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Old 04-09-08, 12:52 AM
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how do you remove a dent that looks like its done by a BB gun? besides going to a body shop for a little dent. its a small dent at a random spot it looks exactly like this. but its on my GS and on the drivers door. this is just a sample picture.


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Old 04-09-08, 01:13 AM
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that dent looks like it would require fender removal, or at least a way to get behind it. Suction cups work good for "pop can dents"...thats what I call them, but it wont pull that dent out. You need to get behind it with a body dolly and tap it back into shape. good luck!
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i was thinking about using the blow dryer method, i wonder if that would work against these dents. would it ?
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the dry ice method.

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Old 04-09-08, 08:02 AM
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take it to a paintless dent removal man....probably cost $30 but he can do it the best. no fender removal!
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a dent like that would not be called for the blow dryer and air can, simply too small.

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try it n let us know
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I had 5 dings removed by a paintless dent removal (PDR) guy yesterday on my 04 GS, he only charged me $100.00. 4 of the 5 came out perfect the other 1 was 95% because it was on an edge that he couldn't get to. I didn't want him to drill into the car.
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Originally Posted by kevs98GS4
take it to a paintless dent removal man....probably cost $30 but he can do it the best. no fender removal!
I agree let a pro do it and you will never know it was there.
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Those painless dent removal guys are crazy good at what they do. I've seen a guy pull out a dent from a car that had a baseball hit the fender HARD. Afterwards you wouldn't even know that it had ever been hit before.
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