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      01-27-2015, 08:49 AM   #1
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Small dent on rear quarter panel, repairable?

So I've just found a small dent (size of a penny) on the rear quarter panel just on the curve of the wheel arch. Speaking to people on the phone it appears that access behind the panel might be restricted as it's double skinned.

Anyone any experience? Excuse the dirt in the pic.
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So I've just found a small dent (size of a penny) on the rear quarter panel just on the curve of the wheel arch. Speaking to people on the phone it appears that access behind the panel might be restricted as it's double skinned.

Anyone any experience? Excuse the dirt in the pic.
They have methods other than getting something behind it. One is to stick a thing to the dent and use a puller.
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That looks repairable.

At a guess I'd say you could probably get away with filler and spray on that.
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Might come out I think, worth a try at least
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That looks repairable.

At a guess I'd say you could probably get away with filler and spray on that.
No no no!

As i say a puller can get dents out without the need for any filling or painting. This is how a decent dent repairer would do it:

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Yes would say that's repairable too! I had a whacking great dent taken out of the gfs car which I thought would have never of come out.
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Thankfully it has been removed.
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Thankfully it has been removed.

Be interested to know how they did it and how successful
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It's perfect. They had to drill a small hole in the second skin under the arch then that was sealed. Not ideal but there was no other way in
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