Someone left me a gift today.....
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gm350reratliff
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Tiger Woods exwife maybe?
Rubberdown
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Call a pdr guy. 100 bucks and less than an hour.
harkco
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Yeah - I found one a friend recommended. Quoted me $150. Great way to start the weekend.
FactoryRide
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At least it's not like this...
rigtec
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Hi harkco,
A few months ago I found a similar dent on my rear passenger door. I noticed it in my driveway before leaving the house one day, but I soon realized that it happened in the supermarket parking lot where I had been the night before. At first it freaked me out cuz I'm so careful as to where I choose to park when I go there; all the way down the end, alone... where most are too lazy to go! Anyway, my dent was much like yours e.g., no chipped, scratched paint, or creases in the panel.
My first thought was to find a 'reputable' body shop to repair the damage. After being so angry (furious!) about it for a while, I started thinking... "I'll bet I can remove that dent myself using a technique that some use called, "Paint less dent removal". I had this done just five weeks after I bought the truck, when I accidentally rubbed the right rear fender against a garage wall. The rear fender got pushed in and there was a four inch gouge where the panel made contact with a two inch, steel 'cable guide loop' that I didn't see through the sideview mirror.
I got too close to the wall (within inches) and suddenly heard this terrible CRRRRRUUNNCH! :cry2: Needless to say, I had to do that again to move the truck away from the wall. FAST FWD... I did a little research and learned that there is a way to remove the dent w/o going to a body shop. These experts come to where you are. The job gets done w/o painting, fender removal or a body shop. I watched the guy eradicate my dent. He removed the passenger side tail light and assessed the location of the dent from the INSIDE of the fender by way of rubbing, tapping, feeling and pushing on the panel.
He shined a light on the dent, inside and out; making sure there were no shadows, obscuring the depths of the breached alloy from view. He marked the slightest crease w/masking tape and a pencil, so the shallow cleft would become more visible. Then he showed me, using a tool that looked like a three foot by half inch threaded rod with a 90 deg angle at the tip, how to "carefully" rub the superficial void away little by little, until the dent finally disappeared! Well, I remembered that technique like it was yesterday, so a few weeks ago I did the same thing to my rear door. I removed the door's inner trim panel (it's pretty easy and plenty of threads here on the subject).
I located the dent from the inside of the door, using my hand to identify the high and low spots of it's form. The long and short of it is, I was able to "iron" out this dent from the inside by rubbing and gently applying pressure to the bulge until the panel actually became smooth. The main thing you must remember is not to yield to the temptation of tapping it! The most natural thing to want to do is to bang on it. If you do that, you will create dents (high spots on the outside of the panel) which defeats the whole intention of using this technique. You know I'm no body mechanic, just somewhat handy but I thought I'd give it a try and got lucky; took about three hrs on a Saturday afternoon! I think if you give it a try you can gently rub this dent out because yours is much like mine: "no damage to the paint and no sharp crease" so you got lucky too! Sorry for the length of my post; got carried away... AGAIN :sorry: Hope this may help you w/that. Best and good luck!
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VoodooTitan
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Ah man, I feel your pain, so sorry. Bought my 14 TE-P in October. Went to Colorado for X-mas, while loading the Yakima roof bin, ask wife to hand me the pelican case with my xbox in it. Low and behold it slips, 2 beautiful symmetrical lines down the bend just below the window on the drivers side. :redbrick: small enough to piss me off, not big enough to justify paying $150... thankfully, have something through Toyota where I get 1 PDR a year. They paid up to $75 for it. I feel your pain my brotha, I feel your pain...
