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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    Quote Originally Posted by Eldorado2k View Post
    Don’t get ahead of yourself.. Did you try the Ultimate Compound by hand yet? 1st do that and see what you’re dealing with.
    Very true. After polishing the area to remove the paint transfer, the spot may look very different...hopefully smaller with the real damaged area being clearly defined.

    While you are polishing, I'd be careful Since that damage is right on the crease of the door panel, the paint thickness may be thinner than flatter areas which tend to get a thicker application of paint.
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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    I have a few small dings on one of my cars and i have been considering trying one of the glue type dent pullers. Eastwood had a kit for sixty bucks. You can also find them for much cheaper on amazon. Has anyone had luck with trying these?

    These are small dings with no paint damage.

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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    I used the Keco Robo Mini Lifter to glue pull small dents from 2 vehicles. Like anything else, you need to research the tools and glue to get the right products for the job at hand. On my wife's 2015 Durango I pulled a small hail dent on the upper section of the driver's side rear door. I needed to use the smallest glue tab in the set I bought and glue and pull this about 6 times to remove the dent. It is absolutely impossible to find where the dent was now.

    On my 2015 Ram I had a parking lot ding on the driver's side front fender. This was more of a small crease from a door edge and I used a larger glue tab and over pulled it a bit. This then required knock downs and a PDR line board to do the job right. I spend about 5 hours in total working on the fender and removed about 95% of the dent. It is definitely wise to practice your technique before trying this on something critical. There are a lot of videos that show the process and having the right tools is a must.

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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    Vince, thanks for the reply. I think i will go ahead and order one. I will stay away from the really cheap units you can find on line. I will find one with decent reviews and hope for the best.

    The dents I hope to remove are not deep and there is no paint damage so I am hopeful I can achieve decent results. I will practice on my daughters Jeep first. She has had it for a couple of years and I know it has never seen soap so she would not notice if i damage anything

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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    That looks like a gouge in the plastic. I would clean the chip, add touch up and go from there.


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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    Once again, thank you everyone for all your help. I hand buffed it using compound and here are the pictures that are left. Looks like some black plastic/primer has been exposed? Let me know what you think I should do next!!

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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    You could touch it up with paint to make it less noticeable.

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    Re: Help with a door ding in a new car..

    Agree, try touch up and see how it looks. I don't think it's worth trying filler yet.

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