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Do you guys know if the fact that our doors are aluminum will pose a problem in a door ding repair by a dent doctor? Thanks!!

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Old 04-17-2011, 10:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Do you guys know if the fact that our doors are aluminum will pose a problem in a door ding repair by a dent doctor?

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Old 04-17-2011, 10:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I paid for paintless dent repair when I bought the car. Good question as I haven't had to use it.
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I had a tiny dent removed from the driver's side door by a PDR guy without a problem. It was barely noticeable before, and it looks absolutely perfect now.
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I had a tiny dent removed from the driver's side door by a PDR guy without a problem. It was barely noticeable before, and it looks absolutely perfect now.
Cool! Thanks! I watched a vid on utube and saw the guy did not heat up the metal, which is how I thought they did it, but rather he used some sort of tool, and using leverage, worked the dent out from behind.....pretty cool!!

Did he remove your door panel?
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A common fix for car problems like this is the dry ice method.. but I don't recommend it since the result is not great.. look for a good paintless dent removal service instead..
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Our aluminum doors don't pose a problem to the PDR people... They are just soft and easily pick up Door Dings unlike those Miata Doors...
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Our aluminum doors don't pose a problem to the PDR people... They are just soft and easily pick up Door Dings unlike those Miata Doors...
I wish there could be a DIY for switching out our doors with the Miata's would save alot of fixing all these repairs.
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I wish there could be a DIY for switching out our doors with the Miata's would save alot of fixing all these repairs.
There is a DIY, but for the price you could buy a new 458 italia... but then again the doors don't burst into flames like the Ferrari so it might be a good mod...
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