Crease in body panel help?!?!?
 

Hi Guys,
I am looking to buy an 86. It is immaculate apart from a thin crease on the passenger side front fender. The crease is about 100mm long and sits just above the curve of the fender. Its a pretty sharp indentation and I'm wondering what I would have to do to fix it if I was to buy the car. You can see the change in light reflection in the image below.

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I believe paintless dent repair service can fix that, someone will probably come along and correct me if I'm wrong.

On second thought, might be way too big for PDR fix....

See if you can get a discount off the sale price, btw. :D

Thanks for the reply. Yes I've already bargained using that. He offered to repair it. He said that it would be tapped out. 'm not sure what he meant by that but that crease really annoys me. Any idea how it could have been created?

If it annoys you that much buy a different car :iono:

Tapped out is Paintless Dent Repair. They will make that all but invisible. You may still be able to see where it was if you angle your head, squint with the right light angle and hold your tongue out properly but nobody else will ever know it was there.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106457

pdr fixed a very similar dent in mine rite behind my pass side door. was about 6 in long now you cant even tell

How much did the repairs cost?

Doesn't matter unless you are going to send your car to Texas. If the dealer will fix it then not an issue. If they aren't then call around to local shops and get estimates from them instead of asking somebody on a different continent what they paid.

This car is totaled, i wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

PDR, or give it another year. Locally here, they selling side panels for $50-250.

You can buy a fender for $50?

like tcoat said, but it was 100$

yep, like said, easy PDR fix.


humfrz

PDR LOOKS so easy.
After watching many videos and reading up on PDR technique I added a basic kit to my Christmas wish list. Will see how this goes in the spring

Welp, what I meant was it should be an easy fix for a well equipped, experienced PDR person.

AND NO ...... you can't practice your PDR moves on my car's three little dents .... :confused0068:

However, I'm will in to send you a piece of foil, with a dent in it, so you can show your moves on a simulated FR-S's body..... :D

I suggest you practice on @Cole 's car ......:lol:


humfrz

I don't have dents. Mostly just paint peeling and paint scraped from being too low last year.

YEAH! Guy close to here [Salinas] crashed his Halo 2015 FRS and was parting it out. Wanted fender for $50, hood for $125, driver door for $200 and $150 front bumper. Got T boned and passenger side to rear was bent!

Found em on Craigslist. I bought door interior trim from him. $20.

Sweet! They start at about $200 here even if private sale. Mind you we don't have as many of them around. I bet there are more in just the LA area then there is in the whole country here.

Be a sport Cole ..... make a couple for @Tcoat to practice on......:cool:


humfrz

Ya, if I get good enough at it I will wander around at meets with my tool out and make some cash.

LOL ill make sure to buy em all next time then for the club.

Either that or get arrested.

Not again!

I'd agree with that statement. Just look at the socal spotted thread. Most of them seem to be inland; I don't see as many twins around the south bay beach cities area. A ton of Teslas in my neighbourhood and of course, the official car of socal - the Prius. I don't think you could throw a holy hand grenade without hitting at least 3 in the blast radius.

You gotta learn to keep that nasty thing in your pants!

Saving the world, or at least the lithium and nickel mines.

the pdr guy that comes to my work said that the frs was easiest car to do pdr on. he said there is tons of access to the panels, there is not many interior support panels in the way of the outside body panel.

Wow, I'm a pretty handy guy (designed and fabricated my own roll bar, as well as lots of the suspension parts on my car) and even I call a pro when it is time to do dent removal.

Knee surgery looks pretty simple in a Youtube video as well, but I don't think I'm gonna try it myself.

LOL The difference is that I will not cripple or kill the car if I fail. Wasn't downplaying the skills required nor being cocky that I can do anything but simply saying it looked like something I felt I could handle and was thinking of giving it a try. The pros learned it (unless there is a magical dent repair fairy that comes to you in your sleep and passes on the secret and mystical ability) so why can't I?

I agree ....... I don't see why it would be that difficult to learn.

Just get a small crowbar, a rubber mallet, piece of 2x4, a small section of a railroad rail and just go tap-tap-tap ........ :iono:


humfrz

Don't get me wrong, I'm not insulting you or doubting you ability, maybe just admiring your bravery.

Meh. When I am done with my car it will have about 300K miles of highway time and be virtually valueless. It is already dented and dinged so how much worse can I make it? Not bravery just nothing to lose.

@Tcoat really looking forward to your thoughts on working with these body panels! I myself have been looking at getting a kit.