dented b pillar

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:41 pm

any ideas how i can fix this dent? can i get to it from inside the car? or is it a double skin on the b pillar?http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0306223501
is the last pic on ebay ad.

Post by **dstocks** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:41 pm

It is double skinned, but thge inside skin has a hole or 2 in it from memory.

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:16 pm

thanks dwain. maybe i could cut and weld a new skin peice into the b pillar?? do you have a wreck that i could cut up??
did you read the ad? something about not idling when cold.

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:33 pm

Or drill through it & use a slide hammer to pop it back out.

Ecnerual · Post by **Ecnerual** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:00 pm

farout thats quite dent

my previous car i had dents everywhere i just used a flat piece of wood and something heavy and hammered back into its original state but that was always on fendors or front bars so with this one it will be difficult as...

best option - becom best friends with a panel beater

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:28 am

Ok firstly do what ben says then do what Ecnerual says with all the little dents left over. Then get some filler and apply to any dents you couldnt get out. Sand back and use hand to feel for any high or low areas. Mask off, primer sand and paint

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:01 pm

got to it from inside and used a long bar to lever the dents out, got it pretty good for a first try but i still have to massage it some more from the outside with a hammer and dolly. see pix
before;

after;

FTEvolution · Post by **FTEvolution** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:10 am

mate, I think that will work out alright aye. Keep at it

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:16 am

in case you were wondering how this damage happened,,,, the previous owner punched it !!!! ouch!!

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:08 am

What are all those little pin prick dents? They shouldnt be there

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:28 am

Agreed ^^

Unfortunately what you've done by hitting it out so hard is streched the metal. In order to get that back to shape it'll need to be heated....

Or bashed back in & bogged.

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:24 pm

the dents are from the round bar i used to lever the big dent out with. i intend to hammer the high spots back flat with a body hammer and dolly, then sand, bog, sand and paint prep. no worries !!!!!
the first big dent would have stretched the metal, no avoiding it. all i intended to do at this stage was to bring it roughly back to shape.
watch this space lol.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:11 pm

col2560 wrote:the dents are from the round bar i used to lever the big dent out with. .

hence why you should of done what ben and i said. Your causing more work for yourself and in the process actually making it worse

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:52 pm

A body shop will be able to shrink that back into reasonably good shape for you with out costing you to much. just get them to go to metal finnish only as you will be finishing it. if you don't get it shrunk back the bog might pop out as the base metal flexes.

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:34 pm

Have to agree with the rest of these guys.. should have tried using a suction plunger to try & get as much of the dent out as possible then drilled a pilot hole for a dent puller tool.. much less messy

I'm sure you could manage to get it looking just as good when it's finished the way you've done it, just a lot more mucking around.. and you might need to use more bog..

Always the way to go when using hammers (ball peen - for the love of god) is to do more hits with less pressure & if at all possible it can help to get someone on the outside of the car to exert pressure with a block of wood or something where you're hitting so you don't get as many little mountainous dents..

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:21 pm

here's the progress so far. bogged and sanded and waiting for some warmer weather to do the primer coat. so far about 2 hrs work.

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:35 pm

Thats come up pretty good!

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:50 pm

so far so good. getting the bumpers soda blasted today, i will post some pix when i get them back. a place in liverpool is doing them for $60 each.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:07 am

Looking good mate, just remember to make sure you fether the edges of the filler so that you cannot feel where it meets metal. Also get it primered and painted ASAP as filler will abosrb any moisture in the air and will expand then shrink and can crack.

But looking real good keep up the good work.

col2560 · Post by **col2560** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:09 pm

finally got a warmish day so got it masked and sprayed, just primer and colour, no clear yet, i ran out of time and it starts to get cool about 3pm.

masked;

primered;

colour;

its been about 20 yrs since i sprayed metallic, it looks ok so far, not perfect, but about 95%. 1 trick i learned a while back is to leave the boot lid off so you can crawl through to drive it, don't have to re-mask around the door that way.