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Old 05-07-2003, 11:36 PM   #1
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So about a week after Rougefest, i park my car out in the lot here at college where its survived just fine thusfar. Next day i find a BIG F&%$ING DENT in the side just between teh passenger door and the front wheel well .
It doesnt look horrible, but it is an eyesore. I really cant afford to have it professionally removed (i dont think) as ive recently spent $1600 on bumper and tires and wheels (which will be on this week ). Ive thought about those Ding King doodads they show on tv but im awfully skepical about AsSeenOnTV stuff.

Am i stuck with this untill i can afford otherwise? or do any of you have some suggestions, tips, or tricks?

You can find a picture of the dent and my new wheels here : http://www.geocities.com/amd1200_266/bmw_wheel.jpg
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What a bummer!!! People just don't care about other people's cars. I always park out in the boonies all by myself...the exercise doesn't hurt either. ;}

I'd say save up the money and have the paintless dent removal done professionally. As much as I want to try the Ding King, it scares me...I've heard that it's great for dings that are quarter sized and bigger that are symmetrical in shape and not so great with smaller dings and dings that are not round. I've heard that sometimes it can make the ding worse. That's what scares me. I've had great results with professional paintless dent removal. Had a foot long soft crease dent in the lower part of one door and the paintless dent removal guy took it right out.
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Old 05-08-2003, 05:34 PM   #3
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If the dent is in the fender, and not the door, you may want to try a do-it-yourself fix and pull the fender off the car and get it up on the (carpeted) work bench.

After thoroughly washing the inside as well as the outside of the fender, heat the paint slightly with a hair dryer (to avoid cracking the paint), and pound it out from the back with a wood block and/or soft face mallet (be sure the block and mallet are totally clean as well). The fender steel is quite thin, so go easy with it.

If you do screw it up royally, you get another fender and have your paint guy paint only the fender. The color may not be perfect (due to sun-fading) but should look better than a dent. If the door and hood are buffed-out after the fender is installed, the gloss should match well.

If your bumper was painted off the car and matches well, the fender should look as good. You should not spend much to have just a fender, off the car, painted. Painting the fender on the car will cost much more, due to prep work and tying up a booth for the day to spray, BUT the color will be blended into the door and hood so it will look perfect.
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Old 05-09-2003, 06:49 AM   #4
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It should only cost about $100 to have Dent Wizzard fix it. Give them a try. They will do a much better job than trying to fix it yourself.
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Old 05-15-2003, 07:04 AM   #5
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Ill get to the dent later (i think ill need to replace my clutch first). I just got the new wheels on: 16x7 wearing Yokohama AVS ES100s 255/50w !!

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Old 05-16-2003, 03:32 AM   #6
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I would definately try to find someone that does Paintless dent removal. They have new special techniques that to where they can fix dents like that easily without paint.
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Well I finally got it out. I was reffered to someone whom could do it for cheap. $50. The dent was too large for a perfect paintless dent removal but the eyesore is gone, and you wouldnt notice the remaining dent unless you were looking for it.
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