I have a door ding on the drivers side door. I think I could push it out if I could get the door panel off. I have removed the two screws at the bottom, the two screws behind the plastic door, and the one under the window/lock control pad. It still doesn't seem to want to lift off. Is there something else I'm missing? Thanks

 

what size is the ding?

would it be possible to use one of those suction cup dent pullers?

 

it's better and easier if you call a place like Dent Wizard and let them do it. You will never know it was there.

 

I second that. Dent Wizard would be like 50-100 smakers and no hassle. They rule.

 

I had a golf ball hit my truck on the second day I owned it. I took it to a paintless dent repair shop down the street from me last night. He told me it was no problem and would be $50.

So he brings it back out and tells me that it was in a difficult spot behind a bracket in the door. The dent is now a bunch of small dents that stick out instead of one that is pushed in. He told me it was just too tough a spot and charged me $40 instead.


Now I am going to have to take it to a body shop to get it fixed right... I should have done it that way to begin with.

 

If it was in too tough of a spot he should of not did anything and told you that, this way you could have taken it to the body shop instead of him doing what he did and making things worse.

 

Paint less dent repair is like McDonald’s boneless rib; not the real thing, but sometimes it satisfies.

 

That was a bad decision on his part. Inexperience probably had a lot to do with it as well. We use people like them all of the time, and they can get out 95% of dents. I hate you had a bad experience with them. Sounds like he was using the wrong tool anways. They have about 1000 different tools to use. It's pretty cool to watch.

 

The McRib is AWESOME. I was taking a road trip with my wife from Dallas to Atlanta last winter. A McDonald's in Alabama had a promotional running of the sandwich. It was closed when we went through, but on the way home, I stopped and bought four sandwiches!!! The last one was kinda nasty.... Perhaps moderation would have been a better plan. lol

I don't understand why they make my wife so sick. She says they are mystery meat???? What??? Looks like ribs... sorta, tastes like ribs.... sorta.... close enough for me


I know it is a crap shoot to use these places, but I would have rather been told he couldn't do it, rather than him trying and not fixing it the way he said he could.

 

I used Mobile Works for paint-less dent removal in Houston. The guy did a fantastic job on a nice size ding. I was worried going in, but I found this guy was a member of the Better Business Bureau. If they are a member of the BBB, you can check their history of compliants. Definitly a plus in my mind.

 

Guess it can be hit and miss....an engineer bought a new 04 Expy here at work, first day he brings it in he hits a piece of steel in the middle of the road (the large wire rod used to hold the mud flaps on a big rigs trailer) flipped it into his read door, he called one of those dent places, they didn't do a good job either (my assigned parking spot is right next to his so i see it everyday), and to make matters worse he tried to touch it up with the ford supplied touch up paint, now it looks even worse.

 

To remove the door panel you must also remove the speaker, and the bottom 2 plastic mounts that the speaker sits on. then the panel will lift up and off. At that point you must unclip the door release handle and thread it through the panel. But that will become obvious when you get the panel up.

If you have the audiophile there may or may not be an additional tweeter speaker connection.

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Thanks for the help.. I probably will have a professional take a crack at it anyway.

 

Ah...an answer....I was wondering myself.