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For small dings I heard that if you can take a hairdryer and heat up the small dent on the metal part of the vehicle for a minute or 2 and then immediately follow it up by spraying an air can (upside down to get the cold part) that it would pop the dent back up to normal.
That would probably work for the same kind of dents that the $4 harbor freight dent poppers work for. If there is a large dent in a flat panel or a mostly flat panel that is thin enough to flex by pushing on it, they can usually help pretty significantly. I bought a $4 harbor freight dent popper and, in the parking lot outside, popped a dent out of my brother-in-laws focus which dramatically reduced the appearance of it. Didn't entirely remove it, but helped a lot. Without body shop tools, i don't think it would ever get any better. But any kind of pinhead ding or anything smaller than probably a baseball would not be pulled out without a lot more force, and my guess is the 4 dollar tool would work better than heat and an air can, and is probably easier on the paint.
It's just a suction cup thing. I bought it at Harbor Freight. I'm pretty sure the only steel on these cars is too thick for it to work on. Like I said, I used it successfully on a Focus front fender, but the steel was thin enough to flex slightly when I pushed firmly with my hand. That's the kind of metal it works on.
Here's my 2 cents. Even if it gets the dent out, the flaw will still be there cuz once you dent metal it stretches and is basically irreversible.
#1:1999 pewter metallic y87 rs A4 camaro.check out the pics on the link below<br />#2:Bright red 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. Brand new 400 cubic inch Pontiac Motor. All work done by me, except the engine work.<br /> <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2216133\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2216133</a>
#1:1999 pewter metallic y87 rs A4 camaro.check out the pics on the link below<br />#2:Bright red 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. Brand new 400 cubic inch Pontiac Motor. All work done by me, except the engine work.<br /> <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2216133\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2216133</a>
Yeah, like it said, it dramatically reduced the visibility of the dent, but it's certainly still there. Well, it's hard to argue with $4, so if you have a harbor freight in town, it might be worth a shot. You could always use it for moving sheets of glass if it doesn't pop the dent :P
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