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#461840 - 31/08/12 10:15 AM Car door ding
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Well I was out with the family shopping and come back an some tool had opened his door to hard and put a lovely ding right in the crease on my passenger side door nice thanks for that
so I was just wondering if I could get this out myself as the garage are going to charge me 120 quid to get it out which I think is shocking as its not that big but I notice it everytime I walk to the car which drives me mad

So has anyone ever tried to get this out the paint is fine so it shouldn't need resparyed but its in a Horrible place right in the crease any help would be great
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#461841 - 31/08/12 10:25 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: Davis_ST]
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Tricky one tbh, not sure I would dare attempt it in case I made it worse, which would then cost even more to fix professionally!

I suppose you could take off the door panel on the inside and see it you can tap it back out or get some of those suckers the professionals use to try and pull it out but I thought they are usually for big dents not little dinks?
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#461842 - 31/08/12 12:02 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: Chrisjs84]
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I think those sucker things require some skill. It's very easy to turn the dent inside out and it stick out more than in.
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#461843 - 31/08/12 12:07 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: kinobeSTew]
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Try Dent Devils, they're usually only £90.

I got them to sort out a 6" crease over the swage line on the rear 3/4 on mine what was there when I bought it, and you can only tell it was there if you know exactly where to look.
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#461844 - 31/08/12 12:40 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: cherie]
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It wont be perfect unless professionally but i would start by takong off door panel and carefully try and push it through with something hard wrapped in a clothso not to scratch anything. I did this on an old car and it worked a treat
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#461845 - 31/08/12 03:21 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: enforcer]
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#461846 - 31/08/12 06:55 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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on the crease is a hard dent to get out
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#461847 - 31/08/12 07:32 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: Dan_The_Man]
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Hard but not impossible. You can send a photo of the dent to dent devils and they'll tell you if it can be done. I'll see if I can get my before and after photos... (I'm feeling too lazy to turn my laptop on at the moment.)
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#461848 - 01/09/12 08:58 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: cherie]
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For anything like that I'd trust the professionals. If it drives you as much as you say then surely it's worth getting it sorted properly?
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#461849 - 01/09/12 08:48 PM Re: Car door ding [Re: Stephlar]
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Aye cheers cherie ill try Devil dents as i would love to get it out myself as 120 quid for something that some careless idiot did and I have to fork out just pee's me off something rotten but hey that life !
But anyway I've contacted chips away and waiting on a quote so Hopefully it's not to bad of a price
Thanks for all the info guys
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#461850 - 02/09/12 09:11 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: Davis_ST]
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This was my dent:

(click for larger images)

I haven't got any specific 'after' photos, but you can't see it was there!
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#461851 - 02/09/12 10:33 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: cherie]
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How much did that cost ya
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#461852 - 03/09/12 07:36 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: Davis_ST]
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£90 (£75 + VAT)

It's all franchised, so the skill of the technician can vary, but the bloke is Cambridge is sound. He even tried to get an indent on my bonnet by the catch, and a small dent on my door, for no extra charge.
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#461853 - 03/09/12 08:25 AM Re: Car door ding [Re: cherie]
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That's very canny I'll send them a email cheers cherie
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