Okay long story short I "fell" into a ditch a few months ago and I crushed my exhaust, cracked a taillight, and slightly dented my rear quarter. I've fixed the exhaust and am looking for a new taillight but I don't know what to do about the quarter panel. There's a dent right in the middle of where the spoiler starts so the metal is kind of folded. I can't get in there with a rubber mallet and I'm really trying to avoid having someone use a stud welder because then I'd have to have it painted which is a pain. Here's a few pictures of what it looks like. Is there anyway to pull this dent without having to have it painted?

 

idk if you can get that without using a slide hammer and a little body filler. but if you decided to paint some then thats how id do it. you color would be easy to match if you are any good with paint you could get the color and clear in a spray can and itll look ok i did my whole quarter with that and noone can tell but me

 

i would go to the closest checker or kragen, whatever they are where are at, and just buy a dent puller. they have ones now where it doesn't require any drilling just a adhesive. and if it doesn't work you can always send the thing back and get your money back.

 

That dent is in a bad location for a clean fix. You cannot fix it without damaging the paint. I would avoid drilling holes and using a slidehammer, this just streches the metal even more than it already is and leaves holes that should be welded up (to be fixed properly at least). Your car is black which makes painting it alot easier than most colors and you will not need to blend any paint.

As for just taking tools and what not back to the local checker or Kragen, well now that we are O'Reilly's we dont just return tools after they have been used. If the tool is broken we will warranty it but we will not return a used tool. if you only need a tool for a short time borrow someone elses or rent them.

Massey

 

the only way to make the quarter look decent is to pull the dne tand put some body filler over. painting it is no where near as big of a hastle as trying to find another way to do it and taking even longer to repair.

 

The only way of even attempting that repair without repainting is finding someone who really knows how to do the "paintless dent repair" technique.

I've seen some before and after shots of real pros and it is amazing what they are able to do. It won't be perfect, but it will be pretty close.