How to fix a dent?

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How to fix a dent?

Post by Xtian » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:50 am

Do you guys have ever tried fixing dent on your car? If yes, how? What tools did you use?

The dent in my hood is just unrepairable, tried with a plunger couple times, it does work but I have to do it all day and still it is not going to be perfect, the problem is that the dent is deep in one spot and the vacuum is not strong enough, so the dent can be popped.

I've look all over eBay and some other autobody shops, but nobody has a SRT hood. The regular that I can get from Certa-Fit is about $60 dollars, primed black.

Any suggestions what to do? Maybe wait for my tax return, which will be $1100...?

Thanks.

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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:57 am

Get a new hood, don't bother trying to fix a dent in a hood, you can't do it properly as its not a flat surface underneath like a fender or a door.

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Re: How to fix a dent?

Post by jetas » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:09 am

Xtian wrote:tried with a plunger couple times, it does work but I have to do it all day and still it is not going to be perfect, the problem is that the dent is deep in one spot and the vacuum is not strong enough, so the dent can be popped.
Are you fuckin serious? U mean a toilet plunger?? Oh god....I can jus picture that...
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Post by benzsxt » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:32 pm

Post a pic of the dent. My hood was dented and I am a bodyman but it was easier to get another hood.

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