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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:34 AM
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Originally posted by Phatmitzu
Wow, good job!! I have a dent too when I was hit n' run by some a$$hole in the school parking lot. Small one tho, wonder if I can get it off...




I have the same type of dent! some ******* white pole didnt watch where he was going and ran in back of me when i was backing out of my driveway!
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 04:36 AM
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hmm heres the pic
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 07:28 AM
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The Ding King or whatever you use will not fix a dent with a crease. It can make it better. I got everything out but the small crease with the puller after around 15 pulls. It takes around 10 minutes a pull to wait for the adheasive to dry, etc.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 09:33 AM
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I have a similar dent as you beaker02.. only about half the size tho.. the results look promising... i may have to give this a shot b4 i spend $120 on PDR's.. thanks for posting results
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 04:32 AM
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May try this. I have a ding on my rear passenger fender (right on the lip). A body shop quoted me $300 to repair it (putty) and repsray. umm yea right. They just wanted my money.

I guess we all try to keep the car perfect to the best of our ability, but these things happen
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by Beaker02
The Ding King or whatever you use will not fix a dent with a crease. It can make it better. I got everything out but the small crease with the puller after around 15 pulls. It takes around 10 minutes a pull to wait for the adheasive to dry, etc.
whats the name of the tool or tools you used on your car? also where did u buy them from?

looks great!

john
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 04:00 PM
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nm. i just found it online. Conceyted, i have the same thing as you but on my left side.

i just got back from new jeresey today. before i left i put my car to the left of the coconut tree and came bacj three days later to find nothing. wash the car and BOOM! it jumps out at me and i see a kinda deep dent with a crease on the hatch. then i see the coconut....


john
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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Just came back from a dent repair Z meet and the tools that guy used to repair door dents was a thin piece of metal and a hammer. I couldn't bare to watch him use the hammer, but he went through the window sill (between the car and a rolled window) and banged the dents out. He did a great job and everyone at the meet seemed very satisfied with his work. Now if only I can acquire a skill like that...
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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Yeah, I was fine for a whole year then finally got my first dent on the body crease of the pass door. I'll probably try popping it out the next time I have the inside panel off. That's what DentPro and similar companies do. Otherwise, I don't think Beaker's tool would do me much good. Wait...that doesn't sound good!!!
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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I've got a BUNCH of tiny little hail dings Don't really want to take it to insurance again, will try one of these before I go to a PDR out of my own pocket.
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 06:48 PM
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i bought that dent repair tool. it may or may not work. for 27 bucks it could be a bust or bang. anyhow, im not expecting it to work, but it gives me some hope of saving my little white beast from others dents.

anyone know where i can by and pure Titanium body bra for my entire car? haha

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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 11:14 PM
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I got mine (after 20 pulls) to barely noticable. I have to point it out to people now. For me, $20 well spent. Remember.......It only makes it better!
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Old Jun 21, 2004 | 10:46 AM
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Beaker02, For all that effort...a quick call to a Paintless Dent Repair outfit (like the DentWizard) and about $50 would have made that dent disappear in about 15 minutes. I've used them on all of my vehicles (with the exception of the Vette -- fiberglass) and they can work miracles.

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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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I agree, dent wizard was in town for hail damage, I had a dent on both my rear fenders, both of them were on the creases. I took out the interior panels to cut down the cost. They fixed them both for 50 bucks. They are absolutely impossible to see now.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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Originally posted by christoc
I've got a BUNCH of tiny little hail dings Don't really want to take it to insurance again, will try one of these before I go to a PDR out of my own pocket.
Make sure you go to A PDR shop. I got caught in a hail storm with baseball sized hail last year. I was crushed. It was like sitting in your car while somebody hit the car repeatedly with a baseball bat.

I had several large dents in the hood, roof, fenders and hatch. For $450, you could never tell the car was in a hail storm. They were even able to get dents out of the creases on the hood. I was very impressed. Seeing my baby dent free almost brought tears to my eyes.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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^ Oh that's a drag. So glad I live in California.
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