This week i'm working on, not one but two panels that have sustained quite bad damage. Both panels
are going to be equally challenging to repair and both have a mixture of dents, kinks and creases.
Can something like this be repaired with Paintless Dent Removal? stay tuned to find out...
Hi everyone it's Jake from 1st Track Dents bringing you another Paintless dent removal
challenge and today this video is sponsored by Skillshare but more about that later in the video
Now this was a job I completed at the end of winter for a really nice guy who was trying
to make his mum's car look a little bit more presentable again, he was searching around for a
couple of second hand wings or fenders but just couldn't find them for this model and getting
new ones and having them resprayed was going to be very very costly he approached me and asked
whether I could just improve these ones by about 50% so I agreed to help him out and said it'd just
be an improvement, but you know me I always strive for a little bit more so by the time I arrived
I only had about five hours of daylight to work with which is about two and a half hours per panel
and as usual I had the high winds the bright sunshine and icy rain to contend with
So with the time against me I wasn't able to film this repair in as much detail, with as many camera
angles that I normally do but you can still see the complete repair process from start to finish
But before I get started let's take a quick look at both of these dents in detail.
Looking at the left wing or fender first we can see that the damage covers an area
of approximately 300mm by 200mm. This damage really comprises
of one large bowl shaped dent with a crown around its perimeter as shown here in red
The overall depth of this dent is approximately 40mm
On the lower section of this panel we also have this edge that is kinked slightly
Right moving over to the right sided wing of fender we can see that this
damage is a lot more complex and covers an area of approximately 400mm by 280mm
This damage can be broken down into two main areas of damage section (A)
and section (B) both of these sections are similar in depth which is approximately 35mm
Looking more closely into the damage we can see that dent (B) has quite a deep crease running in
a curved shape over the top here, we can also see the high crown areas of both dents running around
their perimeter. Now the tricky part with both of these panels is there is a reinforcement section
behind the panel shown here which will definitely cause some access issues and similar to the other
side we also have this kink at the lower edge. As we come around the outside here we can also
see that we have a high spot pushing outwards so there is obviously something behind here too
which could cause an issue with access. Right so that's the analysis done, now time to get started...
In order to get behind this panel to remove this damage I need to
remove the front grille panel and then the headlight assembly
Before I get started i'm just polishing off the black transfer mark that's on the surface of the panel
Next i'm using some cold glue which allows me to start pulling the bulk of this damage out
And here's what it looks like so far after the cold glue pulling
Now i'm going to work on roughing out the panel and getting it back to its basic shape again
for this i'm using various hot glue tabs and i'm using my knock down to remove any high crowns
and any other high areas that I illustrated earlier in my analysis. As you can see i'm
using various different glue tabs to fit the shape and size of the low area i'm trying to raise up
Any areas that are pulled up too far with the glue tabs I
simply tap back down again using my tap down tools
And here's what the panel looks like after roughing all the main damage back out
Now it's time to fine tune the panel lifting up all the micro
lows and tapping down all the micro highs
As you can see i'm working from lots of different
angles to make sure I get all the damage out as cleanly as possible
Now it's time to polish this panel up using some fine compound to remove any surface marks
Right that's the first panel done, now it's time to move over to the other side..
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Just like the other side, before I can access the back of this damage I need
to remove the headlight assembly. I also remove any surface marks with
a quick polish and I prep the panel with an Alcohol solution prior to cold glue pulling
Like I did on the other panel i'm using the cold glue to bring up as much of the damage as possible
Next i'm pulling up some of the tighter areas using a mixture of different hot glue tabs
And here we go this is what the panel looks like so far after the initial glue pulls
now it's time to start roughing the panel back out to try and get it back to its original shape
First i'm tapping down the high spot here which I highlighted earlier in my analysis
Now using some soft tips on my screw on tip bar, I can start bringing up some of these bigger creases
I'm also using my knockdowns with various different tips
to remove any high areas on the face of the panel
Now it's very difficult to get leverage when working in such a large open space at the
front here so i'm using this large block of wood which I can lever off with my PDR bars
Now the bulk of the damage has been roughed out I
can go in with some finer tip tools to work on all the fine detail work
Here I'm using a thin flat bar to slide between the front bracket
that's obstructing the back side of this panel which i illustrated earlier
Like the other side i'm giving the panel a good
polish to remove any surface marks and to give the panel a deep shine
Now the last thing to do is put both the headlights back on the car and
then I can fit the centre grille back into place
Once all these parts are back on the car I
can then shut the bonnet down and show you the FINAL RESULT!
Well thanks everyone for watching this far into the video considering the time I had to spend on
both these panels and how badly they were creased I think I managed to get a good result on both
these panels. Using the Glexo cold glue system, some hot glue pulling and lots of manipulation
with my rods I was able to work these panels quite well. The left panel came out far better
than expected and pretty much looked brand new again, the right panel obviously was a lot more
challenging so considering the customer was only expecting a 50% improvement on both these panels
I think this panel came out pretty well. There was a slight ripple left behind at the front and the
panel was pretty kinked up at the bottom edge so I had to do the best I could, like I said this was
only meant to be a minor improvement. I went the extra mile myself just as a challenge really to
see how well I could improve it in the time that I had. If you enjoyed the video it would be great to get a
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please feel free to check out some of those if you want to see some more repairs similar to this one
But that's all for now, thanks again for watching and i'll see you all on the next one!