My purpose is to find more excuses to add more tools to my tool collection!
So my friend donated their car to me to let me practice. We figure, if I really mess it up, it goes to the bodyshop anyway. So I figure I’d practice body repair, which I suck at.
Front passenger side is slightly messed up. Tried buffing it out…Didn’t work. Just kidding.
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If any of you ever want color matched paint, try paintscratch.com. They aren’t the cheapest, and aren’t the most expensive. You can get paint in the rattle can or in the pint, quart, gallon matched to your car. Takes about 1.5 weeks to order. The paint that comes in the pint/quart/gallon is PPG, which is pretty good. You can all get 1K clearcoat if you prefer, but if you spray it, make sure you have a good respirator.
Anyway, thought I test the color match. So let’s repaint the rear bumper since it has a couple of dings..(Filled in with plastic bumper filler…)
.The next step will be door. Trying not to replace the entire door (too expensive).Damage is pretty bad though. It really should just get a new door skin and done professionally. Oh well…So, I tried my PDR tools from the window jam…No help….So….. Time for a trip to harbor freight!!!
Not bad. For $99. It’s no professional weld straigtener, but it got out most of the heavily dented and creased metal. Rest will need to be filled with body filler.
A trick I learned from others is, even if things look “ok” after pulling dents, go over with a black coat of flat paint. Because black will show every imperfection….
