro pin weld it and use a pin puller, then shave the pins off and use some light filler ( since they did a thorough job of pulling hopefully), mask whole quarter and respray from door jamb to hatch jamb w taillight out. DONE.
prob 350-400 bucks id assume.
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Thanks everybody I'm going to see how my wheel set up goes then check out your solutions. On the bright side this could be my calling to go widebody, like somebody said. But I'm on a college budget. So that'll have to wait!
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pdr generally doesnt work when the metal is creased heavily like yours appears to be. when theres an edge to it, it aint gna happen.. end result would suck anyways.
what do do now? the " Non full panel replacement" way is to have a pro pin weld it and use a pin puller, then shave the pins off and use some light filler ( since they did a thorough job of pulling hopefully), mask whole quarter and respray from door jamb to hatch jamb w taillight out. DONE.
prob 350-400 bucks id assume.
what do do now? the " Non full panel replacement" way is to have a pro pin weld it and use a pin puller, then shave the pins off and use some light filler ( since they did a thorough job of pulling hopefully), mask whole quarter and respray from door jamb to hatch jamb w taillight out. DONE.
prob 350-400 bucks id assume.
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