Is there a name for...
 

....the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?

Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?

Seahag

Re: Is there a name for...
 

I think I would try with a plunger from the top first. You can push up
from under very carefully. There are tools shaped so as not to kink or
crease. I have had some luck with a wood block and a strong slow push.
The rounded edge of a finish 2x4 comes to mind.

If the cross bars under are involved, things change fast. Usually the
bar needs to be separated from the metal first. There is glue on some
of them that takes a torch to melt.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Seahag wrote:
>
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> Seahag

Re: Is there a name for...
 

I think I would try with a plunger from the top first. You can push up
from under very carefully. There are tools shaped so as not to kink or
crease. I have had some luck with a wood block and a strong slow push.
The rounded edge of a finish 2x4 comes to mind.

If the cross bars under are involved, things change fast. Usually the
bar needs to be separated from the metal first. There is glue on some
of them that takes a torch to melt.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Seahag wrote:
>
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> Seahag

Re: Is there a name for...
 

I think I would try with a plunger from the top first. You can push up
from under very carefully. There are tools shaped so as not to kink or
crease. I have had some luck with a wood block and a strong slow push.
The rounded edge of a finish 2x4 comes to mind.

If the cross bars under are involved, things change fast. Usually the
bar needs to be separated from the metal first. There is glue on some
of them that takes a torch to melt.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Seahag wrote:
>
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> Seahag

Re: Is there a name for...
 

Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?

I call them assprints.

Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
much worse (read more expensive) to fix.

You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
some auto body work to fix.


--
DougW

Re: Is there a name for...
 

Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?

I call them assprints.

Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
much worse (read more expensive) to fix.

You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
some auto body work to fix.


--
DougW

Re: Is there a name for...
 

Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
>
> Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?

I call them assprints.

Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
much worse (read more expensive) to fix.

You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
some auto body work to fix.


--
DougW

Re: Is there a name for...
 

could you pull the dry ice trick here?
Nick


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"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> > ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
> >
> > Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> I call them assprints.
>
> Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
> a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
> a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
> much worse (read more expensive) to fix.
>
> You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
> pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
> some auto body work to fix.
>
>
> --
> DougW
>
>
>

Re: Is there a name for...
 

could you pull the dry ice trick here?
Nick


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"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
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> Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> > ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
> >
> > Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> I call them assprints.
>
> Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
> a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
> a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
> much worse (read more expensive) to fix.
>
> You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
> pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
> some auto body work to fix.
>
>
> --
> DougW
>
>
>

Re: Is there a name for...
 

could you pull the dry ice trick here?
Nick


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"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:tuDzd.3382$2_4.3001@okepread06...
> Seahag did pass the time by typing:
> > ...the dent on the Wrangler hood where someone sat on your truck?
> >
> > Has anyone had luck pushing the dent back out from the underneath?
>
> I call them assprints.
>
> Before you go pushing things and making the dent a crease, check with
> a good local body shop and see how much they would charge. Going after
> a dent without knowing what your doing has a high chance of making things
> much worse (read more expensive) to fix.
>
> You may be able to lighly press with your palm from the back side and
> pop the dent out. If there are any creases around the edges it will take
> some auto body work to fix.
>
>
> --
> DougW
>
>
>