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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: avalon on 01 September 2010, 20:08

Title: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: avalon on 01 September 2010, 20:08

So, I've had my car 6 or so weeks.

Over the bank holiday wekend I went to get the car out the garage to find .... one of the shelves I put up to house the overflow stuff from the house on [staples like bags of rice, cornflakes, bottles of cider, bottles of bleach - oh and a radio cassette player] had fallen down.  All this and the shelf itself ended up on the bonnet of my gorgeous, ninth month waiting for the pleasure of Gti.

I feared the worst when I gingerly backed the car out.  After wiping of some heavy scuffs I thought I'd gotten off lightly ... BUT, there's a thumb-size ding in the bonnet just above the VW badge.  From what I can see, there doesn't look a way to get 'inside' this part of the bonnet to do a knock out of this dent.

Your thoughts will be appreciated as to the best way to progress a fix. 

In the meantime, the shelf is well and truly secured to the wall and the other half has /managed/ to clear a cupboard in the kitchen to put the BLOODY KITCHEN STUFF in in the first place.

Dancing with tears in my eyes ...


Ava

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: p3asa on 01 September 2010, 20:36

It would amaze you what these dentmaster guys can do with very limited space.
If they can't get access then they can drill in and do it that way. You would never know there had a been a dent in the first place.
My local one charges £50 a panel.

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: MAW73 on 01 September 2010, 21:17

+1 give those guys ago or a similar mobile dent specialist. My local VW dealer in crawley use a company called 'automotive repair systems'.

Good luck with it.

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: adw555 on 02 September 2010, 08:15

So if it's within an inch of the bonnet edge you should be ok....if you look underneath the bonnet there are two small holes near the catch....one of those dent guys was able to use those holes to push out a small dent I had in my mk5 GTI bonnet (same as mk6) ...it's amazing what they can do with their levers/tools  :smiley:

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: p3asa on 02 September 2010, 09:53

Sorry I didn't mean dentmaster guy as in the company "dentmaster".
Any dent specialist chappie should be able to sort it for you. Nothing to lose.

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: avalon on 03 September 2010, 12:21

Thanks for the positive posts.

I got Paul Ogden from www.dentwizardmidlands.co.uk to do the business; perfect and speedy job.



Ava

Title: Re: Dubious DIY Skills
Post by: Steve30 on 03 September 2010, 19:36

Quote from: avalon on 03 September 2010, 12:21

Thanks for the positive posts.

I got Paul Ogden from www.dentwizardmidlands.co.uk to do the business; perfect and speedy job.



Ava

How much? any picture's?  :lipsrsealed: