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Hello,

Today I came back to my beloved car in the car park and noticed a bloody dent in the side panel!

It's not massive, only a dent and no crease in the metal etc so in theory I should be able to just pull it out.

Has anyone ever tried to use a suction pump from somewhere like Halfords to pull it out?

Car's only worth about £1500 so not going to take it to a body shop but I would at least like to try to make it look nice

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

Sink plunger?

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds: Can you get inside the door/ body panel and push it out from the inside ?

In reply to muppetfilter: If not a glaziers sucker is your best bet.

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

annoys the f**k out of me this.

Have a dent in the side of my van ,thanks to some prick at Morrisons car park.

When swinging opening their doors ,not only do the ignorant tw*ts not care about what poor sods car they hit ,they obviously dont care about their own vehicles getting damaged.

The dent in my van was the result of quite a bang.

I have tried to push it out ,but realised I wasn`t helping.

doubt a suction pump will look at it.

In reply to andymac:

Aye you're not wrong there mate.

I've seen it's going to cost me £70 ish to get it pulled but tbh the car's a 52 plate and I've got no plans to sell it anytime soon so I'll just get used to it.

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

If you go down the suction pump route the Toolstation is a lot cheaper than Halfords (or similar)

Draper
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automotive/Suction%20Pads/Suction%20Pad/d60...

Unbranded but made of real metal
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Automotive/Suction%20Pads/Aluminium%20Sucti...

I can't vouch for the effectiveness of the above. Pushing it out from the inside might be a better option, apart from taking the inside of the door apart to get to it. My favourite of jobs :|

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

I now park at the rear echelons of carparks with at least a few spaces around me.
If that fails ,centre of roundabouts is my next stop

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

I like my treesliders

In reply to andymac:

I'll have to try that.

http://www.dentless-pdr.co.uk/?gclid=CNfA4NvbyrYCFRMftAod5HoAFA

Might give this bloke a ring, £60 doesn't seem THAT bad although I can probably think of better ways to spend £60

Hi Sam,

I have seen somebody using freezer spray to remove a dent in a youtube video.....don't know if it works from personal experience but you could have a look and see if it could help you.

P.

In reply to cuppatea:

Just the kind of thing i've no use for but want to buy one just in case (just to have one in truth).

Can't explain why.

In reply to Timmd:

I know what you mean! Specialist one trick pony type tools are as alluring as the smallest shiniest RP

In reply to Sam_in_Leeds:

Depends which panel but you may be able to push it out from the inside quite easily.

jk