Need your opinion on this.

[marcuszzz]

hi guys, i wanna ask about the estimated cost to knock back my car's dent.. the dent is at the back, just before the tail lights. No paint has came off, i suspect someone vandalise my car with bare fist . im driving a black proton iswara. i just wanna get you guys opinion before i go to the workshop, i dont wanna get ripped off by the work shop.

thanks.

 

[imoloq]

If your car is not badly dented, you can DIY knock it back.

Here's my experience in fixing a big dent on my car:

http://img164.exs.cx/img164/65/dentsm1qf.jpg
As you can see, the metal has been pushed in BUT no paint chipped off.

http://img109.exs.cx/img109/4857/aftersm2pk.jpg
After: Dent fixed. However, since it was my first time, I pushed on the dent at too many places, making the metal uneven (as you can see from the reflection).

Tools: Rubber mallet, toilet plunger.

Process: From the inside of your trunk, feel for the dent. Use the plunger to suck out the dent from the outside. Apply gentle pressure on the dent and give a sharp pull. Once the dent is more or less "pulled back", use the rubber mallet and hammer GENTLY from the inside. DO NOT APPLY a lot of FORCE as it will make the dent area uneven and cause paint chips. And hammer the dent area uniformly. Don't focus too much on one area.

Happy DIYing!

 

[Edward Chew]

What the... so nice, your work. haha
The time is..... 6.11
:P

 

[dome zero]

if juz knock bk dent, e cos is no high, if u wan fix it wif paiting job thn other story lo,

example: i go fix my car's bonet, dented cos i kiss a volvo ass, e labour charge 4 it only RM70, but painting job cos me RM200+-

 

[strangex2]

Last time my kancil front kena langgar, size of a football and as deep as half a football (soccer ball, mind you).

Total cost of knocking and repainting the whole section and some bumper = RM300.

Then after that got motorbike langgar his handlebar into the back of my kancil... but I didn't bother to knock it back.

 

[m@ttz]

wah.. nice work la imoloq.. better DIY at part which don't have chasis frame = save ur pocket, unless it was serious..

 

[sebastianloeb]

wah, nice tutorial imoloq! Thanks for sharing.:regular_smile: