Fixing dents

[Mumblewood]

So I’m at the point where I want to make my Jeep look a bit better. I have some dents I want to try to remove and wondering if anybody has any ideas or tips on removing a large dent. A few years ago I flopped my Jeep in a comp and have had a good size dent in the tub ever since. My brother used to do body work and had to tools to fix it but his shop got robbed last year and they took a ton of his tools (like over 100K worth) so I don’t want to bug him right now about it but if I can’t fix it, then I’ll have him do it.
Here’s a pic of the dent

 

[someguysjeep]

without pulling the dash?
idk BFH and some wood blocks.

steel plate on the other wall and rig up a long ram you can use on a port-a-power, and push it out.

 

[NDSpeed]

I was wondering if anyone used the glue pucks for small dents.

 

[NDSpeed]

I bought this but haven’t used it yet

 

[someguysjeep]

small kit like this can do all kinds of stuff from pushing dents to pulling axles to spreading bent mounts.

https://www.harborfreight.com/4-ton-heavy-duty-portable-hydraulic-equipment-kit-62115.html

 

[F Troop]

Mater said. Dents are way to valuable. I want to remember each of them.

 

[Mumblewood]

Mater said. Dents are way to valuable. I want to remember each of them.

Im getting these blown up for wall art in my garage, so I’ll have no need for to see the dent anymore

 

[Hog]

That dent in a bad spot for repair imo. I’m sure someone will say you could weld rods onto it and use a puller to pull them out but it would be expensive for a professional todo and you wouldn’t be happy with the results if you did it at home.. might need to stay as a badge of honor

ps.. liked your snow wheeling pics

 

[Mumblewood]

without pulling the dash?
idk BFH and some wood blocks.

steel plate on the other wall and rig up a long ram you can use on a port-a-power, and push it out.

I haven’t looked in a while but I remember right I don’t think I can get a port-a-power in there,

 

[Mumblewood]

That dent in a bad spot for repair imo. I’m sure someone will say you could weld rods onto it and use a puller to pull them out but it would be expensive for a professional todo and you wouldn’t be happy with the results if you did it at home.. might need to stay as a badge of honor

ps.. liked your snow wheeling pics

Thanks, yeah if I can’t do it good then my brother can, I just don’t want to bug him right now on it since he’s pretty busy and I don’t know if his body tool got stolen or not. He was my co-driver when I did it and said he could fix it when his shop got built, but timing hasn’t been on our side.

 

[zebra12]

I was wondering if anyone used the glue pucks for small dents.

I have used them, and it worked ok on a major door gash. My WAG is the ding was improved 85%.

I used one like this:

 

[Fouledplugs]

Rods and a slide hammer will get it pretty straight. Seems to be what the pros use. You have waited this long, why not just wait for your brother to get back on his feet?

 

[Mumblewood]

Rods and a slide hammer will get it pretty straight. Seems to be what the pros use. You have waited this long, why not just wait for your brother to get back on his feet?

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I’m board, I’ve done almost everything else myself to my Jeep, wanna give body work a try.

 

[wraith1516]

go to junk yard cut off part drill out spot welds weld in new piece

 

[Tigger09]

https://www.harborfreight.com/stud-welder-dent-repair-kit-61433.html

 

[Mumblewood]

go to junk yard cut off part drill out spot welds weld in new piece

That was a thought also, and still may happen if I can’t knock it out and brother can’t fix my F-up.

 

[Mjv]

Working on a tj is one thing. Body work is another.

 

[Oldguy]

Take the top piece off , shouldn't be hard, remove cowl and start looking for bolts. then hammer it out. Then maybe from above or below you can get in there with a board or something and pop it out. Cheap easy good enough

 

[qslim]

Ding King!!!

 

[JMT]

If you want it right you’re going to need your brother.