i've picked up a smallish dent on the rear wing. you can't get behind it to push it out, so, for honda to do the work they want to take the wing off, beat it out and refit the wing (~

 

whereabouts on the wing is it? Unless it is low down in front of the arch it ought to be accessible to dentmaster, they may even be able to drill an access hole to get to that area....

 

i'll check exactly where tonight, but it's quite high up.

s

 

high on the rear wings is a piece of cake to get to, 5 minutes work stripping out the interior boot panels and

 

My new 02 has a dent about 8 inches back from the door handle, on the driver side, before the highest part of the wing.

my quote is for

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sgrant
[B]i've picked up a smallish dent on the rear wing. you can't get behind it to push it out, so, for honda to do the work they want to take the wing off, beat it out and refit the wing (~

 

ok, it's directly above the wheel, just above the crease that runs from the rear light cluster across the top of the doors. So it's high up.

my honda garage (marshalls, reading, definately reasonable people - see the dealer survey ) took a look and said it was a big job, because you can't get behind it from under the wheel arch. Apparently they had a similar case a while back and quoted the chap "a fortune" to get it fixed.

I must admit, i hadn't thought of looking to see if it is accessible from inside the boot, although I doubt that it is; i'll take a look this evening.

Alex; that sounds like a good deal. Did they need to get behind the dent, or could they pull it from above? Sadly mine is silver, but i'm prepared for them to have a go for

 

they have special tools, and got to it by taking out rear light cluster and going through the boot - the price ranges from about

 

gotta phone number for them?

ta

s

 

The panel skin is easily accesable once the boot trim is taken out