PDR Paintless Dent Repair for Beginners - Pulling the Dent on the VT Calais
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Today we're attempting to pull a dent out of the front guard of my Holden VT Calais. Let's see how we go! I've never pulled a dent out of a car before, but today I'm giving it a go with a cheap dent puller tool I purchased off eBay.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Overview
1:14 - Dent repair kit overview
2:16 - Preparing the panel
2:41 - Selecting an appropriate glue tab
2:56 - Applying glue and attaching to panel
3:30 - Fitting the dent puller
4:13 - Re-fitting the dent puller (if required)
5:16 - Fixing smaller dents
5:43 - Fine-tuning the smoothness of the panel
6:00 - Cleaning up and buffing the panel
6:12 - Conclusion
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So what do you think? I wasn't able to get a perfect finish, but it's a major improvement nonetheless.
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You had to start at the top edge of the dent and work your way to the high point because you started at the high point you developed the crease
@@NewstartGarageOZ good tip, but the crease was there from the very beginning. I'm not convinced starting at the top would have helped in this case, but you never know?
It was the only dent I noticed in the car, and it annoyed me too. It looks much better now!
Do you have a link to the ebay kit you used please?
Watching in 2024, and i must say you did a very good job.
I just bought a similar kit. This was an excellent video that shows how to use it. Thank you.
For a home job, for someone like me who isn't that much into cars but takes some pride in what I own, I reckon it's good enough to get the job done and it'll stop you from seeing it everytime you go to get into your car. 👍
You did great. The Calais seems happy with you and you are taking great care of her.
What a great detailed video! I’m feeling more confident in the job ahead of me. Thank you!
Thank you, you can do it! Good luck.
I just bought 1 of those units works well my wife hit a little black pole in someoe yard i was so mad but after this im excited to report it not perfect but what improvement glad for these units
Great vid, nice and concise and no BS. Improving all the time, keep it up. :)
Try to keep them short, I hate tutorials that spend too much time stuffing around.
Well said mahcoo
G'day Mate , Thank you so much for this Video . My wife bought me one these pullers as a gift nearly two years ago however, it was only the puller , no instructions nor glue gun .
So now I'm going to dig it out and get a glue gun and pull some dents.
Legend!!!!
Cool vid!
I’ve got a few dints I might try my hand at removing now.
Sorry to hear about the stuff around with the auction, but I’m secretly happy you’ve still got the mighty LS1 VT. Sorry not sorry!
Good honest review, thanks mate.
Did the job! Thanks for watching.
This is brilliant, thank you for this. Of course the dent (smash, really) on the guard on my VX was much, much worse and couldn't be pulled as it was too far gone (ended up replacing the guard entirely, trip to the wreckers and a DIY paint job later) but this will be great if I end up with any smaller dents... which hopefully I don't.
Pretty good for the money! Waay better than i expected
Yup I think so. Not perfect, but neither is the rest of the car.
Looks good mate you could also heat the panel to expand it and dry ice to shrink it may help you with the crease
Fantastic work, Im going down the same path! Keep up the quality videos!
Good luck mate.
Good result, will be trying this on a few dents I have on my BF Falcon.
btw would love the next feature car to be a BA or BF
Sure, I'd like that too.
@@MotoringBoxTV . I don't think you would.
I've driven both. The BA quite obviously has better brakes and a more powerful motor but they're not a better car from the drivers perspective but of course people like different things for different reasons.
My biggest disappointment with the BA is the temperature control panel.
The AU has a hot foot and cold chest setting for your comfort.
Living in Victoria it's the best thing ever for comfortable driving on cold sunny days.
In Queensland you probably never need it
Love your videos mate, good job on the pdr too
Thanks mate.
Pretty interesting mate- never attempted dent repairs myself, but that looks pretty good. And the instructions bit... Gold.
Who needs them, huh? I did check them out afterwards and it didn't really tell me anything new.
MotoringBox yeah I normally check them when things don’t turn out right (flatpack furniture)... but then again a power drill and extra non-standard self drilling screws normally fixes most problems 😁
I bought this from Harbor freight, doesn't work on small hail damage, but will keep it if I get door dents
Nice work mate!
Can't believe someone hasn't snapped up the Calais!!
Too bad huh, will try again later on.
Excellent video dude!
Thanks mate, glad you liked it.
holy cow that worked amazingly well!
Thanks mate!
Sorry to hear about your troubles with the VT sale, but is good to see more videos of it
Thanks mate.
Looks fantastic!
Thanks mate, good for the money.
Some of my customers are actually PDR guys. I've talked to them at length about what they do as I am interested in taking it up.
They mostly don't uses the glue pullers at all. Maybe just for areas that they can't get their pry levers into, like the edges of the turret. The little plastic 'pins' you had are for tapping down the area that you pull up with the glue puller if you pull up too far.
Mostly though they use their levers and lots of patience. They make GOOD money doing it. The best jobs are the hail jobs and they fly around the country after hail storms and can sometimes work for weeks in one place. It's ALL insurance work these days and they make a good living as long as the storms keep up. The rest of the time it's removing parking dings and 'minor' dents although they are competitive and some will take on much bigger dents.
It works out cheaper than panel beating as long as the paint itself hasn't cracked.
I'm no expert on this, just going on what they have said to me.
Oh I'm sure they make good money indeed, and would probably have some nasty things to say to me if they saw this. I know it's shit, but it's good enough!
@@MotoringBoxTV I thought you did a good job. Jiggling the whole thing was a top idea. Most people do it many more times for a lesser result.
Looks a lot better. Good job.
Cheers!
Terrific job!
Cheers!
Great job!
Thanks!
hello sean great work on pulling that dent out not bad at all keep the great work up from phill with the xf falcon
Thanks mate.
Great video
Dents bug the shit out of me, so anything that can be done to reduce or remove them is a good thing. Good luck!
Good job 👍
Thanks mate.
I will try this soon on a Nissan Micra, but I will heat the steel panel first, as this softens the steel which should help the puller to pull the dent out !
NIce work. I love that you are keeping the VT for now, I love both fords and Holden anything aussie is good in my eyes. Not sure about magnas but i did think they looked good in tghe late 90s
I'm not into the Magnas or Camrys as much because they're very closely related to overseas models, even though they were built here. A similar thing could be said for the VT I guess, but Holden did almost rework the car from the ground up.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Overview
1:14 - Dent repair kit overview
2:16 - Preparing the panel
2:41 - Selecting an appropriate glue tab
2:56 - Applying glue and attaching to the panel
3:30 - Fitting the dent puller
4:13 - Re-fitting the dent puller (if required)
5:16 - Fixing smaller dents
5:43 - Fine-tuning the smoothness of the panel
6:00 - Cleaning up and buffing the panel
6:12 - Conclusion
If you put the timestamps in the description, and have one beginning with 0:00, it should segment the timeline in the actual video. It's a neat UA-cam feature that they're trying out.
Thanks, I've updated it. Never seen that feature appear when I'm watching though...
@@MotoringBoxTV Yeah, I think its being slowly rolled out to random accounts. I can see it, but my sister can't. 2klikphilips has a good video on it.
@@JustARegularNerd I noticed viewing it on my desktop machine today it now has the segments - fantastic!
@@MotoringBoxTV Car repair tips and UA-cam tips in the one video. Win.
Need to do this to my NC
Nice to see you wore those fashion fashion gloves, I'm sure they really helped
Oh they were no help at all, haha. The glue didn't seem that hot, but I wasn't exactly going to touch it and find out.
Haha yeah I could understand that 😂
Those kits aren’t bad for basic dents and will get most of it out, when you have a crease though it gets tricky. Use that kit to get most of a dent out and from there undo the inner wheel guard and massage the dent fr9m the rear bit by bit until it’s all out, don’t hit it as it will make it worse. You really need to slowly massage a dent and slowly is the key, the smaller white plastic tube things you have is used to tap the dent back when you come out too far and again do it bit by bit. The key to dent removal is to do it slowly and not try to get the whole dent out in one shot. Good work
Good tip - I do hope to have a go at the crease in future. Like you say, slow and carefully.
Good tip
I had an EB XR8 a couple of years ago that I should have used something like this on. Silly me pressed on the bonnet to latch it, and put a nice palm sized dent into it. Ah well, not to worry. Doesn't matter that you didn't get it all out, as long as it has made some form of difference. Nice video mate. ;-)
My EB II GLi has a small ripple in the bonnet from being pushed shut. I noticed the bonnet flexes a lot when I open it (diagonally). Must be an EB thing!
I always push bonnets shut too, but I try to do it right on the edge where it's stronger. No problems yet!
MotoringBox thats the way! Does your NC’s bonnet do the wobble diagonally? I think it was a 90s Ford thing!
Love your work. Wouldn’t have thought that toy kit would pull the skin off a rice pudding but not a bad result for under 30 bucks. Is the hammer included in case you have no dents?
Slovenia is present !
Welcome!
@@MotoringBoxTV Petrolheads are one nation.
For less than a box of lemon squash you've fixed it.
Well done.
Pretty cheap.
Maybe call in a PDR guy and have it sponsored, he wins, you win and the future owner wins👍👍
I think you did a great job though!
If they're anything like the 'pro detailers' who comment on my videos I wouldn't really want to get involved with them.
Awesome
Cheers!
awesome vid! I'm guessing you will never sell the Fords...
Sorry to hear that your buyer did the wrong thing by you. Are you going to try and sell again or keep the VT now for a while?
Been tempted to get one of these kits myself. Got 2 door dings I'm rather torn up about. Hate taking my car to the shops. If I don't park miles away from everyone else, my car ends up with parking scars from inconsiderate shoppers.
It's worth a shot, depending on the dent of course.
A block of wood that is flat can be used for you to park on to be able to slide a non low profile jack under your lowered vehicle. A piece of wood that is 10 to 20cm in thickness or less will be able to raise the car high enough to jack it. 👌
Yeah it's a great idea, I'll definitely be doing that.
Mate, too job! I'm thinking this is best suited to thinner panels such as found on the newer range of cars. I'm thinking stuff from pre '90s would be too stiff for the glue to hold. Still for the money, why not have a go.
Yup, why not!
Question! Anytime you put the glue you need to wait 45 mins?
Not really, from memory it was just 1 or 2 mins.
Easy! Maybe work off centre not directly in middle of dent!
I will try it with my Chevy Sonic (Holden Barina)
The roof had a dent when i bought it.
Nice - hopefully not bigger than the gap between the feet on the dent puller.
Now that you have done a good job on that. Would you be able to help with scratches that cant be removed with wax
Maybe!
@@MotoringBoxTV all good no worries
Hey mate, have you got a link for the kit? I have a dent in the same spot on my FG turbo, would love to give it a go!
It was this one, but you'll notice the kit I received is very different. I have no idea why - www.ebay.com.au/itm/113025451127
@@MotoringBoxTV magically turned blue on the boat to Australia mate.
Appreciate it, will pick myself one up!
My Fairmont Ghia is currently at the panel beaters getting the wombat damage fixed
Haha, no dent puller will fix that sadly!
A Kangaroo attacked my EF. I fitted the new bumper, headlight and indicator myself, straightened the slight crease in the bonnet - back on the road for $150! I was surprised how strong the bar was, and the plastic reo behind it!
👏🏻
Where can I get this exact dent puller? Do you have a link?
Thanks again for the informative video!
It's kind of weird - the one I received looked completely different to the one I ordered. This was the item anyway: www.ebay.com.au/itm/113025451127
@@MotoringBoxTV hmm.. seems like the glue gun not included?
@@robrichardson1284 Mine included one, the listing is pretty vague though. As I mentioned before, the tool shown in the listing looked completely different to what I received. Still worked well though.
From someone with no experience like me nice work👍. But i would need probably 5 Ebay kits to get the dents out of my ride 🤣
Haha, maybe! I only used one glue stick to do this repair, so there's plenty left for future dents (hopefully I won't need it though).
could you do a mondeo vs falcon video because that would be pretty cool to see
He buys these cars.
Don't make him by a Mondeo, they're fucking shit.
I've driven one for thousands of kays and fucking hate it
@@NewstartGarageOZ i was just curious because we never had the falcon in the uk except a few private imports and some BA's which were turned into coleman millne funeral cars, either way at least the mondeo aint a vectra
Interesting idea - I don't have a lot of interest in the Mondeo though! I imagine there wouldn't be many similarities between the two.
@@qam2878 . I've driven the Vectra and I found it to be a better car than the Mondeo.
They're fucking shit here as they get old because the cooling system just isn't up to forty plus Celcius.
The Falcon shits all over the Mondeo.
I'm glad my grandparents moved to Australia so that I've had the pleasure of owning and driving many Falcons
Just got back from Harbor Freight Tools.... bought a similar kit for $15.99. Doesn't come with gloves though!
I've had some success with the (evidently) even cheaper looking one of these I have. Pulled some dents out....... Unfortunately pulled some paint off too! Hot tip.... Don't leave it glued to the panel too long😏
I was worried about the paint initially.... but luckily there were no issues.
Not sure if it's just me but I actually couldn't see the dent at all at the end, no matter how much I squinted. Well done mate!
The crease is still visible from the right angles, but it's definitely not as 'in your face' like it was before.
Mate, this is a survivor car not a restoration. You did a wicked improvement.
Cheers James.
Good luck..Im already a subscriber and havnt watched the vid, just wanted you to know my rear panel looks like a teenagers face with acne after my attempt ha ha ❤
Can I have a link to that dent remover pls
I bought this one - www.ebay.com.au/itm/113025451127
You'll notice the dent puller I actually received looks different, but hey it still worked.
Kinda dodgy, but looked like it worked! Great vid 😀
Good enough!
What's going to happen to the silver vt? 🤔
drive the car up on wedges and then jack it up..
Yup I'll probably have to, would love to buy a lower jack though it would be handy.
i had a car with bodywork so low i could not get the ramps up to the tire without the plastic hitting the ramps so i placed a 2x4 in front of the ramps to lift the car slightly so i could pull it onto the ramps without issue to the plastic bodywork. worked like a charm and i had to do it again to drive the car back off the ramps.
If you roll onto a couple of bits of old wooden plank, you'll be able to fit your jack under.
Yup I'll have to do that, or get a lower jack which would be handy.
It looked good but the hummer is still the best method in my case because will it’s really cheap I guess
I guess it depends where the dent is - on the guard like this one could easily be sorted with a hammer (carefully!)
Nah mate go hard on her it’s only a Holden XD
Did a good with dent removal bloke. $36 well spent instead of a box of west end draught
Haha
Thanks mate.
Paintless dent pulling is a big deal and they do use glue sticks as you know......
I’ve got a personal view that there is scope to use electromagnets and with a bit of cloth between the magnet head and the dent when you hit the power that thing is locked on and I reckon that would be way better and I don’t believe anyone thought of it yet but then again ideas are cheap you have to actually do something about it........
I once watched a UA-cam video once where somebody put together 4 D Cell batteries activated the electromagnet and they were able to lift a Toyota Corolla from the roof.....
If that’s the case you can pull dents......
In theory I'd agree, it sounds like it'd work. Perhaps glue tabs are cheaper and simpler though? I'm not sure!
@@MotoringBoxTV
Maybe it’s just the case they want the kit to be exhaustible so that at the very least you have to keep spending money buying more glue sticks.....
@@thewholls7176 Could be that too!
I had to watch my baby get pummeled by baseball size hail.. insurance companies and repair shops suck.. thanks for the tips I'm gonna try it myself
Hey dude I'm sorry you didn't get to sell your vehicle, but I'm not surprised because we are dealing with people and they are as unpredictable as the weather and besides I think you're selling the wrong vehicle, anyway that vehicle is the vehicle you should keep those Ford products those are the ones you need to sell, good job on the den pulling thing.
Thanks Manny. Love them both, just like the AU a bit more.
@@MotoringBoxTV that's cool I get it I like blondes but I love brunettes!👍
@@mannyr.2756 that's a good way to think about it.
A 2x4 will fix your jack issue 😘
Fuck i want a schooner.
i wanted to test this so i got the hammer out and dented my car
I actually saw a video where a guy did that. That's dedication right there.
Looks good enough, sorry the car didnt sell
No probs, I still enjoy driving it.
Maybe that is why you couldn't sell the car because of the dent. But after pulling it, you should now have success in selling it now. 👍
May have added some value, hopefully!
The car looks almost perfect. Mine instead looks like swiss cheese
Far from perfect, but looks a lot better without the dent.
Just sell it via UA-cam.
Or Çarsales.
I knew that they wouldn't pay.
Just like a few other's mentioned
Carsales lol. I sold my VY with no rego and no roadworthy on facebook marketplace. That's how you sell a Commodore 👌
I think you'd definitely do better on Carsales, but it'd take longer.
Want to pull all the dents on my hail damaged cruze? lol
Sounds... thrilling.
@@MotoringBoxTV absolutely - all 500 or so dents 😂
What's the chance the ciggy butt brain that dummy bidded your listing was hoping that you'd give up and offer it cheap after they announced they were a fan. Hope you gave them an unpaid item strike.
Not much sellers can do these days unfortunately.
It's a Holden, why bother?😁