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 Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:13 am |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010
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Location: leedstown, cornwall
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hi guys, I wondered if anyone would know whether it's possible to push out a dent that's on the bottom half of the sill of the car, under the passenger door, or whether filling it in/a side skirt are the only ways to repair it...
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:20 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Essex
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It can be pulled out. At worse you'd only need a tiny bit of filler & paint to make good.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:24 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 6526
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| E5GDM wrote: |
| It can be pulled out. At worse you'd only need a tiny bit of filler & paint to make good. |
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:24 am |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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thanks for the heads up on this one as i have my passenger side sill dented inwards on the underside pretty badly and need it repaired but cant afford at the moment, may get a quote from the guy who is doin my car at the moment but good to know it can be repaired thanks 
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:28 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2011
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Location: cheshire
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a decent bodyshop will have a stud welder which welds little studs to the sill and then they will use a dent puller to pull the dent out, if they haven't got a stud welder a few tiny holes can be drilled and the dent puller screwed into these holes and then the holes will be mig welded up after the dents been pulled
will need a thin skim of filler after the dents been pulled but its alot better than just slapping loads of filler into the dent
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:30 am |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010
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Location: leedstown, cornwall
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ideal yep thanks for that guys, i will see what i can arrange, much appreciated  i know the feeling drunknmonkey - was worried i'd end up needing loads done to sort it out
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:33 am |
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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| retta wrote: |
| ideal yep thanks for that guys, i will see what i can arrange, much appreciated i know the feeling drunknmonkey - was worried i'd end up needing loads done to sort it out |
iv been putting off even getting a quote on it thinking it will cost me an arm and a leg  but with this info in hand i shall now be gettign a quote and hopefully getting it fixed sooner rather than later
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:49 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2011
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Location: cheshire
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| drunknmunky wrote: |
| iv been putting off even getting a quote on it thinking it will cost me an arm and a leg |
won't cost that much tbh
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:44 am |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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| techy wrote: |
| drunknmunky wrote: |
| iv been putting off even getting a quote on it thinking it will cost me an arm and a leg |
won't cost that much tbh |
have you seen the size of the dent in mine  its pretty big 
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:15 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2011
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Location: cheshire
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it could be full length of the sill and it still wouldn't cost that much
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:20 am |
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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i will be finding out on thursday i think as its payday so if i can afford will get it fixed then
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:48 am |
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Joined: Jan 13, 2011
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Location: aldershot
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i got quoted £1500 for all 3 pics, not including wing
tried someone else got quoted for main dent £270ish
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:04 am |
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Joined: Mar 28, 2010
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Location: Blackburn and Catterick
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mines actually on the underside of the sill and about 1/4 of the width of the door but has pushed the sill right up
as said i will be getting a quote on thursday and will post up a picture and what i get quoted
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:09 am |
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Location: aldershot
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Cool
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:29 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2011
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Location: cheshire
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| stevedude wrote: |
| i got quoted £1500 for all 3 pics, not including wing |
thats far too much for whats needed
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