anyone here deal with hail damage?

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EstoMax
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i got my car cheap, the only problem is it has hail damage.i got a replacement trunk from the junkyard for 160 today (yea kinda expensive but it would b more expensive to remove the 20 dings on it..) and the trunk is in nice condition, only surface paint scratches.

now i was looking around on the net, and found this:http://www.dentmagictools.com/gluepuller.phpthis seems to come with a selection of tips and it got me thinking.. i could use this and save tons of money on ding repair.

anyone have any experience with this kind of a tool?

TIA:help max


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Never heard of that one before. Just got about 15 dents removed out of my car for $50. Guy comes to my Dad's carlot and gave me a break on the price. Took him a long time too. He was cussing up a storm because he couldn't figure it out. He did a real nice job well worth the $50 would of even paid him regular price. For some of the dents he had to drill a think 1/8" hole to get his tool inside the door but then he had caps to cover the holes. Looks like factory caps. Don't know anything about these TV dent removers sounds like jokes to me everytime I see them but some may work. Just looked and found this one seems to be the same as the one you have listed but cheaper http://www.ekitchengadgets.com/dikidere.htmlIt's up to you if you wanna gamble with money.May pay off.

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EstoMax
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yea i saw those on ebay.. but that kit doesnt really come with many fittings and i think you get what you pay for still applies here. 95-98% perfection rate..that means the dings prolly wont come all the way out

Max

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95-98% perfection rate of them scamming you sounds more like it, but probably not all of them are bad.Just be careful with your money.

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I read a review on one of the glue dent pullers and it didn't do so well. I think it pulled the broad dents but had trouble with the smaller dents especially the ones that were on or close to body lines.

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EstoMax
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yea if a dent is on a body line its not gana come out with a puller... i already realize that, luckily most of the hail damage is not on those parts and i got a new trunk and im gonna get a cf hood, so baiscally the roof is the main problem.

Max


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