when i bought my truck it had a dent under the driverside tail light and
its a v shaped dent like the previous owner might have backed into a peice of angle iron sticking up out of the ground. anyway i looked behing the dent and there is a metal shileld like piece of metal keeping me from being able to beat the dent out. what should i do?

Maaco?

well i figured that i should be able to drill me a few holes and use a dent puller. and then use some body filler to fill in the ripples.