Hello Guys,
In waxing my car this weekend, I noticed that I have dents in the quarter panel that stick out as opposed to the normal dent that pokes in. Both look like my tool box slid into the right quarter during a turn and the corners of the box made the dents. Bot are very small, less that 1/16". My question is: can these be fixed without needing a re-paint? If so, how?
Regards,

Sounds to me like high heal marks from sneaking momma into the drive-in. ;)

haha, or people across the border :D Contact a paintless dent repair busniess, they will check out the damage and let you know if it will be possible without a repaint, Most of the people in this business I've talked to are very skilled.

this kinda problem is the reason i'm considering rhino linking my trunk

Won't help much. There's not many spray or paint on substances that prevent the corner or sharp end of anything from denting a quarter panel. That's why in later years many companies went to lined trunk side walls. I did similar dumb thing with a pair of spindles in the trunk of a 67 Mustang. Had all kinds of proud dimples in the quaters. Live and learn graemlins/clonk.gif

I had the same few dents. One was from a 1-ton jack that tumbled over and smacked the wall. Spidered the paint!

I have been told to treat it like a piece of steel on an english hammer/wheel. Put a block behind it, and use flat wide-faced hammer. The trickey part is finding a block to counter to the inner wall. Some Sanding blocks have that kind of countor for the hand side.

Heating would help some. The metal has been stretched, so it won't ever go back to flat with out adding some filler. Well, that's just in my case. your small pimples should smack out pretty easily.

Just strike at it like you would a nail that is going in bent... Kind of a glancing blow. Take a small piece of 1/8" steel and recerate the problem. See how well it goes. smile.gif

Bet if you stopped by a body shop they would use a body dolly (with the right curvature) and tap them out for you. Only takes a couple of hits. The paint is gonna need touching up though.
In the old days they used to heat the dent with a torch and quench it with a wet rag. That would shrink the metal back to the original shape. Thats pretty dicey for a novice though.

You could just live with them until you need some serious paint work and do it then.

Paintless dent repair....

What is rhino linking? :confused: :D

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Rick

Originally posted by flywheel:
What is rhino linking? :confused: :D

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Rick I think he is talking about that black stuff they spray in pickup beds that looks dirty forever after you get dust on it. About the only way to get rid of it is to grind the metal away from it.

Bob

It's what I have as floor covering of my Chevelle. At least that's what some people think. ;)

Steve,

If you feel comfortable doing this, this work for you. When paintless dent repair (PDR)is done on dents that go in they use a series of specially designed pry bars and slowly pry the dent out. If they pry dent too far out they need bring it back down. Depending on the dents, you said they were about a 1/16th of inch out. You can take a slightly rounded screwdriver handle, place a claen shop rag around the handle, using the handle side against the paint on the high spot of the ding, take a small light hammer and ever so lightly tap the end of the screwdriver, make sure you go slow and to check the dent often. PDR takes time and is not something you can rush. I've fixed a many a dents this way.

Good Luck and safe tapping.