How the hell do i get this out, Lil body work..

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Im ready to get the grand am going again.. I just need some opinions on how to get the crease dent out of it so i can at least get the windshield in before it gets soaked iinside.. The only problem is that theres about a 4" wide crossmember across the front of the skin.. so its nearly impossible to pound it out from the bottom

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[60ndown 10+ year member]

slide hammer

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

What the hell happened? Someone jump off a building and land on your car?

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

is the A pillar bent? if so u might as well get a new car...

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

lawl. yeah slide hammer. that's about it. have fun //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

hammer it from the inside then slide hammer

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

My car kinda looked like that before. My dumbasses friend jumped onto my car while I was driving. Luckily he only broke a couple ribs, because I sure as hell felt like running his *** over for good after he did that.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

depends, if i was going to do it, i would drop the headliner, tap out whatever i could, then i would go with the stinger method, gas welding rod and just weld 15-30 dollies on there and just pull n tap, and then grind the metal until it heats up enough the it will heat most of it out...how are you going to fix it? i dont know, depends on if u feel like painting it...

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

i would just buy a new car personally.

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

naa it was a deer.. The pillars are fine just the dent .. It wouldnt be tough if the crossmember didnt go all the way across the roofskin on the inside,,, Theres just no way to get anything in there the member looks like a U .. Also kind of like a sound channel.. Its welded to the skin on both ends of it and the wide part in the middle is a 1/2 down or so

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

i would just buy a new car personally.

I have a 2002 diamante that i bought in January.. This i want to be my Winter/Mileage/SPL car.. Plus the diamante sux in the snow

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

depends, if i was going to do it, i would drop the headliner, tap out whatever i could, then i would go with the stinger method, gas welding rod and just weld 15-30 dollies on there and just pull n tap, and then grind the metal until it heats up enough the it will heat most of it out...how are you going to fix it? i dont know, depends on if u feel like painting it...

Im not much of a welder, and my buddys gonna sand/ Paint the whole car for 500+ paint.. Which will be good enough.. Not that he doesnt to very good work.. its just not worth a $2k paint job for what im going to be using it for

 

[Vicodin113 10+ year member]

Thats sucks man... really bad.

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

u dont have to be a welder. just have to make sure the dollies are secure to the panel and then pull them up, then tap down, pull/tap, it'll take u an hour or so..no big deal....and oh my god who buys a new car for a dent?

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

what about some 4x8s on the floor and another 4x8 on a jack, and jack the crossmember back up?

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

what about some 4x8s on the floor and another 4x8 on a jack, and jack the crossmember back up?

The crossmember isnt bent... Its not flush with the skin its about a good 3/4 inch down from the skin ( for strength ) if i jacked it up all that would happen is i would bend the shit outta the member and push it flat to the skin.. Then my headliner would prolly not fit right either