It seems like no matter what you do, you’re always going to find that throughout your car’s lifetime, it’s going to get a dent sooner or later.  Whether this dent is the size of a nickel, or maybe it’s the size of a basketball.  I wanted to give you a few pointers that you can use, in order to remove a dent yourself.

You’re going to find that some dents are going to be harder than usual.  If you don’t feel comfortable doing any of this, I would recommend that you get a professional to do it for you.

#1 Try a dent puller – These pullers are going to suction itself onto the dent.  What you’re going to do is then twist and turn it.  By doing so, you may be able to to pop the dent out.  I would recommend that you get the Northern Industrial Dent Puller.   The Ding King, as well as a few others “As Seen on TV” products are absolute garbage.  Don’t buy into them!

#2 Get a cross bar - Like the dent puller, the cross bar is going to go across the whole ding.  You’re going to put much more force on pulling it out.  You will find that these kits are going to work a lot better with your bigger dings.  Be careful with a kit like this though, because you may find that the glue is harder to remove.

#3 See if you can tap it back out – It sounds like a very unprofessional way to do it, but if the dent is fairly small and you can get from behind it, you can simply pound the door once or twice with your hands.  This doesn’t always work, but may if you can again, access it from behind.

#4 Pound it out – If you’re finding that you can’t do it with your hands, what you can grab is a towel and a smaller mallet.  Put the towel over the back of the dent.  Slowly pound away and see if it makes any progress.

Again, if you don’t feel comfortable with doing something like this, you can always call up a collision shop.  Don’t be surprised though when a little dent may cost you around $500!