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Post by wayne on Jun 22, 2012 16:37:39 GMT -5
A picture of a dented tank on another thread prompted me to put this up but I'll repeat it as a dedicated thread. If you have a nice original paintjob marred by a dent, look at this. Have your cake and eat it too. For this dent, they went up through the petcock hole. A friend had a similar dent but on the right side and they took that out for him as well so access doesn't seem to be a problem. They don't drill holes or cut access, it's all done from the inside. Here's a plug for guys who are fanatics and do a brilliant job. For those in Australia, contact Francois at Dent Buster. He introduced Paintless dent removal down here. He does John Law's cars (Australia's Jay Leno) and used to do Renee Rivkin's collection before the latter passed away. 02 9540 5499 For O/S, look into this before you repaint that original tank. Cost was about 1/2 to 1/3 of a quality respray. The dent below is even slightly creased. Without referring to the photos, I can no longer even find where the dent might have been on the tank. There is no trace of it whatsoever. Before: Like Magic.......went up through the petcock to fix this:
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FC Zach
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Eagleville, TN
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Post by FC Zach on Jun 23, 2012 2:49:42 GMT -5
That's good work! I had paintless dent repair done to my Celica years ago after a guy left a BIG door ding on a very windy day at work. He was nice enough to leave a note on my car, apologizing for what he had done, said he would fix the damages and left me his number. I prepared myself with what materials would cost and called him with the quote. He said he had a friend who did paintless dent repair and I should go see him. I was a little hesitant to do something like this but tried it anyways and I was amazed by the results! The repair man let me sit and watch over him as he worked his magic and with a little time and finessing he worked the dent out.
I recommend this for anyone who wants to keep the original finish but get rid of the blemishes.
There are some drawbacks though and the repairman should be able to determine whether or not this could happen, just like the guy who repaired my dent. He said that with the age of my paint and the severity of the dent that there was a small chance of the paint cracking due to the flexing of the metal. This didn't happen to mine however it was a possibility and is with any old paint, I guess he told me this as a disclaimer.
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Post by redbug2 on Jun 27, 2012 6:29:23 GMT -5
How do they do it? Do they form rods to push the dent out from behind?
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didge
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Post by didge on Jun 27, 2012 15:20:53 GMT -5
When I saw it done they used a card with loads of thin stripes on it , and looking at the reflection of the stripes in the panel, stroked, not pushed the dent slowly out.
Where the dent was the stripes were distorted, and as the dent slowly disappeared, the stripes straightened out till there was a reflection of parallel lines perfectly spaced and straight.
On a car they make a small hole in the inner part of the damaged panel to put one of the several types of rods in and get leverage, and then put a small grommet in when done.
It's all very clever, and very skilled.
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