Wife hit a pole in her new truck.
Body shop wants $3,400 to fix this dent.
It is hard to see in the picture.
Other body shops say they don't work on aluminum panels.
Anybody have any tricks to remove it.

 

Hmmm. No se.

1. Remove the wheel,
2. Remove the wheel well liner,
3. Access the back side of the panel, if you can, and pop it out
4.?????
5. Profit?

 

You can try to reach from underneath and pop it out by hand, the aluminum is very soft and if there isn't any creases it'll want to go back to where he was. I've also popped out dents using unconventional ways before, I've used a piece of plywood and a flattened ball then inflated it behind the dent and it popped it out, portapower ( excessive in this case ), and sometimes just a light top with a rubber mallet will do the job.

I would locate the lowest spot of the dent grab a piece of cardboard to lay on and take an open Palm and give it a light top and see what happens it may take a couple tries it might pop out on the first try. And if that fails you could always see if someone can do paintless dent repair and pop it out and give it a polish if it's not too badly scratched.

 

Use the ol' toilet plunger to pop it out too!

 

You got a cell phone holder that's suction cup mounted on the windshield??

Clean the dents, add windex place the suction cup on the dent, let it sit for 30 seconds and give it a firm but gentle pull.

 

Find the local paintless dent removal guy, ask some dealerships who they use, as well as an internet search. A good one can be pretty impressive. I had a storm blow a garbage can (the big heavy ones the automatic garbage trucks pick up) into the panel just below my hood. Local body shop wanted $1k to fix it. Dent removal guy got 90% of it out, he couldn't go any further because he would risk the paint.

 

YES this is exactly what you should do! There is a local paint less dent removal guy around here and he is a miracle worker. Some of these guys are really skilled

 

Also agree. A friend of mine fabricated some of the wild looking tools that they use. I had them fix a dent on my car one time; amazing how they got behind the panel to pop it out with a NASA inspired twisted tool.

 

Dent removal guy.. a really good guy should be able to get most of it back, if not all of it..

 

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