Daniel_Corsa
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£100 
I paid £20 for a dent of similiar size in a wing!
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ash_corsa
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Registered: 15th Apr 04
Location: Shrewsbury
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quote:
Originally posted by JayT
i emailed a guy who was mobile. emailed him the pics so i could get a quote. i asked him how much it would cost and would it be easy to remove ...
"It is a very hard job - borderline bodyshop work I would say. Belive it or not, Vauxhall steel is very tough stuff. If it was a Peugeot I would do it no problem, but a Corsa is a lot different. If you want perfection, then fill and spray is the way to go. If you don't mind some slight distorsions left in the panel then PDR might be ok. Cost would be around £250/£350 bodyshop or £100 for PDR. Hope this helps."
[Edited on 08-04-2008 by JayT]
What a load of toss! Had a very similar dent in my front wing on my old corsa, dent bloke came out, popped it out, £40
Couldnt tell it had been there in any light. Get a few quotes mate
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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yeah im going to mate, going to go and get one from vauxhall aswelll i think to see how much they would want
just need to find someone who is good and knows what they are doing. dont mind paying upto no more than £60 as long as they do a really good job!!
[Edited on 08-04-2008 by JayT]
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Steve
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I wouldn't pay anyone to do a job on my car that couldn't spell the word distortions.
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ash_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
I wouldn't pay anyone to do a job on my car that couldn't spell the word distortions.
If they did a good job i couldn't care less if they could spell or not!!
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Steve
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what about if the spelt the invoice wrong and charge you £1000 instead of £100
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Bez_SXi
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I paid £90 last weekend to have 6 parking dents pulled out of my 206. Cheap I thought.
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Rybo
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id take the panel off inside the boot and wrm the paint with a heat gun to stop it cracking,try pop it out with your hand,if you try to push it with something that has a corner etc (bit of wood) youll push a bad crease in it,it would be worth trying to save a cost like what that guy quoted...steep in my opinion
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
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So what would be better to try and do first if i was to do it myself. heat it up and push it out with my hands or try and use a sucker?
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JayT
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has anybody ever tried this. just searchin the internet for dent dent removal places and found this
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/501379/remove_car_dent_with_airduster/
would it damage the paint?
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notts.pirate
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Registered: 19th Feb 08
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tbh mate a decent backstreet bodyshop wun by old guys will make that look like new
i wouldnt bother surfing the net looking for bodyshop quotes try getting out more
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
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have seen that done before but genrally it wont leave you with a perfect result, you could try it and then get a dent man in.
The guy who gave you the quote is true about the metal and tbh that price is fair.
The guy we use at my bodyshop would be about £75 - £85 to the public for a dent your sized.
It depends how perfect you want it really.
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
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just bin to vauxhall and they said it would cost around £600-£700 
[Edited on 11-04-2008 by JayT]
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