panel...repair or replace?

bgdog108 · 05-04-2004

Alright I'm getting everything straightened out with my car cause I'm thinking...well...*sigh...I'm thinking I might have to let it go for college...

One of the few issues I'm rectifying is a little dent behind the driver's door on the quarter panel, like right above the wheel well. It's pretty wide but not very deep at all and there's no paint damage. I was thinking I could pop it out or have someone pop it for me, or i could just replace the whole pannel... I'll post a pic of it when i get the chance i was just wondering how hard it would be to take off that panel and replace it with another...because like If i pop it out it might still leave a little crease and if I take it somewhere I know they'll charge and arm and a leg for it....
So...what do you guys think?

badass98svt · 05-04-2004

you definitely wanna pop it out. replacing the entire quarter panel would be very expensive. that piece starts at the end of the door and goes all the way to the tail lights! and it doesn't just bolt in it welds in! trust me on this one...call dent wizard or something. theres a place around here that charges $75 per dent (not too big, obviously).

1QWKSVT · 05-05-2004

How big is the dent? Is it creased badly? If it's not too bad you culd try to pull it out with a suction cup or toilet plunger. They sell suction cups for dent pulling at some of the auto part stores. I had the door on my 95 Probe GT caved in and I was able to pull it out with just a regular toilet plunger, the only mark that was left was just a tiny crease that was the top of dent.

bgdog108 · 05-05-2004

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...&postid=201886

That's one pic. The wost creasing would be arround the casing of the wheelwell where i can see it like ran into something on the otherside kinda...But yeah dent wizard 's sounding good...

GTron · 05-06-2004

Just attended a claims meeting in which Dent Wizard made a presesntation. They have no drill policy where they will not drill a panel to access a dent. From the picture it looks like the dents may be too large for their process. Your photo is so large that its hard to see the whole scope of the damage with out having to scroll the photo. Check the phone book or their web site to see if they have a rep in your area. Let them look at it. I think that you may have to use conventional repair methods on this damage. The damage is not bad enough to warrant replacement of the quarter.

newstangownr · 05-06-2004

You might be able to access the inside of the panel from the inside by taking off the interior side panels, etc. If you can, get a spare piece of wood (2x3) and duct tape or staple some spare carpeting or some kind of padding to the end. Use the padded end to push out the dent from the inside. I've used this method on the door panel of another car when my kid ran into it with his bike.