Rear Passenger Quarter Panel Dent How did you get yours?
07-12-2013, 02:08 PM
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Rear Passenger Quarter Panel Dent How did you get yours?
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Hopefully it is ok that i post this here but i wanted to know something..
now looking at most Toyotas of the 80s and 90s i always see a dent, huge and small depending on the story and some i have heard to be very interesting. I see them on almost every Toyota so i wanted to know if you have one, and how did you get yours? Mine as shown in the picture, and i now currently own was once owned by my non biological aunt as a college present, and what she had told me after a night of partying it up in her dorm she decided to grab the truck and do some skids - at least...attempt to.. - pulled the ebrake doing a .... lets say a "nice" speed and smacked into her dorm room leaving a nice huge dent in the quarter panel. Now all this time i was told by my grandfather - the one who gave me the truck - that the dent was put there by his neighbor who borrowed the truck and backed into a pole.. well he wasnt at home when it happened as he traveled a lot and my grandma didnt want to give up that it wasn't the neighbor it was the daughter..long story short a night of fun and bad decisions have lead me to stare at a dent that could have been prevented... well at least one day i will have the privilege to fix it
i can not complain though as it only have 110,000 miles on it and is a fantastic truck but i always pondered on how others got theirs
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Hopefully it is ok that i post this here but i wanted to know something..
now looking at most Toyotas of the 80s and 90s i always see a dent, huge and small depending on the story and some i have heard to be very interesting. I see them on almost every Toyota so i wanted to know if you have one, and how did you get yours? Mine as shown in the picture, and i now currently own was once owned by my non biological aunt as a college present, and what she had told me after a night of partying it up in her dorm she decided to grab the truck and do some skids - at least...attempt to.. - pulled the ebrake doing a .... lets say a "nice" speed and smacked into her dorm room leaving a nice huge dent in the quarter panel. Now all this time i was told by my grandfather - the one who gave me the truck - that the dent was put there by his neighbor who borrowed the truck and backed into a pole.. well he wasnt at home when it happened as he traveled a lot and my grandma didnt want to give up that it wasn't the neighbor it was the daughter..long story short a night of fun and bad decisions have lead me to stare at a dent that could have been prevented... well at least one day i will have the privilege to fix it
i can not complain though as it only have 110,000 miles on it and is a fantastic truck but i always pondered on how others got theirs
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You can also use a football and you have good control with the pressure of the air pump. For part of the dent that is from the center/body line, if you can get access to it, you might be suprised at what you can get with your forearm.
Work the dent from several different angles. Possibly while using a soccer ball at the top and your forearm at the bottom, trying to work it all out together. With some very basic tools, or make shift tools, you can make it alot less of a dent.
You will still need to have it repaired professionally in my opinion as black is very showing but it will get you a step closer or atleast that you can live with it for awhile.
Work the dent from several different angles. Possibly while using a soccer ball at the top and your forearm at the bottom, trying to work it all out together. With some very basic tools, or make shift tools, you can make it alot less of a dent.
You will still need to have it repaired professionally in my opinion as black is very showing but it will get you a step closer or atleast that you can live with it for awhile.
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