Paintless dent repair drivers side rear panel question

darli328 · 08-01-2013, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

Just over the weekend my G35C got hit by a rock or something dented the hood about 2" inward. I used the tab holes to gain access to get about 90% out. Then enlarged the hole using a metal cutting dremel to get the last 10% out.

That is the difference between good and great work.

If you let the shop drill you can get the rest of it out.

Here's a pic of what it looks like. What do you think? Not sure if they could get much more out...

kenchan · 08-01-2013, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by darli328

Here's a pic of what it looks like. What do you think? Not sure if they could get much more out...

yah, lots of high spot distortion.

but that's probably the best you can do without drilling via pdr especially on decorative lines.

as long as you're happy with it that's wat matters.

btw, that amount of high spots means you got missing paint in the inner quarter panel where the tool pushed unless the tech touch it up for you. so you have exposed metal which is no different than drilling. at least with drilling, most techs will seal it using silicone before plugging it...and with a usable access hole, the tech will have direct access to the dent so he would do much less guessing... ie much less high spot distortion.

darli328 · 08-01-2013, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

yah, lots of high spot distortion.

but that's probably the best you can do without drilling via pdr especially on decorative lines.

as long as you're happy with it that's wat matters.

btw, that amount of high spots means you got missing paint in the inner quarter panel where the tool pushed unless the tech touch it up for you. so you have exposed metal which is no different than drilling. at least with drilling, most techs will seal it using silicone before plugging it...and with a usable access hole, the tech will have direct access to the dent so he would do much less guessing... ie much less high spot distortion.

Yeah, I figured that's the best I'm going to get without drilling and/or repainting. I'm not 100% happy with it but I'm more happy now than I was with the dent so I guess that's what matters and I just need to learn to live with it.

Btw, I'm guessing my only real option now would be to have it sanded/painted? Just curious, with my luck I'll get more damage on the same panel in the future.

ZWalt · 08-01-2013, 04:21 PM

Here's what a nice little hail stone did to my fender. The dent popped out nicely and it looks like new. In my case though they did repaint the car - had to replace hood, roof and hatch.

kenchan · 08-01-2013, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by darli328

Yeah, I figured that's the best I'm going to get without drilling and/or repainting. I'm not 100% happy with it but I'm more happy now than I was with the dent so I guess that's what matters and I just need to learn to live with it.

Btw, I'm guessing my only real option now would be to have it sanded/painted? Just curious, with my luck I'll get more damage on the same panel in the future.

Yah, the dots you see are base coat deformed under the clearcoat. Can't fix that without repaint.

kenchan · 08-01-2013, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ZWalt

Here's what a nice little hail stone did to my fender. The dent popped out nicely and it looks like new. In my case though they did repaint the car - had to replace hood, roof and hatch.

Then that's not paintless dent removal then, huh?

darli328 · 08-02-2013, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

Then that's not paintless dent removal then, huh?

I'm assuming he was implying they didn't do any drilling but I could be wrong.

Thanks again for all the info. I wasn't completely sure if there was a way to get ride of those makes without painting. What you said makes perfect sense though. I'm honestly just happy I didn't have to drill, with my luck my fender will get damaged again in the future and I'll have to repaint it then anyways.

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