My 99 Camry it's been my daily driver for 23 years now, 346k miles and still going strong. Never any major problems, but I don't let the oil get dirty. I change it when it's turning brown... No sludge in my engine, all 4 cyl still have perfect compression
I am an Auto Body Painter with 41 years of experience. This guy is just an amateur. Instead of a Hair dryer, you need a Heat Gun to get the panel very warm, not just luke warm. But I give him FULL MARKS for the work that he did. For an amateur, this was an excellent way of tackling this HUGE dent. On this Dent an amateur can use a rounded stone the size of your fist, wrap the stone in a hand towel and gently pound or massage the Dent outwards from inside the trunk. Heat with Compressed Air, normally works only on absolutely flat surfaces, like a Door panel, that has no ridges or ribs in it. Good job anyway.
Thanks for this demonstration. A neighbor across the street backed into my car, which was parked on the street, while they had a bicycle rack on the back of their car. It dented front and rear doors, but it looks worse than it is: power windows still work, no change in gaps around the doors, etc. I got a couple estimates, the least expensive being $1,300 and so I've been considering trying to fix it myself. Your video gives me some hope/confidence that I might be able to get mine to 95% as well. Cheers!
@@pugdad1248 I didn't need to confront them. When the did it, they came knocking on my door to tell me that they did it. My comment wasn't so much a complaint about the neighbor; it was about my desire to learn to do this kind of work well enough to fix my own door.
As someone who has been in this business for 18 yrs, I would like to share something with your readers. When a dent occurs on a car there is obviously a low spot and a corresponding high spot(Crown) with the transference of energy at the time of impact. So the simple thought process would be to reverse the action of the impact. By this I mean , knock down the crown using the Plastic Tool so you do not damage the paint finish, and then use the glue tab puller to release the dent. Sometimes it might be necessary to do both at the same time, meaning that while you are screwing down on the Bridge, you are assisting in the release of energy, by knocking down the Crown. Also work on the body lines first, before the flat surfaces, you might have better results. Not trying to be a "know it all" just sharing.
>> knock down the crown using the Plastic Tool Do you mean the suction cup thing? Or the little white plastic tool that he never showed how to use? Could one use a rubber mallet?
Fixed my own dented bumper on my Mazda 3 about 5 years ago after backing into a snow bank that was actually ice. Just used my hair dryer set on high/hot to warm it up, then used the handle of a hammer on the inside of the bumper to punch it back out. Worked like a charm! Can't even tell anything ever happened to it! :)
Water really helps for the suction cup, and after you get it to stick, you can slide it over the bends -- the suction will keep it formed against the metal.
And maybe a couple of drops of dish soap in the water. Spray foam window cleaner and a clean rag work well with the initial cleaning of the panel. Go over the dent with some paint thinner or alcohol lightly. Paint thinner/acetone can soften most paints if exposed long enough.
WOW -impressive! I have a 15 year-old truck with a similar dent in a similar place. It's not really worth dropping $400+ for dent repair, so DIY Harbor Freight dent repair to get it "good enough" is perfect for me. A huge thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
Very good! Lovely demo. I would use a Wagner Heat Gun $22 instead of a blow dryer. That heat gun is so darn useful around the house too, you can remove sticky labels easily, and also soften the Dicor Lap Sealant on RV roof for easy removal, decals from RVs and cars, wrinkle paint to scrape off, and more. Its worth having in your shop. I think if you keep having dents in one spot, put a big sign on window saying DONT DENT MY CAR OR i WILL SUE YOU. SMILE FOR CAMERA! And add a motion camera on that corner.
Bozi, thank you so much. I really appreciate the tips and step-by-step. I have some smaller dents to pull out and you've given me the confidence to do it!
I've used the Harbor Freight Tools dent puller on a motorcycle gas tank that was badly dented. It worked well, but it requires patience. Definitely an inexpensive way to remove dents.
Great no nonsense video, direct and informative without the fluff. Just a few observations. If you find your glue not popping off and is stuck on the car, or tool put some isopropol alcohol in a spray bottle and a couple of quick sprays will have the glue peeling off. Let the area dry before applying additional glue or it won't stick very well. Always start with a clean, dry surface or your dent tab and car surface. Hopefully you know your cars history and whether or not it has been repainted in the area you are glue pulling. If you're not sure inspect the area carefully for signs of a previous repair. Look closely at the paint, compare it to the adjacent panels, are there imperfections, fish eyes (little craters in the clear coat), can you see faint sanding lines, does the clear coat finish have a different slightly different sheen, or surface appearance? These are tell tale signs of a previous repair. Finally if you have access to the interior side of the dent through the trunk in this instant, check to see if it looks repaired. If there is any question and you think the area has been repaired and repainted, stop and resist the temptation of getting your can opener out unless you have a fishing trip planned and need the worms. Call a professional dent remover at this point. The glue pulling system is useful with oem ;paint only (original factory paint) as this will quite probably pull the paint off a previously painted area. The glue sticks are made with different strengths for additional pull and can be ordered from Amazon as well as additional tabs as these will break. Do not try using hot boiling water before using tabs, it's dangerous and someone will get injured. Good luck, it takes practice all depends on how much time you put into it. If you feel your time is more valuable just call a dent guy, it's not that much more when you add the cost of all this equipment and your time.
I have watched three of these reviews of the harbor freight dent puller, and this is the only one that was successful. Congratulations on doing a really good job of fixing your car.
Putting pressure from the inside and at the same time spoon tapping the high spots on the outside would relieve the stress and make the repair a lot easier. But I noticed a couple of stretch marks that will not come out without shrinking the metal. Trying to do a repair on that type of dent can only be done completely with repainting. I worked at collision repair for over 45 years.
@@davidrice3337 we got collision repair "expert" here....not the guy that pocketed his insurance money and pulled the dent himself....the guy in this video did a phenomenal job......thanks for your expert comment jonas miller..but no one's here for that.
That's kind of hard to do on a dual panel car. You are correct though if he was able to push on the dent while heating then it would've pushed right out.
From my experience : If your car got a dent, don't start removal operations immediately, but wait for at least 24 hours .....The metal sheet used to build the car body is a bit resilient, so some of the dent get removed automatically if you give time to happen. (Not always , depends on the nature of dent and make of the car) .
Excellent video! Patience, persistence and Harbor Frieght affordable tool did the trick! Fortunate location for dent but not an easy dent at all featured in the majority of UA-cam videos I've watched so Thank you so much for sharing this!
Great info so appreciate your video. I had an accident and backed into a new tow truck at a Halloween event that I volunteered. I caused damage to my RAV4 lift-gate and the new tow truck’s chrome bumper. I’ve had dents removed before but this time my Paintless Dent repairman refused the work saying it was too big of an area. I took it yo someone else for an estimate which was $750 and maybe not repainted where the paint cracked! I’m going to try this myself. I have must all the tools, I have a new heat gun, the orange suction cups that I’ve used to carry large mirrors. I will buy the bridge as it’s a useful tool. Thanks very much. I’ll have to do more research on using the heat gun since my vehicle has a diamond coat from Ziebart Undercoating.
This weekend there was a guy driving around and saw the dent on my car ,he asked me if I wanted to get it fixed , I said how much ? He said $200 , I said no thank you lol
Dude...I"M the one who fixed your dent while you were sleeping. I wanted to practice dent repair on someone ELSE'S car before working on my own. I won't apologize after I did a great job.
Nice video, thanks for sharing. Just one note (not to be an internet dweeb but...) once you wipe an area with acetone to clean it you DO NOT want to then touch it before using the glue puller. Even the very small amount of oil on your fingers can reduce the adhesion strength of the glue. Just clean it and apply the hot glue and puller for best results.
I think you did a fabulous job especially when you got in the trunk and pushed. It straightened the whole dented in area along the trim which made all the difference in being able to do your smoothing. The glue and pop out equipment rocks!
I tried pushing and pulling a bad dent on my car. Had to fill and paint in the end. For interest here is my car fix: ua-cam.com/video/rwUG-kxHIJE/v-deo.html
Nice job. I have used the heat gun and compressed air on a smaller ding and got good results. How it works depends on where the ding is and the size of it.
Excellent job!! I was really impressed. I've watched a lot of pros use expensive dodads and fancy stuff. But the low bidget way is the way to go initially. Thanks for the tips.
Heat and dry ice works on door dings and hail damage. That large a dent needs a lot more heat and cold change, but you can also push doing it to help move the metal back into its formed shape. When I was a kid I used to watch guys fix cars at a body shop, they added lead over the dents, you didnt try to bend that metal back into shape you couldnt it was way to thick. That was say 1965?
Blow dryer is pretty good , but a hot air gun from Harbor freight for about $8 puts out a LOT more heat and does a great job with just a paddle to push simple dents like that out easily.
I'm not smart enough to know one way or another, but this I do know...by putting this video out here you sparked conversation, pro and con plus suggestions. I'd say that in itself is something. Have a good day.
I suffered a similar fate -- having some dipshit slam into my car and then leave while I was at work -- so I'm researching trying to fix my door myself. Factoring the cost and effort of finding a replacement door, painting it, and then transferring all the internal parts over to the new door, I'm hoping a DIY solution is the way to go. Thanks for your impressive video.
When you heat the panel and then use the compressed air it was acting as a coolant , therefore tightening / shrinking the metal . When I couldn't get a replacement part I would use an oxyacetylene torch to shrink the damaged panel .
Just one comment, and don't take it personally, but hot melt glue does not dry, it cools. As others said below, great job without the annoying background music. Smaller glue on pieces can be purchased which focus more pulling power in a smaller area to pull right in the center of small dents such as hail impacts. Good job!
Paintless dent repair has saved me tons of money. I am a long time customer of Acci-Dent which is located in Wisconsin and they do a great job of making sure my car is in tip-top shape when small issues arise! Their prices are so good I didn't even have to do a DIY!!!
That's pretty good, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whose "dent pulls" work out about the way your video shows... Plainly speaking pulling most dents is not as easy as most videos show it to be, none will ever be like it never happened, but with time and patience it can end up looking pretty decent without spending all sorts of money.
I have done collision work for 45 years. Climb in the trunk, lay on your back, line up your heel with the stretched part of the quarter, and give it a push !
That little bottle of fluid with internal brush that came with it is used to remove the glue, just a tiny amount applied to the edge of the glue left on the body and it picks straight off real easy
Great video! That last tool was great! I would have used a piece of 2 x 4 on the inside to hammer out the big stuff.....the hit would be spread out over a larger area and not put hammer dings in metal.
Thanks for the great tips and evaluation of products. I have an easy bump compared to yours. I am leaning towards Harbor Freight and getting the needed arsenal. If none of it works, then it stays where it is.
"We are going to take the acetone, and use it to clean all or the dirt and oil from the area, and then I will rub my fingers all over the area that we just de-oiled with the acetone, so that I re-oil the area with the natural oils in my skin, and then I am going to make sure there is also a good layer of skin oil on the bridge tool surface that I will be attaching to the just re-oiled part of the car panel.... and we are done" LOL. Seriously, really nice job. Thanks for the great vid. Very useful. Liked and subscribed.
In 1985, I had $500, 1978 2dr Toyota Corolla, with a dent in the right rear qtr panel, courtesy of thump and run in a parking lot. I didn't have access nor money for a puller. So instead, I fixed it , as well as I could, from inside the trunk, using pieces of wood, the car's scissors jack and plenty of hot boiling water to pour on the damaged area.. Since I couldn't get a good angle on kicking the dent out, use of the scissors jack, along with the wood to push the dent out, did the trick. I lucked out on it being a butt ugly, looking dent, to a small indentation.
Watched this video because i have a similar dent in my passenger front door. I will have to remove the inside door panel to work from the inside pushing dent out but you have gave me the info about the puller/pully and i am confident that i will be able to work my door dent out. My bodyshop quoted me about $650 to fix this dent which included putting the side mirror back on but i can do that myself with epoxy. The parts cost and fees was $150! of course they were going to make it like new with paint and such which is what shops must do for insurance claims requirements. I told him i would be paying cash but it didn't seem to make a difference? Anyway, you guys showed everyone how to 'do it yourself' does not have to be hard or expensive. Thanks.
You done a great job, I didn't even know there were any tools like you used. I will have to purchase myself some of these auto body repair tools. Thank you for the video.
Great video...I have a small dent in my 300ZX convertible, just above the windshield, missed during hail repair and will try removing it myself...It's hard to see now, but I know it's there, so it has to go....My thanks to the gent that made this.
col .... It is a poor design... it is lacking inner reinforcement in that area and it is a longer panel built like a coke can... but mechanically these cars are AMAZING!
Thanks for video, guessing both pieces of this rear quarter panel is plastic or composite, good to know the hair dryer method, I have a heat gun so that should work.
I have watched a guy at a Chevy dealer removing dint and dings from transported cars and he makes them look new with the hot glue puller that you used only he had a huge assortment of the glue on pulling devices from tiny to a couple inches
actually through the trunk, pull trunk liner out and slowly work dent out starting at point of impact first by pushing on it and or gently tap on back side with blunt or rounded object and use suction cup to help pull.., that would work better than a suction cup alone on outside...same with bumper, heat up with hair dryer and push from back side with hammer handle or other blunt tool. keep a bottle of water handy and cool plastic as you are holding out on dent...repeat until dent is out.. if car has been repainted at any point DO NOT use hot glue, it will pull paint from car
Thanks for this great video. Just went along nice and smooth. The car came out pretty darn good and will look even better when you are finished. Anything to save money these days. It all helps. Thanks again.
I would not hit the area multiple times. Reverse the impact procedure, One Long slow Gentle push from behind the panel . Try a Flat smooth Small block of wood, Pushed by a car jack Gently & slowly. Support the Jack against a Solid Part of the car in the Boot / Trunk, Apply pressure from the jack to a long length of wood to Push the small flat wood & the Dent Outwards Slowly & gently in one Slow Push. Once Bent, Metal has the tendency to stretch, Less Contact is Always better. ALSO Try to find the point of Impact, Then push just in that same place, The surrounding Dent should follow back to body shape. The car that HIT it did not hit it 10 times, = Just once in one smooth push, Hence Reverse the impact. It was only hit in one contact point, all the surrounding area is The Stretching motion of that impact. Don't try to KICK it out, BUT You Could Brace yourself & put your Foot / Feet against the dent in the same slow gentle Motion. If You can get behind the Dent properly.
Funny comments about the 'free foot', but it's also important to remember that not all dents will be in a panel where you can get that free foot behind it, so these techniques are useful. On the suction puller, some soapy water will often help that seal better, where small microvariances in the surface flatness are letting air leak. Plus it will let you slide the puller a bit and reposition it without releasing it all the way and putting it down somewhere else, for better control of where you're pulling, 'finding' the beginning of a curve where it will leak, etc. Won't solve all dent-related leakage, but it will for some, and anyway it can't hurt to try. And as others have said, address the crowns first, especially where it looks like a crease was starting to form. Crowns are where the metal is stretched the most, so reverse those first (or as one commenter said, 'release its stored energy') by heating (expanding) the crown and cooling (shrinking) the lower flat area, multiple times. You don't have to heat the paint to near-blistering, nor freeze it to near-cracking -- small, incremental measures are always best (you don't want to create new problems!). There will be a lot less of the dent remaining to fix after that. And take care to not make a new dent in a different spot with the foot method or the bridge puller. Incremental measures are also key with something like this, not 'going as far or further back the other way', which only serves to stretch the metal more and cause waviness that will 'never' come out (unless by a professional). And regarding the little round white plastic tool that came with the bridge puller, the concept there is what body men call a 'dolly block', of which a professional might have several different sizes and shapes with different curves and lines, made from chunky blocks of mirror-polished stainless steel, along with various shaped peening hammers. The DIYer can get a lot of this same benefit with a chunk of 2x4 wrapped in a clean soft cloth to protect the finish, then hammer the block to flatten a proud bit, or hammer the panel from the inside against the block on the outside for a low bit. But overall, good novice-level demo of some readily available and cost-effective options out there!
I need help from you guys I wish I could show you the picture of what happened to my car it dented it quarter panel and the edge of the bumper quarter panel. I need advice I'm determined I going to fix this because I don't have the money to bring it to a shop. It's a 2000 Camry I took really good care of it and this psychotic dude across the street purposely run into my car parked in front of my housee.
So he had a truck so I have a dent up on the quarter panel and then at the bumper area it's a pretty deep dent easily accessible to. I've had this car for 18 years and this nut job across the street moves in and decides he don't like where I parked my car out front of my own home of 27 years. He's 37 and just moved shacked up with the girl across the street for the last 5 years. He's threatening to do this to me the past and then I finally did it but he is a felon because he ended up robbing a gas station so he's on probation. I didn't even know what happened. He called the cops because if he didn't it would have been leaving the scene of an accident. And he would have violated his probation. The insurance company wanted total my car. I've paid $30,000 for the car. It only has 140,000 miles on it and I'm determined 2 get this car to look like brand new again. The pay jobs 18 years old cuz of course there's some scratches and little things here and there and there's a little bit of rust around the wheel well. But I've been looking up how to do it and how to repair it and I believe I could do it
The best way is instead of using the hair dryer boil some water once the water is hot pour it slowly onto the area that you’ll be working on then use the suction cup tool
My friend had a dodge intrepid that same champagne color that got hit like 7 times. My theory is that bland color kind of blends into most urban surroundings (faded concrete and asphalt etc.) and leads to higher accident chances bc people don't see that color standing out in contrast to the surroundings like other paint colors.
At 5:40 he wipes the paint with acetone to get good adhesion with the glue, then rubs his dirty fingerprints on the spot he just cleaned. You can safely skip this step. Otherwise, good standard YT video.
To finish up pour a big pan of boiling water down it from be the top may take a couple of pans but should take the rest of the ripples out and look like new 👍 And another tip for your plunger wet the edge of it and it'll get a better grip closer down in the dentns
Guys, I appreciate your fascination with the topic, however fascination without knowledge often yields questionable results. Your heating process did not focus FIRST on the two clear pinch points (one at top and one at bottom) where creases gave evidence of their storing energy from the accident. While you apparently thought your job was to remove dents, it was not: your job was to release stored energy. Repeatedly heating and cooling these creases before trying to heat the center would have yielded a preferred result.
Yes... knocking down the crowns will release pressure... also using 91% isopropyl alcohol will assist in removing the glue... There are many issues with the way you went about the repair, but considering the age and value of the vehicle paying for Professional Paintless Dent Repair may not have been a feasible option.
Exactly. Good body men have been doing this since the '30s at least....heat the. crowns, cool the valley to pop out, finish with hammer and dolly if necessary.
@@desertbob6835 Son of a Bitch, I did not know that. Interesting. Makes sense to do that. I just never have heard of much of this stuff, but I'll be ready next time.
I have a 01 Camry hit a deer and hood is banged up ,I did use the big pulley it helped to a degre but still needs moree to be pulled out , Now you blew through the bridge pulley fast..Is the glue gun recommended with it ? Wil any glue do ..How do you remove the glue when done ? . Also where do you buy the bridge pulley at ? Thanks
My 99 Camry it's been my daily driver for 23 years now, 346k miles and still going strong. Never any major problems, but I don't let the oil get dirty. I change it when it's turning brown... No sludge in my engine, all 4 cyl still have perfect compression
I am an Auto Body Painter with 41 years of experience. This guy is just an amateur. Instead of a Hair dryer, you need a Heat Gun to get the panel very warm, not just luke warm.
But I give him FULL MARKS for the work that he did. For an amateur, this was an excellent way of tackling this HUGE dent.
On this Dent an amateur can use a rounded stone the size of your fist, wrap the stone in a hand towel and gently pound or massage the Dent outwards from inside the trunk.
Heat with Compressed Air, normally works only on absolutely flat surfaces, like a Door panel, that has no ridges or ribs in it. Good job anyway.
What do you mean "Heat with Compressed Air?
@@LuminousSuperstarNuclear reactor? Pffft.. Amateur.. I take the panel off and stick it in the dryer.. 😂 messing with you. Lol.
Thanks for this demonstration. A neighbor across the street backed into my car, which was parked on the street, while they had a bicycle rack on the back of their car. It dented front and rear doors, but it looks worse than it is: power windows still work, no change in gaps around the doors, etc. I got a couple estimates, the least expensive being $1,300 and so I've been considering trying to fix it myself. Your video gives me some hope/confidence that I might be able to get mine to 95% as well. Cheers!
@@pugdad1248 I didn't need to confront them. When the did it, they came knocking on my door to tell me that they did it. My comment wasn't so much a complaint about the neighbor; it was about my desire to learn to do this kind of work well enough to fix my own door.
i dont think u can do it , bro ..dont lie
I'm really impressed, thanks guys! Good way to avoid a $1500 repair at a body shop, no welding, sanding, or painting.
how you been smoking weed this car isn't worth 1500$
Professional PDR doesn't cost nearly that much and it'll be perfect when it's done.
@@aah4859 you must not know body work prices
@@sidefx996 Still not worth it on a vehicle this old. This diy method is the only cost effective option.
As someone who has been in this business for 18 yrs, I would like to share something with your readers. When a dent occurs on a car there is obviously a low spot and a corresponding high spot(Crown) with the transference of energy at the time of impact. So the simple thought process would be to reverse the action of the impact. By this I mean , knock down the crown using the Plastic Tool so you do not damage the paint finish, and then use the glue tab puller to release the dent. Sometimes it might be necessary to do both at the same time, meaning that while you are screwing down on the Bridge, you are assisting in the release of energy, by knocking down the Crown. Also work on the body lines first, before the flat surfaces, you might have better results. Not trying to be a "know it all" just sharing.
Thank you Anthony, that's great information. Thanks for sharing.
Good information, thank you.
Thanks great information
>> knock down the crown using the Plastic Tool
Do you mean the suction cup thing? Or the little white plastic tool that he never showed how to use? Could one use a rubber mallet?
@@justgivemethetruth Sorry for the inconvenience.
Fixed my own dented bumper on my Mazda 3 about 5 years ago after backing into a snow bank that was actually ice. Just used my hair dryer set on high/hot to warm it up, then used the handle of a hammer on the inside of the bumper to punch it back out. Worked like a charm! Can't even tell anything ever happened to it! :)
I'm going to try that on my mazda 3 too! Did it work. Does it take a long time?Thanks.
Because it is plastic
@@valentinosesti2499 YES plastic bumpers are very easy to pop out with heat. This metal repair is much harder
I fixed a dent on my mom’s Ford Focus with a heat gun, basketball and a hand air pump.
Water really helps for the suction cup, and after you get it to stick, you can slide it over the bends -- the suction will keep it formed against the metal.
Thank you for the advice!
And maybe a couple of drops of dish soap in the water. Spray foam window cleaner and a clean rag work well with the initial cleaning of the panel. Go over the dent with some paint thinner or alcohol lightly. Paint thinner/acetone can soften most paints if exposed long enough.
And hot water - accordi to some other add I saw, hot or maybe boiling water straight from the kettle, and a toilet or sink plunger. It worked 👍
@@BoziTatarevic1 can you use a hot gun instead of a hair blow dryer.
@@infertisk458 yeah if you wanna melt your paint
The best part is you did not quit; you kept at it and it looks a lot better. Thanks for all the tips.
But he DID quit.
WOW -impressive! I have a 15 year-old truck with a similar dent in a similar place. It's not really worth dropping $400+ for dent repair, so DIY Harbor Freight dent repair to get it "good enough" is perfect for me. A huge thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
Very good! Lovely demo. I would use a Wagner Heat Gun $22 instead of a blow dryer. That heat gun is so darn useful around the house too, you can remove sticky labels easily, and also soften the Dicor Lap Sealant on RV roof for easy removal, decals from RVs and cars, wrinkle paint to scrape off, and more. Its worth having in your shop.
I think if you keep having dents in one spot, put a big sign on window saying DONT DENT MY CAR OR i WILL SUE YOU. SMILE FOR CAMERA! And add a motion camera on that corner.
Bozi, thank you so much. I really appreciate the tips and step-by-step. I have some smaller dents to pull out and you've given me the confidence to do it!
I've used the Harbor Freight Tools dent puller on a motorcycle gas tank that was badly dented. It worked well, but it requires patience. Definitely an inexpensive way to remove dents.
Great no nonsense video, direct and informative without the fluff. Just a few observations. If you find your glue not popping off and is stuck on the car, or tool put some isopropol alcohol in a spray bottle and a couple of quick sprays will have the glue peeling off. Let the area dry before applying additional glue or it won't stick very well. Always start with a clean, dry surface or your dent tab and car surface. Hopefully you know your cars history and whether or not it has been repainted in the area you are glue pulling. If you're not sure inspect the area carefully for signs of a previous repair. Look closely at the paint, compare it to the adjacent panels, are there imperfections, fish eyes (little craters in the clear coat), can you see faint sanding lines, does the clear coat finish have a different slightly different sheen, or surface appearance? These are tell tale signs of a previous repair. Finally if you have access to the interior side of the dent through the trunk in this instant, check to see if it looks repaired. If there is any question and you think the area has been repaired and repainted, stop and resist the temptation of getting your can opener out unless you have a fishing trip planned and need the worms. Call a professional dent remover at this point. The glue pulling system is useful with oem ;paint only (original factory paint) as this will quite probably pull the paint off a previously painted area. The glue sticks are made with different strengths for additional pull and can be ordered from Amazon as well as additional tabs as these will break. Do not try using hot boiling water before using tabs, it's dangerous and someone will get injured. Good luck, it takes practice all depends on how much time you put into it. If you feel your time is more valuable just call a dent guy, it's not that much more when you add the cost of all this equipment and your time.
Your foot was the best tool!!
I'm impressed at how easily you worked that dent out to 90 %.
Lets be honest closer to 80%, ..
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@@NotUpdated005 more like 70%
@@victorgallegos9858 actually 60%
The big feet did most of the work!!!!!!
I have watched three of these reviews of the harbor freight dent puller, and this is the only one that was successful. Congratulations on doing a really good job of fixing your car.
Putting pressure from the inside and at the same time spoon tapping the high spots on the outside would relieve the stress and make the repair a lot easier. But I noticed a couple of stretch marks that will not come out without shrinking the metal. Trying to do a repair on that type of dent can only be done completely with repainting. I worked at collision repair for over 45 years.
It may not be perfect but I bet you didn't turn out any work which looks a little bit better for next to nothing -
@@davidrice3337 we got collision repair "expert" here....not the guy that pocketed his insurance money and pulled the dent himself....the guy in this video did a phenomenal job......thanks for your expert comment jonas miller..but no one's here for that.
Can you heat it up with a blow torch and beat it out with a 12 pound sledge hammer?
@@randyweber2275
That's kind of hard to do on a dual panel car. You are correct though if he was able to push on the dent while heating then it would've pushed right out.
Hair dryer and Dry Ice worked for me. The dry ice shrinks the metal after is has been stretched by the dent,...
From my experience : If your car got a dent, don't start removal operations immediately, but wait for at least 24 hours .....The metal sheet used to build the car body is a bit resilient, so some of the dent get removed automatically if you give time to happen. (Not always , depends on the nature of dent and make of the car) .
This has happened to me. got rear ended. pretty decent dent on the back. next day it was gone.. just a big scrape still.
@@PC-iv5so Will the rust just automatically removed if I tap my heels together and say, "There is no rust", three times. LOL
Excellent video! Patience, persistence and Harbor Frieght affordable tool did the trick! Fortunate location for dent but not an easy dent at all featured in the majority of UA-cam videos I've watched so Thank you so much for sharing this!
Great info so appreciate your video. I had an accident and backed into a new tow truck at a Halloween event that I volunteered. I caused damage to my RAV4 lift-gate and the new tow truck’s chrome bumper. I’ve had dents removed before but this time my Paintless Dent repairman refused the work saying it was too big of an area. I took it yo someone else for an estimate which was $750 and maybe not repainted where the paint cracked! I’m going to try this myself. I have must all the tools, I have a new heat gun, the orange suction cups that I’ve used to carry large mirrors. I will buy the bridge as it’s a useful tool. Thanks very much. I’ll have to do more research on using the heat gun since my vehicle has a diamond coat from Ziebart Undercoating.
Not bad! 482 Auto body shops disapprove this video...
Soy Eldiego 483 DIYers approve!
Not true i don't disapprove at all. But don't spend money on that aerosol spray he used that's a waste of money.
@@flintdavis2 what a load of shit, all blah blah.
This weekend there was a guy driving around and saw the dent on my car ,he asked me if I wanted to get it fixed , I said how much ?
He said $200 , I said no thank you lol
Probably because it’s not fixed. But people that would rather do this , can’t afford to have a car properly fixed anyways
I had a dent sort of like that on my car one time and not long after on a hot day ,It popped out by itself, I was amazed!
Rob C. What? Unbelievable
plastic fender or quarter panel.
had the same thing happen to an oldsmobile 98 one time. found out the panel was plastic.
Dude...I"M the one who fixed your dent while you were sleeping. I wanted to practice dent repair on someone ELSE'S car before working on my own. I won't apologize after I did a great job.
@@bobjasper5447 bahahahahahahahaha
Hah
Nice video, thanks for sharing. Just one note (not to be an internet dweeb but...) once you wipe an area with acetone to clean it you DO NOT want to then touch it before using the glue puller. Even the very small amount of oil on your fingers can reduce the adhesion strength of the glue. Just clean it and apply the hot glue and puller for best results.
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Not gonna lie, I was a little skeptical but I must say I’m impressed.
I’m impressed he has 3 hands
Wow you were impressed?!?! Thank goodness
@@lionpaw2024 I know thank goodness I was impressed lol
I think you did a fabulous job especially when you got in the trunk and pushed. It straightened the whole dented in area along the trim which made all the difference in being able to do your smoothing. The glue and pop out equipment rocks!
I tried pushing and pulling a bad dent on my car. Had to fill and paint in the end. For interest here is my car fix: ua-cam.com/video/rwUG-kxHIJE/v-deo.html
Nice job.
I have used the heat gun and compressed air on a smaller ding and got good results.
How it works depends on where the ding is and the size of it.
Excellent job!! I was really impressed. I've watched a lot of pros use expensive dodads and fancy stuff.
But the low bidget way is the way to go initially.
Thanks for the tips.
A neat trick: a little alcohol will cause the hot melt glue to release cleanly and effortlessly. I like to apply with an eye dropper.
Heat and dry ice works on door dings and hail damage. That large a dent needs a lot more heat and cold change, but you can also push doing it to help move the metal back into its formed shape. When I was a kid I used to watch guys fix cars at a body shop, they added lead over the dents, you didnt try to bend that metal back into shape you couldnt it was way to thick. That was say 1965?
Yes, thank you for no music, and going right into the info. :)
Good one , I’ve heated on outside and pushed with aluminum baseball bat to remove rear number cover dents .good job
Blow dryer is pretty good , but a hot air gun from Harbor freight for about $8 puts out a LOT more heat and does a great job with just a paddle to push simple dents like that out easily.
I'm not smart enough to know one way or another, but this I do know...by putting this video out here you sparked conversation, pro and con plus suggestions. I'd say that in itself is something. Have a good day.
vinyltapelover genius
The star of your repair was your foot, an the cost was freeeeee
Ye! he should add what feet size need in the info area! I believe he's 11? xD
Facts
True!!!
I dunno man. Alot of food has been put into growing that foot
Not funny
After backing up on your bumper and hitting it i also learned a lot on your video on how to fix my car's bump as well thanks!
What a 🐦
Popping Dents depends on Memory of the sheet metal, the quicker you attempt to remove the dents the better results you will have.
You right , the sooner you fixed is always better.
I suffered a similar fate -- having some dipshit slam into my car and then leave while I was at work -- so I'm researching trying to fix my door myself. Factoring the cost and effort of finding a replacement door, painting it, and then transferring all the internal parts over to the new door, I'm hoping a DIY solution is the way to go. Thanks for your impressive video.
When you heat the panel and then use the compressed air it was acting as a coolant , therefore tightening / shrinking the metal . When I couldn't get a replacement part I would use an oxyacetylene torch to shrink the damaged panel .
I was going to use that on my bumper, but decided against it after considering the cost of acetylene.
Foot kick was on spot!! I tried first but I wasn’t strong enough, so my 18 year old son kicked from the trunk area and it worked!!!! Thank you!!!!!
You made it look great - for a first-time attempt.
So basically your foot did 80% of the work.
Ye! he should add what feet size need in the info area! I believe he's 11? xD
Feet and thumb could work 100% but then the video title could become useless :)
hahhahahahhahahhaha
@@stamatisiliadis8844 what about the brand of shoes? I'm sure that might help a lot. I'm thinking, don't wear your hiking shoes,lol. 😂
Lets add a codicil for the idiots out there- if you try this at home be sure to keep the trunk OPEN
Thanks - you've given me encouragement to try DIY - cheers
Use no hairdryer , pull HOT WATER over the dent and puch at the inside .
(many film on you tube : "dent / hot water" .
Just one comment, and don't take it personally, but hot melt glue does not dry, it cools. As others said below, great job without the annoying background music. Smaller glue on pieces can be purchased which focus more pulling power in a smaller area to pull right in the center of small dents such as hail impacts. Good job!
Really good demo. Smart and easy to follow. Thanks
Paintless dent repair has saved me tons of money. I am a long time customer of Acci-Dent which is located in Wisconsin and they do a great job of making sure my car is in tip-top shape when small issues arise! Their prices are so good I didn't even have to do a DIY!!!
That's pretty good, I'm glad to see I'm not the only one whose "dent pulls" work out about the way your video shows... Plainly speaking pulling most dents is not as easy as most videos show it to be, none will ever be like it never happened, but with time and patience it can end up looking pretty decent without spending all sorts of money.
a man, his foot, and his plunger. a legend
I have done collision work for 45 years. Climb in the trunk, lay on your back, line up your heel with the stretched part of the quarter, and give it a push !
Did not work for me in the front fender though.
Get a man. I am available 24/7 !@@inspire734
That little bottle of fluid with internal brush that came with it is used to remove the glue, just a tiny amount applied to the edge of the glue left on the body and it picks straight off real easy
Great video! That last tool was great! I would have used a piece of 2 x 4 on the inside to hammer out the big stuff.....the hit would be spread out over a larger area and not put hammer dings in metal.
Very generous of you to share your knowledge! I am on my way to Harbor freight!
I sure wanted to see the finished product. Much improved! Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the great tips and evaluation of products. I have an easy bump compared to yours. I am leaning towards Harbor Freight and getting the needed arsenal. If none of it works, then it stays where it is.
"We are going to take the acetone, and use it to clean all or the dirt and oil from the area, and then I will rub my fingers all over the area that we just de-oiled with the acetone, so that I re-oil the area with the natural oils in my skin, and then I am going to make sure there is also a good layer of skin oil on the bridge tool surface that I will be attaching to the just re-oiled part of the car panel.... and we are done" LOL. Seriously, really nice job. Thanks for the great vid. Very useful. Liked and subscribed.
Very good tips. On an older car, very useful to bring back the beauty; then wax it, and what little dent left will not even be visible.
... we thank you sincerely for sharing your expertise, we appreciate you for being a neighbor.
In 1985, I had $500, 1978 2dr Toyota Corolla, with a dent in the right rear qtr panel, courtesy of thump and run in a parking lot. I didn't have access nor money for a puller. So instead, I fixed it , as well as I could, from inside the trunk, using pieces of wood, the car's scissors jack and plenty of hot boiling water to pour on the damaged area.. Since I couldn't get a good angle on kicking the dent out, use of the scissors jack, along with the wood to push the dent out, did the trick. I lucked out on it being a butt ugly, looking dent, to a small indentation.
Wait a minute... so you're telling me I could have just got in the trunk and pushed this entire time
Haha the secret body shops won't tell you
I had a dent in my door and getting in the trunk didn't help at all. It could have been my technique though.
@@Ra-218 maybe it doesnt work on the front of the car 😂😝👻
Watched this video because i have a similar dent in my passenger front door. I will have to remove the inside door panel to work from the inside pushing dent out but you have gave me the info about the puller/pully and i am confident that i will be able to work my door dent out. My bodyshop quoted me about $650 to fix this dent which included putting the side mirror back on but i can do that myself with epoxy. The parts cost and fees was $150! of course they were going to make it like new with paint and such which is what shops must do for insurance claims requirements. I told him i would be paying cash but it didn't seem to make a difference? Anyway, you guys showed everyone how to 'do it yourself' does not have to be hard or expensive. Thanks.
You done a great job, I didn't even know there were any tools like you used. I will have to purchase myself some of these auto body repair tools. Thank you for the video.
you did a really good job demonstrating this. thank you!
So glad you shared this video, I have a dent door, now I'll go to Harbor Freight. Thanks for the tip.
Great video...I have a small dent in my 300ZX convertible, just above the windshield, missed during hail repair and will try removing it myself...It's hard to see now, but I know it's there, so it has to go....My thanks to the gent that made this.
Perfect solution to a dent in an 18 year old car. BTW, we had an identical Camry. Best car I ever owned.
They run forever
Wow I'm impressed
Now I know what to get on a low budget
Hats off
I had pretty much same model and colour and had exact area dented twice. How can it be?
col .... It is a poor design... it is lacking inner reinforcement in that area and it is a longer panel built like a coke can... but mechanically these cars are AMAZING!
Thanks for video, guessing both pieces of this rear quarter panel is plastic or composite, good to know the hair dryer method, I have a heat gun so that should work.
It works better if you use a heat gun not hair blower and wet the dent puller for better grip on the suction cup!!
heat guns are not so expensive too! nice suggestions ;)
I like to use a wodden base ball bat. use both ends to roll out what you can. Works for me and old cars.
Looks good--thanks for sharing! I wonder if one of the smaller 2" suction cups would have been useful, too?
Yes, a smaller suction cup pulled slowly after heating the area. The best technique is to slowly pull and hold rather than multiple pulls.
@@disco3landrover654thanks for the tip, I used at least 20 pulls, worked a little bit though.
I have watched a guy at a Chevy dealer removing dint and dings from transported cars and he makes them look new with the hot glue puller that you used only he had a huge assortment of the glue on pulling devices from tiny to a couple inches
Wow , well explained! Guy like this put body shops out of biz cause this DIY works with the right stuff!
You did a great job. I just clinked on your Amazon link and purchased the dent puller kit. Hope it helps you out. Thank you for sharing.
thanks buddy, not perfect but 1000X better and the price was right :D
actually through the trunk, pull trunk liner out and slowly work dent out starting at point of impact first by pushing on it and or gently tap on back side with blunt or rounded object and use suction cup to help pull.., that would work better than a suction cup alone on outside...same with bumper, heat up with hair dryer and push from back side with hammer handle or other blunt tool. keep a bottle of water handy and cool plastic as you are holding out on dent...repeat until dent is out..
if car has been repainted at any point DO NOT use hot glue, it will pull paint from car
Thanks for this great video. Just went along nice and smooth. The car came out pretty darn good and will look even better when you are finished. Anything to save money these days. It all helps. Thanks again.
A great tutorial! Thanks for posting up!!!
Cheers
Doc
I would not hit the area multiple times.
Reverse the impact procedure,
One Long slow Gentle push from behind the panel .
Try a Flat smooth Small block of wood, Pushed by a car jack Gently & slowly.
Support the Jack against a Solid Part of the car in the Boot / Trunk, Apply pressure from the jack to a long length of wood to Push the small flat wood & the Dent Outwards Slowly & gently in one Slow Push.
Once Bent, Metal has the tendency to stretch, Less Contact is Always better.
ALSO Try to find the point of Impact, Then push just in that same place, The surrounding Dent should follow back to body shape.
The car that HIT it did not hit it 10 times, = Just once in one smooth push, Hence Reverse the impact.
It was only hit in one contact point, all the surrounding area is The Stretching motion of that impact.
Don't try to KICK it out, BUT You Could Brace yourself & put your Foot / Feet against the dent in the same slow gentle Motion. If You can get behind the Dent properly.
Funny comments about the 'free foot', but it's also important to remember that not all dents will be in a panel where you can get that free foot behind it, so these techniques are useful.
On the suction puller, some soapy water will often help that seal better, where small microvariances in the surface flatness are letting air leak. Plus it will let you slide the puller a bit and reposition it without releasing it all the way and putting it down somewhere else, for better control of where you're pulling, 'finding' the beginning of a curve where it will leak, etc. Won't solve all dent-related leakage, but it will for some, and anyway it can't hurt to try.
And as others have said, address the crowns first, especially where it looks like a crease was starting to form. Crowns are where the metal is stretched the most, so reverse those first (or as one commenter said, 'release its stored energy') by heating (expanding) the crown and cooling (shrinking) the lower flat area, multiple times. You don't have to heat the paint to near-blistering, nor freeze it to near-cracking -- small, incremental measures are always best (you don't want to create new problems!). There will be a lot less of the dent remaining to fix after that.
And take care to not make a new dent in a different spot with the foot method or the bridge puller. Incremental measures are also key with something like this, not 'going as far or further back the other way', which only serves to stretch the metal more and cause waviness that will 'never' come out (unless by a professional).
And regarding the little round white plastic tool that came with the bridge puller, the concept there is what body men call a 'dolly block', of which a professional might have several different sizes and shapes with different curves and lines, made from chunky blocks of mirror-polished stainless steel, along with various shaped peening hammers. The DIYer can get a lot of this same benefit with a chunk of 2x4 wrapped in a clean soft cloth to protect the finish, then hammer the block to flatten a proud bit, or hammer the panel from the inside against the block on the outside for a low bit.
But overall, good novice-level demo of some readily available and cost-effective options out there!
When I was a teenager, my mom put a BIG dent in our 55 Chevy door. I pulled most of it out with a toilet plunger and my Dad never knew.
excellent job…i knew about the 3 and 4 inch suction units from HF…but by this i now found out about the bridge puller…excellent tube
I have the exact same car, down to the color. And it is a 'hit and run' car too. I'm up to 7 hit and runs on it and still counting.
Claude Smoot - So YOU are the one hitting everyone else's cars!
Dang
I need help from you guys I wish I could show you the picture of what happened to my car it dented it quarter panel and the edge of the bumper quarter panel. I need advice I'm determined I going to fix this because I don't have the money to bring it to a shop. It's a 2000 Camry I took really good care of it and this psychotic dude across the street purposely run into my car parked in front of my housee.
So he had a truck so I have a dent up on the quarter panel and then at the bumper area it's a pretty deep dent easily accessible to. I've had this car for 18 years and this nut job across the street moves in and decides he don't like where I parked my car out front of my own home of 27 years. He's 37 and just moved shacked up with the girl across the street for the last 5 years. He's threatening to do this to me the past and then I finally did it but he is a felon because he ended up robbing a gas station so he's on probation. I didn't even know what happened. He called the cops because if he didn't it would have been leaving the scene of an accident. And he would have violated his probation. The insurance company wanted total my car. I've paid $30,000 for the car. It only has 140,000 miles on it and I'm determined 2 get this car to look like brand new again. The pay jobs 18 years old cuz of course there's some scratches and little things here and there and there's a little bit of rust around the wheel well. But I've been looking up how to do it and how to repair it and I believe I could do it
@@stenochicky3488 , call the police.
The best way is instead of using the hair dryer boil some water once the water is hot pour it slowly onto the area that you’ll be working on then use the suction cup tool
Title: “Fixing a Car Dent for $15”
Guy: Attempts tools, ends up using foot and hand instead
Wallet: “So am I just nothing to you?”
Brutally unfunny
My friend had a dodge intrepid that same champagne color that got hit like 7 times. My theory is that bland color kind of blends into most urban surroundings (faded concrete and asphalt etc.) and leads to higher accident chances bc people don't see that color standing out in contrast to the surroundings like other paint colors.
At 5:40 he wipes the paint with acetone to get good adhesion with the glue, then rubs his dirty fingerprints on the spot he just cleaned. You can safely skip this step. Otherwise, good standard YT video.
For smaller dents try Dryice with a cloth Overtop of the paint area.
Pour or drip rubbing alcohol over the cooled hot glue when you are done. it will come right off!
Boki! Good to see you. I used to go to school with Bojan. We lived in the same apartment complex in Jamestown.
Great job so far.. would love to see the finished result though!
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I guarantee you he stopped right there. lol
Great video thanks. Was that panel metal or plastic? Fibreglass?
Very useful.... especially when looking into buying a car that has a similar sized dent in the rear quarter panel 👍🏻
Nice job thanks for the advice. I'm definitely going to try this.
To finish up pour a big pan of boiling water down it from be the top may take a couple of pans but should take the rest of the ripples out and look like new 👍 And another tip for your plunger wet the edge of it and it'll get a better grip closer down in the dentns
Good tip👍you helped thousand of people , thank you so much
Guys, I appreciate your fascination with the topic, however fascination without knowledge often yields questionable results. Your heating process did not focus FIRST on the two clear pinch points (one at top and one at bottom) where creases gave evidence of their storing energy from the accident. While you apparently thought your job was to remove dents, it was not: your job was to release stored energy. Repeatedly heating and cooling these creases before trying to heat the center would have yielded a preferred result.
Sean Crane interesting.....
Yes... knocking down the crowns will release pressure... also using 91% isopropyl alcohol will assist in removing the glue...
There are many issues with the way you went about the repair, but considering the age and value of the vehicle paying for Professional Paintless Dent Repair may not have been a feasible option.
Exactly. Good body men have been doing this since the '30s at least....heat the. crowns, cool the valley to pop out, finish with hammer and dolly if necessary.
@@GrayDuckDentRepairofMinnesota I should have listened to you guys before I did my car. Oh well. You learn as you go along.
@@desertbob6835 Son of a Bitch, I did not know that. Interesting. Makes sense to do that. I just never have heard of much of this stuff, but I'll be ready next time.
I reccomend pouring boiling water over the dent first, then using a plunger. It worked pretty well compared to the blow dryer. ☯️🤙
I have seen heat and cold contrast pull dents from us navy ships , 1/2;" steal plate the craft is called frame straitening
NO SHIT, THAT IS KRAZY SIR.
I have a 01 Camry hit a deer and hood is banged up ,I did use the big pulley it helped to a degre but still needs moree to be pulled out , Now you blew through the bridge pulley fast..Is the glue gun recommended with it ? Wil any glue do ..How do you remove the glue when done ? . Also where do you buy the bridge pulley at ? Thanks