Any advice to bang out this trunk lid dent?

[skaughtz]

Some jerk backed into my daily beater with a rolloff or tow truck or something. I'm not looking for perfect, I just want to bang it back out so it looks normal-ish. The problem is that the thin inner layer of metal that the wiring clips onto is in the way. Since I probably need to wail on it with a hammer to undo that crease, what tool would be best to cut out a section of that inner portion so that it doesn't cover the dent from the outer portion of the trunk?

 

[KGMtech]

Either suction cups or something you can pull on attached with hot melt glue. Lots of videos on YT for these kinds of snafus.

 

[walterjay]

If it were me I would just push it out the best I could.

 

[Jetronic]

remove the light and the trim over the keyhole, then push out, or crowbar out.

 

[SC Maintenance]

remove the light and the trim over the keyhole, then push out, or crowbar out.

^^ This. But use something softish - like a block of wood.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Camry Dent

No really though, this dent puller is cheap

 

[ecotourist]

I'd take it to a paint-less dent removal guy and tell him to do his best. It won't be perfect but it should be pretty good.

When my Honda was almost new a deer ran into the driver's side and dented pretty much every panel. The paint-less dent removal guy didn't want to touch it because it wouldn't be good enough on a new car. Not the same problem for a beater. He charged me $50 to remove a row of deep door ding dents on the passenger door - and it's perfect!

 

[spasm3]

I'd not waste a lot of time on it. I'd either leave it, or buy a silver trunk from a salvage yard.

 

[RhondaHonda]

That’s a pretty sharp dent and a hammer isn’t going to make it look “good”. Maybe if you can pull some of it from the outside but it’s so sharp you aren’t fixing it yourself with any real success.

Junkyard decklid if you can’t stand it.

 

[eljefino]

Hammers and 2x4s will stretch the metal and knock paint off on the crease and look awful.

I'd see about getting a deflated football in the gap between the sheet metal and the frame behind it. Maybe the Patriots have some left over.

Then, naturally, inflate it and watch that dent gently work itself out.

 

[skaughtz]

Hammers and 2x4s will stretch the metal and knock paint off on the crease and look awful.

I'd see about getting a deflated football in the gap between the sheet metal and the frame behind it. Maybe the Patriots have some left over.

Then, naturally, inflate it and watch that dent gently work itself out.

I had considered this, but I figured it would just wind up jacking up the sheet metal before it ever popped that dent out. Worth a try I guess.

 

[vavavroom]

The bottom part of the dent has a crease. That won't come out without know-how and experience.

 

[AZjeff]

I'd take it to a paint-less dent removal guy and tell him to do his best. It won't be perfect but it should be pretty good.

Bet it would be $500 to get that dent fixed today.

 

[dishdude]

Anything you do will make it look worse, those creases are sharp.

 

[JimPghPA]

Bet it would be $500 to get that dent fixed today.

A junkyard lid of the same color would be cheap.

 

[Egg_Head]

Get a bigger rear spoiler that looks like an over-sized basket handle and you won't notice it.

 

[zzyzzx]

A junkyard lid of the same color would be cheap.

Not anymore, but way cheaper than bodywork.

 

[skaughtz]

Get a bigger rear spoiler that looks like an over-sized basket handle and you won't notice it.

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I got her ten years ago for $9k with 60k miles on her. The spoiler was just an awesome bonus on a robin's egg blue Camry.

 

[Egg_Head]

I got her ten years ago for $9k with 60k miles on her. The spoiler was just an awesome bonus on a robin's egg blue Camry.

Keeps the rear end planted as you reach terminal velocity on the Mulsanne Straight

 

[Donald]

Just park so you only walk to the driver's door and not past the back.

You said "daily beater". Dents like this are why we call it a beater. Sure your wife and female children won't ride in it any more but they can drive themselves.