ding repair

Cowboy Up · 07-21-2008, 09:58 AM

I have a door ding on my truck and want to get it out,I have seen guys at dealerships walk around and take dings out all day,How do they do this,and can I do this?

tvfc21 · 07-21-2008, 10:26 AM

There was a guy out my local dealership that used paintless dent repair when we got hit with a hail storm last summer. he used dry ice and a heat source and heated and cooled the metal and it just kind of popped back into place. Not sure the exact process though. After he was done you couldn't tell where the damage was on any of the 35 cars he worked on.

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matj1990 · 07-21-2008, 01:57 PM

well ive hurd take a hair dryer heat the metel then take compressed air turn it upside down and spray the entire area and it might pop out

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firehawk356 · 07-21-2008, 05:19 PM

Most of the "dry ice" methods are old wives tales. The amount of heat it takes to permanetly shrink metal almost always damages the paint. Paintless dent repair works by using long thin prybars or picks to get behind the dent and slowly work it out by pushing it up. It works very well if the guy doing it knows what he is doing. I spent 15 years as an auto body painter and have seen a good paintless guy work magic.

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LittleOleHotShotter · 07-21-2008, 05:35 PM

DentWizard.com : Welcome or go to a few dealerships and check out there used cars. If you see no dings, they have a good dent guy. Ask the dealer or ask dealer for there dent guys number. Ask a sales guy, not managers, they will double the price. If its 1 ding or 1 panel only. avg price is 25-45 dollars for first panel depending on which dent guy you go through. Dont do it yourself or you will make it worse. Most new dent guys work with plastic mirros and rods that go between door panel. No touch up required and most time they can make it totally disappear. Like i said, if you want quality, go scope out your dealers or high end stores.

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Cowboy Up · 07-21-2008, 05:52 PM

thanks for the info I thought it was something I could do

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07-21-2008, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
tvfc21 Cummins Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 100 tvfc21's Truck Pics	There was a guy out my local dealership that used paintless dent repair when we got hit with a hail storm last summer. he used dry ice and a heat source and heated and cooled the metal and it just kind of popped back into place. Not sure the exact process though. After he was done you couldn't tell where the damage was on any of the 35 cars he worked on. __________________ 2007 Ram2500 Inferno Red ST Quad Cab, 6.7 Stock and staying that way (At least until the boss gives me a bigger allowance).

07-21-2008, 01:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
matj1990 Diesel Freak Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: norfolk, New York Posts: 540 matj1990's Truck Pics	well ive hurd take a hair dryer heat the metel then take compressed air turn it upside down and spray the entire area and it might pop out __________________ 92 d250,5" turn out stack,smoke screw 4 turns,full power screw 3/4 turn,bhaf,boost gauge.....other stack coming soon

07-21-2008, 05:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
firehawk356 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Parker Colorado Posts: 19 firehawk356's Truck Pics	Most of the "dry ice" methods are old wives tales. The amount of heat it takes to permanetly shrink metal almost always damages the paint. Paintless dent repair works by using long thin prybars or picks to get behind the dent and slowly work it out by pushing it up. It works very well if the guy doing it knows what he is doing. I spent 15 years as an auto body painter and have seen a good paintless guy work magic. __________________ 2006 3500 SRW Megacab. Lots of Polaris toys IAFF 2164

07-21-2008, 05:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
LittleOleHotShotter Diesel Freak Join Date: May 2008 Location: My Truck, and Clearwater, FL Posts: 846 LittleOleHotShotter's Truck Pics	DentWizard.com : Welcome or go to a few dealerships and check out there used cars. If you see no dings, they have a good dent guy. Ask the dealer or ask dealer for there dent guys number. Ask a sales guy, not managers, they will double the price. If its 1 ding or 1 panel only. avg price is 25-45 dollars for first panel depending on which dent guy you go through. Dont do it yourself or you will make it worse. Most new dent guys work with plastic mirros and rods that go between door panel. No touch up required and most time they can make it totally disappear. Like i said, if you want quality, go scope out your dealers or high end stores. __________________ 6.7/6auto, afe, insight, 2 micron oil/fuel filters, riderites, 91 gallon aux, mag-hytec, amsoils - 115,000 miles & getting worked hard now - check out my truck pics http://www.myspace.com/coopertransport

07-21-2008, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Cowboy Up Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: alice Posts: 10 Cowboy Up's Truck Pics	thanks for the info I thought it was something I could do