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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 08:51 PM
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Door dings SUCK!

I am now the recipient of the most gnarliest fender dent I have seen from a door. I am not whining, OK, maybe a little, but it is not a 'manly dent'.

I have to say that a scratch from a tree, or a dent in a area that only a swinging limb might pull off is easier to take than the 3rd world neighbor kids kicking the passenger door of their Mercededs SUV into my 'taco.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix these types of dents?

At first glance, it appears that I leaned into a thumb tack with the radius of a quarter, but once you see the green paint, you kinda figure it out.

Thanks for any help.
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Old Sep 3, 2004 | 10:40 PM
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Talking

pics maybe?

i don't know how severe it is, but for some of the smaller dings you can pull them out with a dent suction cup available at most shops like autozone/kragen/napa

-Russell
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 04:07 AM
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Greetings,
Around these parts there is a company called "DENT WIZARD." I have seen the work they do and its incredible. I would try to find one of those and from what I understand, its not very expensive and only takes a few minutes depending on ding/dent size.

MV
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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Get some lift and rocksliders. Its pretty funny watching people open their door into my rocksliders and get out to look at the edge of their door.
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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Rock sliders, or they make a rubber strip you can put on your taco and it will reduce the dents, you put it on the part of the door that sticks out the most.
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 04:24 PM
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Rocksliders, now that is an idea, thanks.

I will look into dent wizards or something similar here in San Diego, thanks for the advice.

I did confront the guy about his 'out of control kid'. I said if it isn't taken care of, he will have a hard time rolling down his passenger door window, if you know what I mean. I think he understood me at that point.

Thanks again for the advice.
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Old Sep 4, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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i'm hoping the lift 32" tires and rocksliders will inflict more damage to their doors than on mine! I have one on each rear passenger doors and on black it's really apparent!!!
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Old Sep 6, 2004 | 09:02 AM
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rocksliders have proven to have more uses than i had ever hoped for
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