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Old 12-03-2017, 05:16 PM
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Hello, I was hoping someone could answer this question from experience. I have a small ding along the car line and was told told by a PDR specialist the dent can be pulled but the best route is to drill a small hole where the door closes to access a place of leverage. Does anyone know if this area can be be accessed without tapping a hole? I tried taking off some of the paneling but still doesnt look like there is a clear line to access this area. Anyone have any input? The picture below is just a reference of where the ding is located. Thanks


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Originally Posted by Cade
Does anyone know if this area can be be accessed without tapping a hole?
no it cannot
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no it cannot
thanks for the reply. Were you in a similar scenario? If so what did you end up doing?
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My father in law does pdr for a living and he cleaned up some dings on mine in a similar area. A plastic plug now fills the hole he drilled to access them. Now it's there for the next time a ding needs to be cleaned up.

I believe an alternate method to using the rods is glue pulling but I don't know how / Why / when this method is used vs. rods.
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Originally Posted by lookstoomuch
My father in law does pdr for a living and he cleaned up some dings on mine in a similar area. A plastic plug now fills the hole he drilled to access them. Now it's there for the next time a ding needs to be cleaned up.

I believe an alternate method to using the rods is glue pulling but I don't know how / Why / when this method is used vs. rods.
Alright thanks, looks like I will need to do that. Appreciate the info
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I've seen similar dings on the same body line but closer to the tail light. PDR specialists would take the tail light out for better access and use a long pole/stick to help get the ding out. Maybe that's an option here?

Either way, I've had a hole drilled/tapped in the door jamb before and did not have a negative experience with that. GL OP.
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