Body Work Tutorial
Hey all. I asked 67Dart if I could post up a couple dent examples here for advice on how to approach from himself or anyone else with experience. Every dent is different, right?! So I figured we could all learn. My Dart only has a few dents, fortunately, but unfortunately, they're all in bodylines! My luck!
I've read The Key to Metal Bumping and watched numerous videos, but the best approach to these still eludes me. Better to ask than to muck up my 1/4!
After I work on these dents with advice, I'll post up the results as before/after. Hope to get to as soon as it warms up just a little more.
I have at my disposal:
- basic body hammers/dollys.
- H&S Autoshot stud welder/puller
- H&S Autoshot Dent Killer (picked it up new, cheap, thought it might come in handy at some point.)
DENT AT REAR OF DRIVER'S QUARTER:
I'll let my notes on the pics do most of the talking. To me, on this one it seems like if I pull out the deep main dent, and same with the smaller dent under the bodyline, a lot of the shallow stuff would straighten out. While slightly hammering on that crease at the bottom back that sticks out. But, that seems to go against the advice, so I'm not sure.
Another view:
Yet another view:
DENT(S) IN FRONT OF REAR WHEEL ON BODYLINE ON DRIVER'S QUARTER:
This will not be a show car, so I don't expect perfection here, but would like to get it looking like not-crap. After this is straightened to best of my ability, I'm sure it's going to take some filler (hopefully a small amount) to get those lines back pointed again. Would I just get it close then use regular filler, or something different? (I have Rage Gold now, and I also have some long-strand glass filler as well as some All-Metal, which I've never used).
THANK YOU!
Hey all. I asked 67Dart if I could post up a couple dent examples here for advice on how to approach from himself or anyone else with experience. Every dent is different, right?! So I figured we could all learn. My Dart only has a few dents, fortunately, but unfortunately, they're all in bodylines! My luck!
I've read The Key to Metal Bumping and watched numerous videos, but the best approach to these still eludes me. Better to ask than to muck up my 1/4!
After I work on these dents with advice, I'll post up the results as before/after. Hope to get to as soon as it warms up just a little more.
I have at my disposal:
- basic body hammers/dollys.
- H&S Autoshot stud welder/puller
- H&S Autoshot Dent Killer (picked it up new, cheap, thought it might come in handy at some point.)
DENT AT REAR OF DRIVER'S QUARTER:
I'll let my notes on the pics do most of the talking. To me, on this one it seems like if I pull out the deep main dent, and same with the smaller dent under the bodyline, a lot of the shallow stuff would straighten out. While slightly hammering on that crease at the bottom back that sticks out. But, that seems to go against the advice, so I'm not sure.
Another view:
Yet another view:
DENT(S) IN FRONT OF REAR WHEEL ON BODYLINE ON DRIVER'S QUARTER:
This will not be a show car, so I don't expect perfection here, but would like to get it looking like not-crap. After this is straightened to best of my ability, I'm sure it's going to take some filler (hopefully a small amount) to get those lines back pointed again. Would I just get it close then use regular filler, or something different? (I have Rage Gold now, and I also have some long-strand glass filler as well as some All-Metal, which I've never used).
THANK YOU!
