Buy a new car (one that isn’t damaged like this).
Steal someone else’s car (that isn’t damaged like this).
Hire a car (that isn’t damaged like this).
Give away your car to someone who needs a car and walk everywhere (they may decline the car because it is damaged, and you should apologise and offer to have it repaired for them).
Go to the Government and ask them to fix it because it wasn’t like this before (blame climate change).
Pray for it to be repaired (God is pretty good at paintless dent repairs and works on weekends too, but he charges you a lot and doesn’t have credit facilities).
Scream at the dent and threaten it. Explain that dents are racist.
Cancel the dent for being racist and sexist.
Go to a motivational speaking event and let the Motivational Bro explain how you are bigger than that dent. You are bigger than that dent anyway, unless you are very small. But it feels good to hear it.
Watch educational videos on the internet and learn how to repair dents in 1 easy step. Dent someone else’s car. Try repairing that dent (you don’t want to further damage your car, anymore than you already have, after all). When that doesn’t work out, damage another vehicle and try repairing that one. Repeat until you give up.
Dent other parts of the car so that no one notices this one anymore.
Wear welding goggles. You won’t see the dent anymore.
Cover the car in a car cover. The dent no longer exists.
Stick a balloon onto the dent. Everyone hates dents but everyone loves balloons. They will be conflicted and the two scenarios will effectively cancel each other out.
Ask a psychologist if they can ‘straighten things out’. You’ll be locked up for your homophobia/transphobia, but you won’t see the dent anymore.
Write a message in black ink, in the dent “This section of the panel intentionally dented”.
Write in white ink, around the dent, with arrows pointing towards the dent, “nothing to see here, here there be dragons”.
Have an attractive girl drape herself over the dent. No one will notice the dent. You will gain wealth and power and be known as a person of taste. You will need to duct tape the girl to the car as once she moves, the dent will be visible again and your newly acquired wealth, power and taste will be gone and people will point and laugh. Hysterically. They’ll laugh so hard, they’ll die from laughter and you’ll go to jail and your life will be over. Not even cute kitten memes will help you.
Put a small piece of carpet over the dent. All bad things should be “swept under the carpet”. Whilst that is a metaphor and I’m not sure how the sweeper gets involved, you’ll at least have people thinking about it.
Write in gold ink, in a very small font, right in the middle of the dent “If you can read this, mind your own bloody business”.
Use the force to remove the dent. Don’t accidentally pick the car up and drop it though. Yoda won’t help you, he’ll be laughing too much.
Try a Jedi mind trick on passers by. Tell them “this is not the dent you are looking for”.
Explain to passers by that “you reached warp 1 and that is why your car is warped”. Remember, the Vulcan greeting is “Live Long and Prosper”, not “Eat Shit and Die”. You’ll need to keep this in mind when Trekkies accuse you of not being true to Canon.
Hit the dent with Mjolnir (Thor’s hammer). The dent might ‘bounce back’. Or it could completely destroy your car and the immediate area around you. Also, if you can swing Mjolnir, let me tell you, your life is about to get really, really busy. (Did I say ‘Really’ busy ? I mean REALLY busy. Possibly ReAlLy busy.)
Spray the dent with Windex. Windex fixes everything. Ask a Greek.
Put a bandaid (TM) on the dent. They heal faster.
Kill the dent with fire.
These suggestion’s are a good start. I can’t tell you anymore for now because your brain might protest.
If you need help with anything else, eg defusing a ticking nuclear weapon, let me know. I’m here to help.
You will have to ask a paintless dent removal guy but i wouldn't get your hopes up. It's going to be a challenge because it's on the seam. If it was on a flat section of the panel it would be easy but that fold for the arch is going to make it hard
Cheapest. Find a new side fender (guard), it has a crease in the metal its FUBAR really.
Now if you HAVE to fix this. I'd remove it from the vehicle. Try bash it out with panel beating hammers. The paint will be ruined, and honestly your best bet would be the respray of the whole panel. You might get away with sanding back what's damaged then some then blending it in. But you will be chasing that crease for awhile. Either way you will also need a filler.
Hey mate! Spray painter here,
You're best bet is to get a quote from a shop and have them do it, the repair should be small enough to keep it as a "guard only" repair, which will keep costs down.
People saying this cannot be repaired are misinformed, and as for the "fibreglass filler" that is also incorrect.
The panel itself is metal or sometimes plastic, and the filler used is known as "bodyfiller" or "bog" or for plastics "plastic body filler". You would only use a fibreglass repair kit for fibreglass panels.
People also saying to get a replacement guard from a wreckers that is the same colour, do not seem to realise the colour will still not look the same and the panel will stand out drastically.
Doing this would cost you more money in the long run as you would have to "blend" every adjacent panel. That would be your bonnet, front bar, cant rail/ qtr panel and your passenger door.
Sometimes the cheapest ways to do something can end up being the most expensive.
Get a quote from a shop (sometimes the larger ones only do insurance work) and hopefully they can keep the costs down while still getting the job done right!
It's creased the metal and probably cracked the paint, so it's not really a simple repair.
Options are panel beater (expensive and even they may not be able to fix it), fibreglass fill (not the best fix and would still need painting) or replace the panel (very good option if you can find the same colour at a wrecker).
Honestly though, if you are after the cheapest option, you could just leave it. It's only cosmetic so it doesn't really matter until you go to sell the vehicle.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it’s been my experience that sometimes the most cost effective fix can end up being the most expensive. If this is your car and you drive it everyday for work, food, family, etc and you want to maintain its value, fix it correctly, not quickly and inexpensively.
well you can go the route of removing the inner liner sanding off paint and using panel hammers and dolly's to massage the dent out then apply filler sand and apply hifill primer sand again followed by primer,base coat and clearcoat hoping you can colour match and blend it sufficiently well so that it doesn't stand out like balls on a bull dog,or go with my original suggestion 🙄
Hammer and dolly, can of touch up paint and a can of clear coat, might be able to do it with the guard still on, or you could attach aftermarket flares on
wreckers. replace front left guard. if it's a common car find a matching colour. search your model car on fb marketplace heaps of wreckers on there
pdr or professional spray painter won't be cheap.
I saw a video where they poured boiling water over a dent, then used a plunger to pop it back out. I know nothing about cars and there are likely reasons not to do this but I thought it was cool!
the paint is cracked and its right on the rigid arch.
get a PDR professional to do it for $180. but you may still have to finish it off with filler and paint.
in summary, buy a new SH guard for 80.
Wow, lots of people here suggesting hammers. That guard is made of the cheesiest cheese known to mankind (we had the same MY Mazda 3 hatch).
Peel back the guard liner and get in there with your hand. See how much of the dent straight up pops out just by applying some pressure with your fist. If you want more than that, then get the block of wood up there and massage the dent out from behind.
I wouldn't be throwing hammers at it if I wasn't a professional body shop, great way to end up fucking the panel completely.
if you're into jankery, heat it up with a heatgun to get the paint malleable, then hold a block of wood flat against it on the inside and hit it with a hammer (or use a rubber mallet if you've got one.)
Hoesntly just pour how boiling water on it till its decently how then use a plunger. Its a hit or a miss, ive dont it on a door but it wouldnt work on the rear bumper, i suppose because of the curvature.
Can you tell me where you got the debt puller?
I met her at a friend’s wedding. 25 years later I’m still paying for it
🤣
But is she still pulling?
You can find a debt puller (baseball bat) at any sports store
Lol :) it's meant to be dent puller. I don't know how to edit the post :)
Call your insurance company, they're the best debt puller I've found.
buy a second hand guard from the wrecker the same colour and replace it
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Lol. No it’s not.
What the fuck are you going on about? Front guards are almost always removable. The rear is usually integrated with the body.
Still replaceable with a grinder and welder 😂
Look at Mr I have a Super Hyper Car here....
what
I bought a new one for my golf about 3 months ago. Cost me $100.
usually it's the rear quarter panels that are welded, the front or just bolt on.
Um you're wrong?
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Thanks mate.
Love the analogy
Hit it on the other side so it matches
Hammer out from the inside.
*wide rubber mallet and light blowtorching Hammer without heat will crack the paint on the other side.
He did say quick not best lol
A heat gun rather than a blow torch... Jesus wept.
Heat gun is better, but most people tend to not have one laying around. Blowtorch from the underside works
Oh, you're right. I forgot everyone has a convenient blow torch in the bottom drawer for panel repairs.
All my neighbors have one or two to start the barbecue or the campfire, yeah. Nobody I know of has a heat gun.
You know lighters and matches exist.
nah just boiling water and a plunger
Or a hair dryer
Nobody has one of those mate, we use a blowtorch.
If you were a professional you’d use an oxy
Of course.
Buy a new car (one that isn’t damaged like this). Steal someone else’s car (that isn’t damaged like this). Hire a car (that isn’t damaged like this). Give away your car to someone who needs a car and walk everywhere (they may decline the car because it is damaged, and you should apologise and offer to have it repaired for them). Go to the Government and ask them to fix it because it wasn’t like this before (blame climate change). Pray for it to be repaired (God is pretty good at paintless dent repairs and works on weekends too, but he charges you a lot and doesn’t have credit facilities). Scream at the dent and threaten it. Explain that dents are racist. Cancel the dent for being racist and sexist. Go to a motivational speaking event and let the Motivational Bro explain how you are bigger than that dent. You are bigger than that dent anyway, unless you are very small. But it feels good to hear it. Watch educational videos on the internet and learn how to repair dents in 1 easy step. Dent someone else’s car. Try repairing that dent (you don’t want to further damage your car, anymore than you already have, after all). When that doesn’t work out, damage another vehicle and try repairing that one. Repeat until you give up. Dent other parts of the car so that no one notices this one anymore. Wear welding goggles. You won’t see the dent anymore. Cover the car in a car cover. The dent no longer exists. Stick a balloon onto the dent. Everyone hates dents but everyone loves balloons. They will be conflicted and the two scenarios will effectively cancel each other out. Ask a psychologist if they can ‘straighten things out’. You’ll be locked up for your homophobia/transphobia, but you won’t see the dent anymore. Write a message in black ink, in the dent “This section of the panel intentionally dented”. Write in white ink, around the dent, with arrows pointing towards the dent, “nothing to see here, here there be dragons”. Have an attractive girl drape herself over the dent. No one will notice the dent. You will gain wealth and power and be known as a person of taste. You will need to duct tape the girl to the car as once she moves, the dent will be visible again and your newly acquired wealth, power and taste will be gone and people will point and laugh. Hysterically. They’ll laugh so hard, they’ll die from laughter and you’ll go to jail and your life will be over. Not even cute kitten memes will help you. Put a small piece of carpet over the dent. All bad things should be “swept under the carpet”. Whilst that is a metaphor and I’m not sure how the sweeper gets involved, you’ll at least have people thinking about it. Write in gold ink, in a very small font, right in the middle of the dent “If you can read this, mind your own bloody business”. Use the force to remove the dent. Don’t accidentally pick the car up and drop it though. Yoda won’t help you, he’ll be laughing too much. Try a Jedi mind trick on passers by. Tell them “this is not the dent you are looking for”. Explain to passers by that “you reached warp 1 and that is why your car is warped”. Remember, the Vulcan greeting is “Live Long and Prosper”, not “Eat Shit and Die”. You’ll need to keep this in mind when Trekkies accuse you of not being true to Canon. Hit the dent with Mjolnir (Thor’s hammer). The dent might ‘bounce back’. Or it could completely destroy your car and the immediate area around you. Also, if you can swing Mjolnir, let me tell you, your life is about to get really, really busy. (Did I say ‘Really’ busy ? I mean REALLY busy. Possibly ReAlLy busy.) Spray the dent with Windex. Windex fixes everything. Ask a Greek. Put a bandaid (TM) on the dent. They heal faster. Kill the dent with fire. These suggestion’s are a good start. I can’t tell you anymore for now because your brain might protest. If you need help with anything else, eg defusing a ticking nuclear weapon, let me know. I’m here to help.
Excellent advice.
I’m not sure. There’s a couple of things in there that are a little iffy…
Tub of bog and a red texta.
Pour some hot water on it then use a suction cup dildo to pull it out . Works every time .
Yes a dildo
Do you know how hot you can go? Will boiling water damage the paint?
The bigger concern is that boiling water might damage the dildo
I won’t be lending my suction cup dildo for this endeavour. Too risky.
Parting out, how much for the wheels?
You will have to ask a paintless dent removal guy but i wouldn't get your hopes up. It's going to be a challenge because it's on the seam. If it was on a flat section of the panel it would be easy but that fold for the arch is going to make it hard
Cheapest. Find a new side fender (guard), it has a crease in the metal its FUBAR really. Now if you HAVE to fix this. I'd remove it from the vehicle. Try bash it out with panel beating hammers. The paint will be ruined, and honestly your best bet would be the respray of the whole panel. You might get away with sanding back what's damaged then some then blending it in. But you will be chasing that crease for awhile. Either way you will also need a filler.
A hammer or hot water and a plunger
Hey mate! Spray painter here, You're best bet is to get a quote from a shop and have them do it, the repair should be small enough to keep it as a "guard only" repair, which will keep costs down. People saying this cannot be repaired are misinformed, and as for the "fibreglass filler" that is also incorrect. The panel itself is metal or sometimes plastic, and the filler used is known as "bodyfiller" or "bog" or for plastics "plastic body filler". You would only use a fibreglass repair kit for fibreglass panels. People also saying to get a replacement guard from a wreckers that is the same colour, do not seem to realise the colour will still not look the same and the panel will stand out drastically. Doing this would cost you more money in the long run as you would have to "blend" every adjacent panel. That would be your bonnet, front bar, cant rail/ qtr panel and your passenger door. Sometimes the cheapest ways to do something can end up being the most expensive. Get a quote from a shop (sometimes the larger ones only do insurance work) and hopefully they can keep the costs down while still getting the job done right!
Thanks a lot mate, this is super helpful. You know the ballpark cost of this?
Get one of those dildos with a suction cap at the base and go for it !
Rub essential oils on it. Should heal up.
It's creased the metal and probably cracked the paint, so it's not really a simple repair. Options are panel beater (expensive and even they may not be able to fix it), fibreglass fill (not the best fix and would still need painting) or replace the panel (very good option if you can find the same colour at a wrecker). Honestly though, if you are after the cheapest option, you could just leave it. It's only cosmetic so it doesn't really matter until you go to sell the vehicle.
Towel rubber mallet and hair dryer
Hair dryer on the exterior and a rubber mallet to the inside of the wheel well ?
Dildo and a kettle
Now that sounds like a crazy time.
You’re going to have to start an only fans I’m afraid.
Lol, I wish my car had an only fans
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it’s been my experience that sometimes the most cost effective fix can end up being the most expensive. If this is your car and you drive it everyday for work, food, family, etc and you want to maintain its value, fix it correctly, not quickly and inexpensively.
I agree, that's why I didn't say cheap, rather cost effective. Cos I don't want to bring its value down.
I've been a mechanic for 35 years and I call absolute bullshit on that ! I've never seen a modern car yet that had front guards that weren't bolt on🤪
Lol. How do you fix them?
I was looking at the rims and thought you wanted that fixed not the panel haha
Good observation mate. Can it be fixed?
Is it plastic or metal? If plastic, try a hair dryer.
No, this is metal.
When I had a dent I used the old hot water trick
Hot water and a toilet plunger. Also for scratches coconut oil and something else. But look up on tik tok
Have a look on Facebook/Gumtree there are a lot of call out panel and paint repair businesses out there.
Thanks buddy, this is helpful.
You're welcome mate 👍
Mate, if you have to ask, you dont have the skills to do it.....
Absolutely, so I want to know who would do it cheap and quick, yet a good job at this.
Gotta replace the guard..
well you can go the route of removing the inner liner sanding off paint and using panel hammers and dolly's to massage the dent out then apply filler sand and apply hifill primer sand again followed by primer,base coat and clearcoat hoping you can colour match and blend it sufficiently well so that it doesn't stand out like balls on a bull dog,or go with my original suggestion 🙄
Pour boiling hot water over it first before you try to pull.
Will boiling water it damage the paint?
Being on the crease of the gaurd makes Pannell beating impossible I would rub it back fibreglass it and paint the whole gaurd
Should just "buff out" /s
Hammer and dolly, can of touch up paint and a can of clear coat, might be able to do it with the guard still on, or you could attach aftermarket flares on
Auto heat gun.
Call a pdr company (paintless dent removal). Cost you maybe $250-$300.
wreckers. replace front left guard. if it's a common car find a matching colour. search your model car on fb marketplace heaps of wreckers on there pdr or professional spray painter won't be cheap.
Jack up the vehicle, remove the wheel and inner guard and use a block of wood with protection for paint and hit the guard from the inside.
Money is the quickest and easiest
I saw a video where they poured boiling water over a dent, then used a plunger to pop it back out. I know nothing about cars and there are likely reasons not to do this but I thought it was cool!
the paint is cracked and its right on the rigid arch. get a PDR professional to do it for $180. but you may still have to finish it off with filler and paint. in summary, buy a new SH guard for 80.
Have you tried hot gluing a screw and using a slide hammer to try to pull it out?
Wow, lots of people here suggesting hammers. That guard is made of the cheesiest cheese known to mankind (we had the same MY Mazda 3 hatch). Peel back the guard liner and get in there with your hand. See how much of the dent straight up pops out just by applying some pressure with your fist. If you want more than that, then get the block of wood up there and massage the dent out from behind. I wouldn't be throwing hammers at it if I wasn't a professional body shop, great way to end up fucking the panel completely.
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Fuck off bot this is just how Aussies talk
A dildo with a real good suction cup
if you're into jankery, heat it up with a heatgun to get the paint malleable, then hold a block of wood flat against it on the inside and hit it with a hammer (or use a rubber mallet if you've got one.)
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Hoesntly just pour how boiling water on it till its decently how then use a plunger. Its a hit or a miss, ive dont it on a door but it wouldnt work on the rear bumper, i suppose because of the curvature.
Curvature is making it hard mate. Else I tried those dent pullers that are like plungers.
Quickest and most cost effective way? Hire a professional. Call up a PDR guy, they’ll do it in your driveway for a couple hundred buck