Bongo Fury

I'm picking up more than my fair share of dings, dents and scratches recently. The latest being a crease like dent about 2 / 3 inches long on the rear quarter. It hasn't broken the paint and I can get to it from the inside to try and push it out - but last time I did this I managed to make the dent worse by wacking it with a bit of wood and a hammer!

So any advice on what would be a good tool to push the creae out from the inside - should I warm up the metal first? Or just try and fill it and paint it!

Any advice as always gratefully recieved.

This - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNykNl-0NM - any good?

I've seen this a couple of times - might be worth a go, not sure if it'll work on a small ding though - more for big panel wallops - having a look at it this weekend.

Lewy wrote:I've seen this a couple of times - might be worth a go, not sure if it'll work on a small ding though - more for big panel wallops - having a look at it this weekend.

I've got a small but very visible ding on my rear pillar - really annoying. I watched the youtube video then some others about products that used a stick on rod/pad and a brace with a threaded hole for the rod. You used it to pull the dent out then some special spray allowed you release the glued on pad. Couldn't find them on ebay though - possibly a dodgy product? It must be a good game for racketeers - all us desperate dented people

mikeonb4c wrote:

Lewy wrote:I've seen this a couple of times - might be worth a go, not sure if it'll work on a small ding though - more for big panel wallops - having a look at it this weekend.

I've got a small but very visible ding on my rear pillar - really annoying. I watched the youtube video then some others about products that used a stick on rod/pad and a brace with a threaded hole for the rod. You used it to pull the dent out then some special spray allowed you release the glued on pad. Couldn't find them on ebay though - possibly a dodgy product? It must be a good game for racketeers - all us desperate dented people

I've seen those vids.. very intriguing & convincing too.
...But i suppose with the right lighting & camera angle, David Copperfield can make a DC10 disappear!

DOCTOR DENT/ or CHIPS AWAY in Yellow pages

BUT its £90 per call out and one dent all the others will be an additional £30 each.

I don't use them but a lot of people do with good results

Good Luck

Yeah I was thinking of saving all my dents up and then getting a job lot done - trouble is it'll copst more than the van the way I'm going - not used to these Devon lanes I guess but most of them have been pavement and car park dings.

Lewy wrote:I'm picking up more than my fair share of dings, dents and scratches recently. The latest being a crease like dent about 2 / 3 inches long on the rear quarter. It hasn't broken the paint and I can get to it from the inside to try and push it out - but last time I did this I managed to make the dent worse by wacking it with a bit of wood and a hammer!

So any advice on what would be a good tool to push the creae out from the inside - should I warm up the metal first? Or just try and fill it and paint it!

Any advice as always gratefully recieved.

As you can get at it from inside try putting a suction cup on the outside and gently rubbing the dent out from the inside.
Let me know if it works then I will try it

Lewy wrote:Yeah I was thinking of saving all my dents up and then getting a job lot done - trouble is it'll copst more than the van the way I'm going - not used to these Devon lanes I guess but most of them have been pavement and car park dings.

Tell me about the car park dings gets rite up my chuff, inconsiderate beggers never leave there address Hows totnes I used to work there never again couldn't cope with all the calma and dreadlocks

I dented mine high up on the rear quarter when I first bought it. I started a thread which drew a lot of good advice see
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =a&start=0

A local dent fixing shop pulled the dent for me for about £20 then I used a filler to smooth out the remaining ripples and sprayed with aerosol cans. It was done 'on the street' and I got some blooming in the last coat of varnish. However it has blended in more over time and I dont notice it now. Any future buyer would know there had been a dent but it would be clear that functionally it has been succesfully treated. Have a go!
Ron

Tell me about the car park dings gets rite up my chuff, inconsiderate beggers never leave there address Hows totnes I used to work there never again couldn't cope with all the calma and dreadlocks [/quote]

Totnes is still hippy heaven, take it all with a pinch of salt really - on the whole a nice vibe.

ronhud wrote:I dented mine high up on the rear quarter when I first bought it. I started a thread which drew a lot of good advice see
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =a&start=0

A local dent fixing shop pulled the dent for me for about £20 then I used a filler to smooth out the remaining ripples and sprayed with aerosol cans. It was done 'on the street' and I got some blooming in the last coat of varnish. However it has blended in more over time and I dont notice it now. Any future buyer would know there had been a dent but it would be clear that functionally it has been succesfully treated. Have a go!
Ron

Thanks Ron - I'll give that some thought. The dent company who came out to me wanted to drill a hole in the metalwork in the tailgate recess and I didn't like the idea of that. I may fill it and spray it in the fullness.