Paintless dent repair

[CJM]

You could always just wait for these guys to show up:

http://home.off-road.com/~cruiserhea...panbeaters.htm

This is from PismoJim, who puts on the Pismo Surf N Turf every year. You should see "Knuckles" now though.

Oh heck if you dont care to much about the panels you can do that pretty easy. But its best to have a set of body tools. It does require two people tho. One to push and one to hammer.

Shoot, my old work van I backed into something and smashed into the rear corner near the tailight. We hammered it back into shape and honestly I wish I took before and after pics-just like those guys. And it was on a curve, which is harder.

But your type of dent could be worse if you attempt this, if it was a beater or older car I would try-but its not.

[Bob98SR5]

mike,

call the used car dept at toyota in your neck of the woods. ask them who they use for their dent removals and see if you can stop by the same day that the dent removers come to fix up their new batch of certified used vehicles. you might get lucky and get a break on the pricing since they wont have to visit you

[4x4mike]

You could always just wait for these guys to show up:

http://home.off-road.com/~cruiserhea...panbeaters.htm

This is from PismoJim, who puts on the Pismo Surf N Turf every year. You should see "Knuckles" now though.

I remember seeing that Landcruiser at Pismo 2 years ago. The guy was following us and stopped when we stopped. His junk was making all kinds of noise so he shut it off. He had broken a motor mount. Next thing I knew he was on foot running down a dune to look for it. IIRC he had an on board shower.

mike,

call the used car dept at toyota in your neck of the woods. ask them who they use for their dent removals and see if you can stop by the same day that the dent removers come to fix up their new batch of certified used vehicles. you might get lucky and get a break on the pricing since they wont have to visit you

That is my next move, I just need to find time to do all of this.

Thanks guys.

[slosurfer]

Mike, that's right he did show up for a little while. He busted a motor mount launching it off a dune. That was after I ended up loseing you guys and had to get April's tacoma back before she woke up.

Hey, I just found out I have mad bodyshop skillz. Check out my work, no paint needed. I think I could do yours next.

Bumper before (tailgate would only open halfway before hitting bumper)


Bumper after (tailgate is useable now)


Only tools needed, a sawsall and my boot and heavy ass.


I feel totally confident, I could easily make your dent look that good. Let me know when you want me to come up and fix it.

[CJM]

If you take some chain, hook it to a sturdy tree or other vehicle and attach it to where the bumper is bent you can pull it out even better.

A come along will do it too (but get a good one). Ive done it before..

Picture this: I crashed my Econoline work van about a year ago. I smashed into the back of a sporttruck exploder ont he corner of my drivers side and his. The metal was pushed up to the front pretty well in that corner.

We took some chains and hooked them to the towtruck, then used some more chains and come alongs and moving the van and pulled it all out. Got new fender, got new hood and frontend fascia and you cant really notice. The horn (or what they call the front clip area) was creased pretty bad. I mean its not 100% perfect but it line sup nicely. All we paid for was the paint and the parts. Sadly the idiot used chevy white, not for white and you can tell.

[slosurfer]

Yeah, the hard part was that it needed to be pulled down, which is harder to rig up with some chains etc.... I just wanted to make it so that the tailgate could be used till we get it to the shop. It was supposed to be a joke, since I cut it with a sawsall.

[CJM]

Hey at least all of you guys didnt mean to do the stuff.

My buddy and I thought we could lift the cab enough to swap out the body mounts if we removed only the 2 fronts. I bent the pinch weld a wee bit now.

[CJM]

Assumption of risk implies it's always the man's fault.

This is why I am not married and not currently dating. Work, sleep, rinse and repeat. I dont have these issues you guys talk about.