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Hail, No!
Walsted Offline
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A recent hail storm left about forty or fifty hail dings in my TC. In the distant future, I know I will need a trunk lid, hood, and new paint to make them match. Even so, most of the dings are really minor, and I would like to get rid of them, if possible. I had read about a technique using dry ice on one side and heat on the other to get the ding to pop out. Has anyone tried this technique, does it work on the real small dings, and which side gets the hot and which side gets the cold?

Thanks.

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Mike Walsted - NATO member
1986 5-speed TurboCoupe and 1985 5-speed XR7
Mike Walsted - Sold my 1986 5-speed TurboCoupe
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Chad88TC Offline
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#2
I not sure you have anyone around there or not' but there is a couple shops around here that does paintless dent removal. Can't tell a dent was ever there. From what I hear, not sure, but they massage the dent out. Ironic you say this, cause I just went by one shop today and there sign outside said "Damaged by a hail storm"
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Walsted Offline
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There are way too many dents to have the PDR guys do it. It would be cheaper to use conventional repair methods, that is, replace the hood, trunk lid, roof, and repaint and blend. I'm just wondering if there is a real cheap way to remove a lot of the minor ones, so there aren't so many until I get around to doing the hood and trunk lid.

Of course, as I write this, another storm has just dumped a lot more hail on the TC. Luckily, the XR7 is in the garage.

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Mike Walsted - NATO member
1986 5-speed TurboCoupe and 1985 5-speed XR7
Mike Walsted - Sold my 1986 5-speed TurboCoupe
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Matt S Offline
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I once helped a friend who used to do body work. He rented one of those feather tools, basically a handle with a curved pice of metal on the end. Don't really know how to describe it, but he says it's the tool used to "roll out" dings. He used a block of wood with a rubber pad on top to keep from pushing it out.
We spent a day doing it. Not all that difficult, but you need contstant pressure. He waxed the tool and the area under the ding, and massaged it out. I got the hang of it after a bit. He rolled flat the really obvious ones and did a half ass on the not so obvious dings.
I must say getting it from obvious to not so bad isn't long. But getting it perfect is very long. For some of the worse ones he heated a thick spatula and applied that to the ding bottom to warm the metal, and keep the paint from turning colors by direct heat. If you consider your time free, then it's worth the time.

Besides, don't the dimples help it fly longer and faster??? [Image: biggrin.gif]
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TurboBays Offline
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#5
Those hail places charge you like $50 per dent for a small one and up to $100 for a larger one. just my $.02
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