Any advice on how to fix this?

[maeven1966]

Someone shot 2 BB Pellets in the back end of my 2002 Grand AM GT RAM AIR a couple of weeks ago. It happened at night while I was asleep. I suspect it was local teenagers. Anyway, it left 2 indentations and took off the white paint. The gray primer is visible. Is there a good way to repair this without spending a lot of money?

Thanks!

[madmaxetc]

A paintless dent removal place could get the dents out, then you could toch up the spots with lillte paint cans the have at auto parts stores. Just sand a bit around the chiped places with 600grit and then spray a few light coats over the spots and buff it a little.

should work ok.

Dan

[xeroinfinity]

depends on how big the dents are and where they are.

usually requires gettting to the back of the panel affected by the dent. Dent removal kit might work but dont hold your breath.

In a shop they can weld a wire to the center of the dent and use a puller to pull it out perfect

If the spots are not to big and deep, get some Duplicolor Scratch and Fix, and start filling it in a little at a time, letting it dry in between coats. You can fill some pretty nasty dings and dents this way.

Good luck and Welcome to AF !

[maeven1966]

Each dent is the size of a BB Pellet....or about the size of one of these little smiley faces. Not really big enough to pull out, but big enough to be noticeable. They probably go in about 3-4mm. When you have an Arctic White car, those 2 gray indentations really stick out like a sore thumb.

Thanks for your advice!

[maeven1966]

Forgot to mention: They are just to the left of the center of the trunk.

[xeroinfinity]

That on the trunk, people behind might notice it well

If you can get to the back side of the dent,
and rub it out with something,
then maybe the touch-up will help the rest ...

Hope you catch those vandals !!

[maeven1966]

oh....it's noticable alright! I looked inside the truck, but it looks like it's designed in 2 pieces, so the indents don't go through to the inside. Now I have these 2 nice gray indents, about the size of these little smileys, imbedded in the trunk of my Artic White Grand AM GT! I'm really upset about this. Hubby doesn't get it...lol...maybe because he drives a Focus!
(He hasn't been the same since someone drove through his '73 Camaro 20 years ago, right after he spent 2 years restoring it).

Some people just go,"It's just a car!".......ARGH!.......um.....I take care of my car and I love this thing! Other than the 1974 Nova SS (RIP)....350, 4 barrell, 3 speed on the column, jacked up rear.....man, I loved that car....I had as a teenager this is the best car I've owned.

I gotta tell ya....my hubby "won" his company car for a week. (They do drawings and let employees have the car for a week) It was a Porsche Boxster and I got to drive it. Ok.....cute little car...fast.....but I wanted my GA back!....hey, it's fast, too! No tilt steering. My knees hit the steering wheel every time I shifted. Only 3 speeds on the wipers. No thanks. I'll take the comfort of my GA any day over a Porsche Boxster.

I know you guys know how I feel.

So, I'm thinking maybe I may have to bite the bullet (no pun intended here) and have a pro look at this. I wish they would have hit the window. At least that could have been replaced. Bandits!

Thanks for listening!

[xeroinfinity]

yes it sucks when you spend hard time and money restoring a ride, and some JA drives into it :

I tend to get attached to my vehicles also, esspecially when I hav time and money involved.

Your best bet would be to take it to the pros.
They'll fix it and you'll never know it was dented.
Just dont let them fill it with bondo
it'll pop off after several slams of the trunk and then you'll be back to square one.

Good Luck

[maeven1966]

Never any bondo! YUK!

How do you attach pictures from a photo file?
I took a picture of it, but it seems it only allows me to use a httm file.

Bummer

[xeroinfinity]

To post a pic you just paste in the URL in the mesage box below or the reply area, which ever you use.

if the pictuer is not to big, you can use the quick reply at the bottom here, and click on the yello-ish square on the top of the message area, if you mouse over it ti says "insert image", that will open a window to paste in the url.
Then it'll post the pic on the page without clicking on a link(url). Its best to just post the URL if the pics very big, that way people on dial up wont hav to wait 10-15 minutes for the pic to load.

Hope that helps!

[xeroinfinity]

forgot to say you cant upload straight from your PC to here on the post.
You need a host to upload the pic then you post the url.
Right click on most pics here and select properties, you'll see that it has a url and what the host domain is.

I use http://photobucket.com/ its easy and free
hope that makes more sense.

[maeven1966]

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...ndAmbooboo.jpg

Ok...the pic is big.....not sure how to change it. Still learning about all this stuff! LOL

Ignore the dirt....she's getting washed today, like she does every week. We had some dirty rain Thursdau night.

Thanks for all your help!

[xeroinfinity]

For some reason the pics not visible ....
Thats ok if its not working

You can resize the pic through photobucket.

[maeven1966]

i86.photobucket.com/albums/k89/maeven1966/GrandAmbooboo.jpg


Try now....looks like it was missing letters last time.

I tried resizing and it said that it did, but when I went to put it on the page it was the same size. I'll keep trying to figure it out.

[maeven1966]

ARGH! Still not working. I give up.