I have a dent in the drivers door of my 95' Cutlass Ciera and would like to know if anyone know the best way to fix it. My car is otherwise in mint condition in and out and the dent makes the whole car look a mess. I used to get compliments on how well kept the car is, especially for its age and now that's all gone down the drain. Can anyone offer some advice. I don't want to spend a lot of money at a body shop; they want $1500 and I'd rather use that money for better things.
2007-03-10 08:15:38 · 6 answers · asked by Changed 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It takes a lot of skills but can be done.
Take a wooden hammer, then slowlyhammers the other side of the dent.
2007-03-10 08:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by Miasmarizing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a creased dent put in my car door when it was 6 months old. I was like you, it bothered me, as the car was in great shape except for the 4 inch dent. I was at my car dealership, and the manager told me they a dent doctor who was there that day. It cost me $40 to get the ugly dent out. He told me it might not look perfect because of where it was close to the frame of the door. When he got through, I could not tell where it even was.
My aunt had hail damage to her brand new suv. Small hail dents covered the top of the truck. She did the same thing, and her suv looked like new for a fraction of the cost. She was even able to pocket some of the insurance money that was left over
Find a dent doctor in your area.
2007-03-10 16:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine used hot glue and a board... she put hot glue in the dent and then stuck the board to it, once the glue cooled then she pulled on the board and when it came off the dent popped back out! I can't promise this will work since I can't see the dent of course and there is always a chance that it will take the paint off your car... haha
2007-03-10 16:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you remove the inside panel and take a ball batt and pop it back out or use a wet toilet plunger to mash against the door and snatch it out. auto zone has a kit to take out side panel dents its like two suction cups and a thing in the middle that gets glued to the door and you crank it with a handle and it pulls out the dent
of course you could do it the body shop way drill a hole and hook a weighted slide bar in the hole and knock out the dent
2007-03-10 16:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, you should take it to a mechanic, but what they do is hammer it from the inside to it's normal self, then they match the color of the car and paint over it, Simple
2007-03-10 16:20:09 · answer #5 · answered by Roxy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using a strong toilet plunger
2007-03-10 16:18:59 · answer #6 · answered by T-roy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋