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Offline alexmccabe

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High wind damaged my door
« on: February 06, 2014, 02:07:53 pm »
The other day when we had that super high wind, as I was getting out my car it grabbed the door and slammed it into a concrete wall. At first I thought it had just damaged the rub strip, which though annoying would've been fine. However I noticed today that this is not the case. It has in fact dented the door, and warped the shape of it. Pissed off is NOT the word, but here we are.

I have taken some photos, though I don't know if they demonstrate it clearly.






It's actually worse than the images make it look. Where my fingers are, you can see that it is warped out of shape.

I am wondering what is my best course of action here. Could it be hammered back into shape, even though it is warped? Should I just get a new door skin? Either way, this sucks and won't be cheap to fix.


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Re: High wind damaged my door
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2014, 12:57:17 pm »
I feel your pain mate, new skin I reckon.

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Re: High wind damaged my door
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2014, 09:22:45 pm »
that doesnt look that bad i would say that could just be tapped straight out and maybe touched up a little where the paint has chipped away
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Re: High wind damaged my door
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2014, 03:13:22 pm »
A good dent removal (PDR) guy will get that at least 95% fixed without resorting to new door skins / repainting.

I had the exact same damage done to my MK6 and most recently my MK7! The dentman spent 15 mins with various hammers and tools and it's as good as new.