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Sigh. Left my car in a shopping centre car park today for maybe 3 minutes. Come out and there's a shopping trolley leaning against the front right wheelarch. Nice 3cm dent and no note. Philistines.

Gargh - I'm not going to rant on about this.

Anybody got an experience with paintless dent removal people? Perth preferably.

I've used them a few times in Brisbane with perfect results. They can't fix all dents though - depends on depth, sharpness, paint cracks etc. No cost for them to have a look.

I think it's becoming just crazy in carparks these days - almost seems like denting other people's cars is some type of sport .

Try and get in behind the dent and rub it with a wooden spoon. Sounds crazy but it works, just be very patient and take your time. By the way be prepared to invest in at least 5-10 wooden spoons but at about $1 each its cheap.

My mate did this on his Soarer and the result was perfect, couldn't even tell a trolley had hit the car.

Just an idea.

I've used Dent masters for club events (wrx club) and the results have always been incredible.

I'm in Sydney but I noticed they have an outlet in Perth as well.

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Can they fix them if they cant get access to the inside of the panel? I have a door ding in the rear quarter panel that one guy said he couldn't fix because he couldn't get behind it to push it out, so I never bothered chasing it up with anyone else.

They can get to those sealed/double panel areas but they have to drill a hole somewhere to get the tool gadget through. A bit like the rust proofers do.

e.g. to get the dents out of that panel between the roof and the boot lid (looks like someone had sat on it) on my car, they drilled a couple of holes behind the rain rail area when the roof was off and then plugged them when done. They other way they were going to attack it was by drilling holes from the boot side.

So, they may be able to get at it if you're happy to have a rubber plug to cover the hole. I think the hole is about 6-8 mm diameter. OTOH, there may be situations where they still can't reach the bent spot and the only fix is the dent puller at the smash repair shop.

Well, the guy that I arranged to come out here at 7.30am still hasn't turned up. Great.

Might have a rummage around for a wooden spoon and have a go at it myself.

Bloody tradies.

Well, I gave it a shot last night - and it turned out pretty well. Couldn't quite get enough force on it to get it all the way out, but it's 90% fixed.

Sweet! Cheers for the wooden spoon suggestion.

Another way to deal with slight dings (where the metal hasn't been 'stretched') is to cover the damaged area with some dry-ice (small pieces broken off a slab or get the pellets).

The dry-ice (at ~-40 C) shrinks the sheetmetal and pulls (pops?) it back into place.

Glad to hear you gave it ago... very unconventional but hey what works works right? I bet a few people thought i was trying to be funny with that suggestion.

IMMX5 wrote:Another way to deal with slight dings (where the metal hasn't been 'stretched') is to cover the damaged area with some dry-ice (small pieces broken off a slab or get the pellets).

The dry-ice (at ~-40 C) shrinks the sheetmetal and pulls (pops?) it back into place.

What would this do to your paint?

No damage to the paint. Worked OK for me on some parking lot damage on a late 80's Corolla.