dellyend1 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Hi all, had my GT6 a week and having never dinged a car in the garage low be behold something has managed to drop off a shelf and ding the rear quarter of the car . I am pretty gutted ! I think it was a rampaging squirrel knocking a paint canister off. anyway , I’m was not worried about paint as the car needs a full respray but I am rather anxious about the dent. I’d just like to know views / opinions from others experience as to how easily it is fixed at the point of respraying ? pics below and just trying to suss out of it could be pulled out from the surface by a body shop or if it is a filler job. I’ve had a look from inside the car and I think it is doubled skinned in that area and no way of getting acces to try and tap it out from underneath . if it could be improved by being pulled up from the surface I would probably take it to a body shop to get done in advance of a respray which I had planned for next year any advice welcome as pretty annoyed with thanks jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Do you have a local Dentmaster? https://www.dentmasteruk.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 anyone tried the freeze and heat to restore metal memory and dings / dents disappear ive not seen the adverts for that for a long time but it was supposed to work Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 If you are going to have to refinish anyway?. The old trick of welding a bolt/stud into the base of the ding, and pulling it out?. it won`t come right out but should then fill and re-profile?. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 You could drill a hole and use a slide hammer with the corkscrew attachment Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 A member of our club here in Melb is "Mr Dent" remover and hat he achieves is just short of marvellous I'd give them (your local equivalent) a try also relatively cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 I have seen Dentmaster remove bigger dents than that without repainting. Some of those guy's work miracles. And from memory don't charge for a quote. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Faulds Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 The guys are all correct, that will come out OK, get on to dent master, they are really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 Rampaging squirrel eh?? Love to see any insurance claim for that! I must remember to keep my garage doors closed. We have rather too many around for my liking and if they are now taking pot shots at Triumphs!!!???..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 Awe Nuts our cat brought a squirrel in via the cat flap he found it easy as the week before we ended up with a fat pigeon whats all the banging and crashing .. its Barley with his bird .... hides them under the sofa pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 Yes cats bringing in birds is the worse! Feathers everywhere, mice and the like are fine as long as they are dead on arrival or soon after 😖 It's when they put them down and go and have a snack then when they come back look surprised the mouse isn't there any more. While on the cat theme, we passed our interview and inspection last Saturday by a lost/abandoned cat and we are up to 4 now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, Chris A said: Yes cats bringing in birds is the worse! Feathers everywhere For months I was finding feathers on my garage floor, little piles of really dry stuff but no bones or carcasses. I couldn't understand it as my cats don't go in there, even if I'm working with the doors open. Eventually I moved the Herald body tub and had a huge puff of feathers come from the old bedspread I had covered it with. Came from my Grandfather's house many years ago and now has a tear, so the bird bits are escaping.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger K Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 If you are planning to have the body refinished in the near future, I'd probably leave it for the bodyshop, if they're any good. I don't think you'd get that dent out from the outside - and I don't think the body is double skinned at that point, is it? Needs checking, I think you could get access to the back of that. Either way, unless you know what you're doing I wouldn't try to fix that yourself. If you end up stretching or creasing the metal you make the repair a lot more difficult (and expensive). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 At least it is not sharp. Hot glue gun and a puller might do it. Warm the panel carefully with a hot air gun and a gentle push with a round stick from behind. Careful not to push too hard and get a point . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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