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jmld16 · 12-22-2004, 01:59 PM

On my 90 i got a dent on the front fender right in the area of the groove at the top. I can push the dent out with my hand from the back but just lightly touch it and it pops back in. How can I fix this?

71Longbed · 12-22-2004, 06:16 PM

wut you can do if you can push it out just lightly and i stress lightly tap around the edges with your hand first if itdoesnt work use a body hammer body happer is also stressed lightly tap around the dent to releive the stress and good luck!

>X< · 12-24-2004, 03:28 AM

this is going to sound weird, but push it out with your hand, then hit the edge of the fender, like by the light or back by the door, whichever is closer, with a hammer. works most of the time. if you put some tape on it or use a rubber mallet you might not mess up your paint.

ricecop425 · 12-25-2004, 04:06 AM

almost sounds like the metal is warped, if hand punchign it out you going to have to shrink the metal

jmld16 · 12-25-2004, 01:58 PM

How would i go about shrinking the metal. I ain't got very much experience with body work.

12-22-2004, 01:59 PM	#1
jmld16 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 49	Dent repair On my 90 i got a dent on the front fender right in the area of the groove at the top. I can push the dent out with my hand from the back but just lightly touch it and it pops back in. How can I fix this? __________________ 1990 Silverado C1500 1984 Custom Deluxe 10 ( soon to be restored)

12-22-2004, 06:16 PM	#2
71Longbed Not Mine But A beauty Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southern CaL Posts: 368	wut you can do if you can push it out just lightly and i stress lightly tap around the edges with your hand first if itdoesnt work use a body hammer body happer is also stressed lightly tap around the dent to releive the stress and good luck! __________________ 68 Chevy Shortbed 454/400 2000 Chevrolet Camaro SS 6spd 2011 Silverado 5.3 6spd auto

12-24-2004, 03:28 AM	#3
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	this is going to sound weird, but push it out with your hand, then hit the edge of the fender, like by the light or back by the door, whichever is closer, with a hammer. works most of the time. if you put some tape on it or use a rubber mallet you might not mess up your paint. __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.

12-25-2004, 04:06 AM	#4
ricecop425 carl Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: seattle Posts: 190	almost sounds like the metal is warped, if hand punchign it out you going to have to shrink the metal __________________ a man and his truck, such a beautiful thing

12-25-2004, 01:58 PM	#5
jmld16 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 49	How would i go about shrinking the metal. I ain't got very much experience with body work. __________________ 1990 Silverado C1500 1984 Custom Deluxe 10 ( soon to be restored)



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