Today i'm working on this BMW 320d which has quite a substantial dent on the driver's side rear door
and some additional dents scattered across the same panel it's going to be a real challenge as
we have some deep areas, some stretched metal and some framework pushing through so sit back
and enjoy another dent repair transformation
Hi everyone it's jake from 1st Track Dents and welcome back for another paintless dent removal
video, so today we're working on this 2016 BMW 320d which has sustained some damage to the
rear door probably from a low speed impact from another vehicle when it was parked up there are
also some other minor dents scattered across the door that the customer would like removed
now the customer did take this to BMW and was told that it needed a new rear door and the adjacent
panels painted to blend in the colour but the cost to do this was absolutely huge fortunately he had
seen some of my online repair videos and luckily I covered his area so he decided to get in contact
with me to see if i could help. Now because this dent was such an eye sore he mentioned to me that
he was just happy to have this improved although i looked at this damage and i said no i'm sure can
do much better than an improvement so before we get started let's take a closer look and analyse
all the different areas on this door that need to be repaired. Now looking at this door i have
four main areas to deal with one two three and four if we zoom into the first dent we can see
that it's not uniform in its shape it looks like a couple of dents that taper off in different
directions and if you look closely we can see another dent just hiding below this one here
Moving on to Dent number two we can see that this is just a standard round dent
so should be an easy one to remove moving on to dent number three
again this is a nice textbook round dent so i'm sure i won't have any issues with this one
okay now on to area number four the challenging part of the repair and if we zoom in slightly we
can see that this can also be broken down into three separate areas which i'll call A, B and C
looking at section A in detail we can see that we have one area which has quite a deep indentation
then just up slightly to the left we have a couple more dents which are slightly more shallow the
deepest dent has quite a sharp crown just above it and then just to the left we can see a double high
ridge which is probably the frame behind pushing into the door skin right now onto section b
this is probably the section that i'm most concerned about because it looks and feels like
this section has stretched the metal so i have to look at using some cold shrinking techniques
to tighten this area back up again lastly onto section C this is a crease that goes down to the
lower corner and if we look closely we can also see the edge of the door frame pushing through,
this can be quite difficult to rectify but using the right techniques it shouldn't be a problem
okay so that's the complete breakdown of the whole repair so now it's time to get started
So in order to carry out this repair i first need to remove the interior door trim
so first i prise off the plastic trim on the grab handle which will expose the two
torx screws that hold the trim on once these are both removed i use a gentle bit of force
to pop the door trim off then one by one i can remove all the various wires
cables and switches allowing me to completely remove the trim from the door to get into the
internal section of the door i need to gently pull the foam membrane away from the frame now inside
the door we can see that we have this reinforced metal brace section this is the cause of the high
areas on the face of the door and as we go down into the bottom of the door we can see that i
have good access into the lower corner with no obstructions in the middle of the door we have
a sound deadening mat but all the dents are above this so there's no need to disturb it
i've decided to remove all the minor dents first starting with area number one
starting with the smaller dents allows me to get a feel for the metal luckily there is a wiring
loom hole at the side of the door which will give me great access onto the back of the dent
so a quick warm-up to soften the paint and then i can use my plastic bullet tip to push this dent up
so now the panel is warm i use some precise pushing in exactly the right
places to bring this dent up quickly and cleanly
then using my sharp tap down i can address any areas that have come up too high
and there we go the first dent has come out perfectly a quick pass by with the
light shows it's completely gone now time to switch sides to deal with this small dent on
the top section here at area number two for this dent i'm just using a standard
bar here from A1 tools to get up into the top section the huge gap at the back of the door
allows me to get some great access up into this top section to remove this dent easily
being such a round soft uniform den this one is much easier to push up and remove
this one only has a couple of micro highs that need tapping down and there we go
another dent removed easily and cleanly the last of the minor dents is this one area
number three the round dent here in the middle of the door i'm using another slightly thicker
bar here from A1 tools with a larger tapered tip i'm using a slightly thicker bar as there
is more flex in the middle of the panel so i need a stronger bar to give me more force
as you can see i'm just working my way around this dent using some controlled pushes
to bring this dent up cleanly as before there are only a few minor areas to tap down and as
you can see this dent has also come out perfectly and that is the last one of all the minor dents
now i'm going to start working on the main area of damage and i'm going to start with section C
which is this section in the corner here which has creased the metal and pushed the frame into
the outer skin of the door panel so it's going to be an awkward one to get behind therefore i've
decided to start with some glue pulling first i'll clean the panel some alcohol solution then using
some Gang Green tabs from Black Plague i carefully position them into the corner of the door
Then using a couple of sharp pulls on the slide hammer i start pulling out the crease running into
the corner of the door not bad for a first glue pull attempt a lot of this dent has already come
out, any areas that have come out too high get tapped back down again using my sharp knockdown
i moved quite a bit of metal with the first tabs
but just need a second round of tabs to pull the damage out slightly more
i'm using the slide hammer again to get some good pulls down in this section
to pull more of this damage out once that's done i simply remove the glue from the panel right now
it's time to tackle the main dent at the top here at section A. this is quite a deep dent to deal
with and i also have the diagonal high ridge which is the internal brace pushing into the outer skin
so i'm setting up my light in the right position and i'm using a super sharp tip
to work my way along this crease flattening back out the panel i have to be super accurate
here with my tapping down as i don't want to create any additional damage that i will have
to remove later and as you can see the crease is responding well and is coming out nicely and
there you go the high ridge is flattened back out and has flowed back into the adjacent metal
Now i'm going to concentrate on bringing up this deep low in the center so i'm using a
couple of large glue tabs i'm sticking right in the middle one above the other once the
glue is dried i then use my slide hammer to give a few sharp pulls to pull the damage out
as you can see here i'm also pulling the center while tapping down the crown
using some alcohol solution I can prise the glue tab back off the panel
and as you can see about half of the dent has come up time now to address some of the high areas
first i'm using my rubber tap down to remove the high ridge to the left of this low area
next i glue another larger tab right in the center
again using a sharp pull on the slide hammer i can try and pull this center up then using
my tap downs again i can continue tapping down the high areas around the perimeter of this dent
i'm constantly changing my tap downs to suit the size and shape of the high areas
now i'm using a long rectangular glue tab to bring up another low area just above this
main dent you can hear by the loudness of the slide hammer pulls the force sometimes required
to lift these strong areas up the dents come out nicely and just needs a few tap downs to bring the
raised area back in line with the surrounding metal now i'm going in behind my Ultra Dent
screw screw on tip bar with an extension and i'm starting off with the plastic vinyl tip
first i warm this area up and then i can use this bar with a nylon tip
to give some controlled pushes from the back side
slowly i work the tool behind and this gradually brings up all the low areas
that the glue pulling left behind the low area is quite large so it takes a bit of time to do
i then use my tap down tool to tap down any areas that have come up too high this will level the
area back out again and already this section is roughly getting back to how it looked before
now i'm coming down to section b this is the area that concerns me the most as
the damage is quite deep here the metal is almost certainly stretched slightly
so to correct this i'm using my sharp metal tip
luckily there is good access down to this section and once i slide the bar into position
i can start to carefully push this damage back out because this metal is stretched i have to really
take my time here and work the metal in fine detail otherwise i risk stretching the metal
further if i can't manage to unstretch the metal in this section all the hours of work i've already
put in will have been for nothing i'm happy that the panel is tightened up although as you can see
here the panel is still oil canning slightly so there's still plenty of more work to be done so
i'll continue on using some different techniques to tighten this area back up again after a lot of
work i've now arrived at the halfway stage and as you can see the panel is almost back to its
original shape now i need to spend a lot of time correcting all the micro imperfections
This is where the majority of the time is spent tidying up all the tiny imperfections
from removing the main damage here i'm using the wiring loom access point again to get
some access into the middle of the door to bring up some of the small micro lows
as you can see i'm just gently lifting up some of these areas using some sharper tips
on my screw on tip bar i'm then using my knock down to remove any micro highs that
are present across the panel from the middle section down to the other side
now it's time to polish the panel back up so first i'm using some coarse cutting compound to remove
any surface scratches created from the impact and remove any marks from the repair process
i'm then applying some super fine polish to bring the shine back up to make this
door look brand new again after a quick wipe down it's time to refit the internal door trim
first i reinstall the foam membrane back into position and one by one i connect up all the
cables and all of the wires back onto the door trim finishing with connecting the electric
window control switch which pushes back into this small recess then applying some force the
door trim is popped back onto the door frame next the two screws are reinstalled into the
top and bottom sections of the grab handle now i need to refit the plastic door handle cover
which clicks back into place then finally i can close the door and check out the FINAL RESULT
As always i really appreciate you watching to the end of the video i was so pleased with
the result in this one because there were some real challenging parts to this repair
especially the stretched middle section which started to oil can and pop in and out so i had to
use several techniques to cold shrink and gather the metal up to tighten the panel back up again as
well as across the door i used several different PDR bars using different tips as well as using
different glue pulling tabs but the end result was really satisfying and the customer was over the
moon because the cost of using the Paintless Dent Removal technique was a fraction of what it cost
to have this door replaced and repainted so it was a great result all round. As always if you enjoyed
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well that's all for now but thanks again for watching and i'll see you all on the next one!