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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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Anyone know a way I can remove these dents? I just need a homemade way to do it without having to spend hundreds to have a professional do it. Don't ask why I want to remove them but I just do. So any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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I just remove the door panels and plastic corrosion liner and pop the door dents out from the inside with my hand or a rubber malot. It works really well when the dents are in the center like yours are. Not so much when they are close to an edge or seam. With dents like your you should be able to pop most of them out with just a gentle push from the iside with your hand.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:34 PM
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How easy is it to remove the door panels and liner? This might be what I can do, but I've probably got to do it to all four doors as there are dents on all sides and doors.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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The 1 on the QP is a diffrent story! U might b able to get it out from the fender well the same way buck said with a rubber mallet or ur hand!
But it might be to far forward so u might have to take out the rear interor side panel!?!?
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Remove tne screws from the arm rest and inside door latch. Take your large straight slot screw driver and pop the inside window handle off. There is no funky clip. It just pops off. Use a large straight slot screw driver between the door panel and frame to pop the little plastic retainers out that secure the panel to the door. Then just gently peel the plastic cover off. It glued on with some crazy goopy stuff so plan on ripping it a bit. It can't be helped. This works for all 4 doors. Now, just find where your dents are and gently pop them back out from the inside.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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When I peel the plastic cover off, do I have to put it back on? It seems that if I ripped it or removed it I would have trouble getting it back on or it sticking.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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I believe once you peel it off you could just sling it in the weeds if you wanted to. I keep mine intact as much as I can because it rains a lot here in Washington and I don't want my window and door linkages to rot and rust.
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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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I just realized that made no sense what so ever. I mean I don't want the water getting inside and soaking and rotting the door panel and my carpet.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 06:50 AM
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Dents add character and show you actually wheel.

That said, have fun tearing it apart to get to those. It will be a fun filled task.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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One of those big suction cup pullers might work on the bigger dents
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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This is a long shot but it has worked once for me in the past:

Dry Ice.. You heat up the area of the dent, either wait for a really hot day, or use a heat gun, try to get it up around 120 F. Then get a nice big chunk of dry ice (wear gloves -_-) and put it right on the dent.

The idea is that the rapid change in temp will pop the metal back to its natural form. Good luck!
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