heres the thing, back in december some idiot backed into my car and put a nice size dent in my rear fender right behind my passenger side door! got the insurance money for it but used it all to pay off fines for when i got wasted and earned myself a nice dui! getting my l's back next week but still have a dent! anyone ever do any body work and have any advice on how to fix it. i've worked on motor yachts before so i know how to work fiberglass but metal is a little different! I have a few pics of it but dont' know how to put them in a post!!

 

how big is this dent? there are some diy body panel repairs but it aint for the light heart. you basically probably will need to pull off the panel, try to push the dent back in as much as possible, sand the damage area, clay (special harding-agent kind) it in to fill the dent, some more sanding, priming, painting, etc. yah...

 

its not real big. i already got the inside panel off and pushed the dent out but yea i guess bondo and some sanding is whats gonna do it. and specific type of bondo i should use?

 

First off...dont use Bondo. Its called BODY FILLER and if you do need to use, get Evercoat Rage Xtreme. Another thing is that if you can push out a dent, it needs to be shrunk done before you fill it. Otherwise it is pointless to even fill it.

 

what do you mean by shrunk done?

 

I meant to say that you have to shrink down the metal because it has expanded out

 

and hows that supposed to be done? the dents pushed out as far as it would go without beign to far out of course. i pushed on it a good deal and it doesn't go back.

 

i guess you use a freezer. but i see no point if it'll just expand again in the heat.

 

i dont' get it. if the dent is already out what else do i have to do before i sand and start doing body work

 

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ab_aut...378115,00.html here you go. this will teach you what you're probably looking for. check out that site, lots of diy stuff. probably should read up on some of the other dent fixing articles. hopes this helps

 

yea thats some pretty good stuff there. i'll be using some of that when I give it ago!

 

You should just go have some PDR work done on it. Thats if you can, but it sounds like you have done more damage to it with poppin it out so it might be too late for PDR work

 

it was beyond pdr before i popped it out. it had multiple creases and paint chips even rust spots where the creases were. the dent is over 7 months old now. the dent is only the beginning. the door has a crease on the corner that needs to be banged back into place and the edges where the panel meets the end of the door are all rusted too. its a world of work