body work question...

[wesl56 10+ year member]

im gonna put a vinyl stripe on my car, but there is a small dent in part of the place i want to put the stripe... its maybe like 1/4-3/8" deep and no bigger than about 2"x3"... i could just put the stripe over it and it might look ok, but then if something pushes on it or like when im washing my car, it might rip or w/e ya know... so what should i do to fix this? is there an eaiser way than bondo/sanding since id rather not mess with that and have to sand off my paint...

does that make sense? is there like any way to fill the dent just good enough to lay vinyl over?

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[Kawasaki STX-R 10+ year member]

got a pic? where is the dent on the body panel?

could you have someone do Paintless Dent Repair?

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

got a pic? where is the dent on the body panel?
could you have someone do Paintless Dent Repair?

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[wesl56 10+ year member]

ill try and get a pic tonite... its right in front of the rear wheel well

what is paintless dent repair?

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

pm billabong.

 

[Kawasaki STX-R 10+ year member]

it's basically like it sounds, someone comes to you or you go to a shop and they use some tools (rods and stuff) to push out the dent from the inside of the panel, usually. i think it takes like 30 minutes and cost ~$100 or so.

i also saw an info-mercial once about a suction cup/glue kit thing that you could pop out your own. which i think would have a better chance of working a larger flatter panel. but might be worth looking into.

you can prolly look em up in the phone book and get some more detailed info or a quote.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

ooh.. its not a dent that can be popped out, its more like a crease/scratch, but its not very deep

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

just sand and fill it..if youre covering it, you dont have to paint it.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

you could always post in the correct section