jarhead
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posted December 20, 2009 03:43 PM
Paintless dent removal....anyone tried it?
I just bought an 05 Busa from a buddy of mine and I plan on reselling it in spring. The tank has a dent that looks like a golf ball hit it. No deep ridges anything like that so I was thinking of trying the paintless method. Any thoughts and experiences would be appreciated. BTW, I am keeping it out of my shop in my garage, I don't want it mingling with the Kawasaki's, it might taint the bloodline.
  
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zx14fan
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posted December 20, 2009 03:54 PM
I have a buddy of mine that owns a dent pro biz out here in ca.hes fixed alot of dents in my cars over the years.Its hard to belive how good you can make some dents look after hes done.It depends on how deep the dent is and if the metal is streched or if the paint is broken and what kind of acces he has to the dent.If you have a good tech it should come out perfect.
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AcadianaZX
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posted December 20, 2009 04:01 PM
 Edited By: AcadianaZX on 21 Dec 2009 00:02
Painless if a professional shop does it for you. The Dent Genie next door to my shop doe's good work and makes it look easy. A pro can tell you if it's going to break the paint or not. Good Luck.
James
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jarhead
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posted December 20, 2009 05:13 PM
Thanks guys, I think it is worth a shot. I am trying to keep the costs down so that profit is at a max on this thing.
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Big_T112
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posted December 20, 2009 07:42 PM
We do this on new cars off of the assy. line. We use hot clue dent pullers to get most dents out. If you can access it with a pic it should be no problem. At the plant on new cars you can't use Bondo so we have a whole department that does nothing but dent repair. If it's bad enough to have to be painted then we have to solder it up and spot paint it. You would be surprised at how many cars get dented from assy. workers dropping stuff on them.
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jarhead
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posted December 21, 2009 12:06 PM
My dad used to work in the paint dept. at the Ft Wayne GM plant, I have heard stories. I am going to try it and go from there.
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Big_T112
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posted December 21, 2009 05:11 PM
If you get a high spot use a piece of pointed plastic ground down to a tip to knock it back down with. We do it to 90K Mercedes-Benz cars and it works great. Just work slow, no hurry.
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LAB3
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posted December 21, 2009 06:11 PM
Be carefull.. you have to do this from inside the gas tank. They use curved metal tools for this and need a brace to push against. Clean and blow out ALL gas fumes from metal
gas tank. I have had hail dents repaired on wife's Toyota and you never knew when they were done. Never tried a gas tank.
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zx14fan
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posted December 21, 2009 10:12 PM
There is another way you can get that dent out yourself.drill and Tap an old gas cap then screw in a spark plug then run a long plug wire to the coil then pour one cup of gas in the tank and have your nabor hit the starter?
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jarhead
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posted December 22, 2009 06:07 PM
I will have the mother in law get started on it right away, we are covered in snow so I don't even have to worry about the grass getting singed.
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zx14fan
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posted December 22, 2009 10:29 PM
Lol
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