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| vesnyder |
 Nov 19 2006, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933  |
Had to borrow the wife's car for the day - and she made me pay! She side swiped something (I asked as little as possible) and wiped out the mirror and gave me a nice bug dent and scratch on the drivers door. Take a look - any chance this is something Dent Wizard can take care of? Given it's a ten year old car I don't want perfect, just respectable. I've removed most of the crud that was on the panel and removed the door panel and pushed it out slightly but it still looks wrinkled. Any recommendations? Looking for a cheap solution.
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| vesnyder |
Nov 19 2006, 05:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933 |
Try these pics again ...
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| sww914 |
Nov 19 2006, 06:24 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,439 Joined: 4-June 06 Member No.: 6,146 Region Association: None |
Get some lacquer thinner and clean the rest of the smudges off.
The dent-pro guy will only be able to get 50%-75% of it, but it will look better than that. |
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| GWN7 |
Nov 19 2006, 06:27 PM
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King of Road Trips Group: Members Posts: 6,280 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Member No.: 56 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Dent Dr. .......nope, that panel is dented, scratched and streched. If it's a 10 yr old car and you don't really care, push it out from the inside as best you can and drive it the way it is. Or call your insurance company and let them deal with it.
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| Allan |
Nov 19 2006, 06:28 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
What's with all the rusty looking scrapes?
Did she side swipe a 914? |
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| vesnyder |
Nov 19 2006, 08:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933 |
She sideswiped a telephone pole, and they soak them in some kind of grease to keep them from rotting - I wiped it down with cleaning fluid and only the deepest scratches are left. Looks much better, but still pretty wavy.
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| Aldehyde |
Nov 19 2006, 09:19 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 9-July 06 Member No.: 6,404 |
I'd take the door pannel off and push it out from the inside as best you can. You might be able to get it to just pop back out.
IMO the increased premium wouldn't be worth having insurance deal with it - for a 10 yr old driver anyway. |
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| Jax914 |
Nov 20 2006, 07:48 AM
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Schwienhund Rennenmannshaft Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 7-August 06 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 6,602 Region Association: South East States |
take your average household plunger and give it a quick snap....you'll probably get most of that out....
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| abearauto |
Nov 21 2006, 01:43 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 10-May 03 From: washougal wa. Member No.: 677 |
the stuff they use on telephone poles is kreosote, oily based tar , use a wax degreaser to get it off this wont hurt the paint and it works good on removing road tar, freash overspray paint, dont use laquar thinner, to hot and will attack the paint.
can be purchased at local paint store , also works good to wipe down anything before painting, |
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| CoolAirVw |
Nov 21 2006, 07:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Kansas City Area Missouri Member No.: 6,370 |
I got a door just laying there in the garage.
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| maf914 |
Nov 21 2006, 07:29 AM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None 
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What kind of car is that? Where is Gustl when you need him? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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