Does anybody know if there’s a access way to get into and to the back side of the rear lower quarter sheet metal, with a tool or hands to reach down and either hand press or use a pdr rod “ paint less , dent removal tools”.
I feel like with a little bit of heat from a heat gun. I could press this out at least better only real dent on the truck when I bought it. but from underneath the truck, the inner panel doesn’t allow you access right to the outer . I thought maybe there’s a cavity inside the cargo area if I took the plastic trim out of the back maybe but I would only do that if somebody knows for sure if I can get down into it. I need access to the outer skin from the inside.
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Ignore the dirt there all around me .The only thing I could think of is to cut an access panel from the inside skin, as I’ve marked in the X in the photo but then that’s stupid... I feel like because I’m exposing good Sheet metal there are rubber plugs, but not at the right angle to get a tool in there.
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The goal is to press it out to an acceptable point and then maybe PDR the rest of it. I don’t wanna mess up the paint or pull it from the outside with a stud weld puller tool .. I think it would pop back with heat and some type of pressure from the inside pushing or outside pulling .. it might end up with a slight crease towards the bumper, hard to tell but I can work with that later.
I’ve seen these. I don’t know how well they work. They make an air dent puller of coarse harbor freight tools and a pdr set . Anyone think I’d have a luck on either with this dent?
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The steel is creased and streched and the bottom flange is distorted.
It will not pop out with a suction cup.
Dont worry about saving the paint.
You can go to any decent auto body supply house and give them your paint code and they will make cans of spray paint for you for about 25 bucks each.
Single stage or top clear whatever you want.
On a panel like that that is isolated and below the trim line I wouldnt pay somebody to fix that.
A cheap stud welder or a screw puller and a set of body hammers and some beer and some calm the **** down zen and you can do that yourself.
Most people who try body work screw up because they beat the hell out of the metal and strech it too much.
Little carefully placed sharp taps.
Every time you hit the metal it gets a little hotter and moves a llttle more.
You are kind of on the right track with heat gun idea but it is too small of a surface area to effectively keep that entire surface warm.
you will get much better results from.a quartz radiant heater.
Or even a propane heater from a distance.
Beaches, Cars, Wifes , pizza and socks.
They all work better when they are warm.
You can do this yourself.
Dont get nutted over the paint.
Because you can fix the paint by yourself
You can buy all of the tools and the paint to do it on your own for a fraction of the price that a body shop would charge .
And then, you own the tools, and then you know how to do it.
If you **** it up?
Do it again.
Nobody here is grinding diamonds or making wrist watches or whittling out heart valves in their spare time.
Forget about the paint.
Fix the truck.
Make the paint look good after.
You can do this and once youve done it you can do it again.
And you have the tools to do it again.
