My runabout Escort has got its fair share of battle scars for a 12 year old car but there is a 2" dia 'doink' on the bonnet which looks
like it will pop out easily ... if I could get behind it with a rubber hammer.
Is there an easy way to pull it out from the front? Some sort of vacuum plunger thingy or do I have to resort to filler?
ive seen a vid of it and it work surprisingly well, heat it with a hair dryer or heat gun (obv be careful with the heat gun not to take the paint
off)
get a bottle of c02 (the used an air duster) hold it upside down so that if you spray it you get liquid c02 and spray it on the hot dent, caused it
to pop straight out.
vid here :
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster/
Slide hammer and glue on disc...
Steve
Drop the bonnet on your head, if your well positioned it should just pop out
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Originally posted by dan__wright
vid here :
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster/
leave that doink alone - you'll only fix it and add another one soon after (murphy's law). If the car's 12 years old, concentrate on the mechanicals and nurse it gently.
Drop the bonnet on your head, if your well positioned it should just pop out
Thanks guys (yes, even Mr.W
)
That vid is superb - I will definitely give it a go when I can find some CO2 to squirt at it. [sideways glance to fire extinguisher]
IIRC Sealey sell a dent puller like a big sucker with a handle for just that sort of job
Just a thought - does deoderant use CO2 as a propellant? It would smell nice too
Suction cup from B&Q used for picking up glass etc.
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Originally posted by RazMan
Just a thought - does deoderant use CO2 as a propellant? It would smell nice too
Just use a dolly and a flipper.......
Update: I finally got round to trying the 'heat & freeze' method as suggested. I heated the area with a hairdyer foe a minute or so,
then sprayed on the liquid CO2 from an air duster ........... absolutely nothing happened 
It might be due to the fact that this is a very small
doink and was caused by a fair sized stone thrown up by a lorry (good job it didn't hit the screen) so the metal has had a fair old whack which
probably needs to be yanked out by more brutal means ................. I think I'll live with it now 